An App Store trend that needs to stop: Single-serving apps

Over the past few weeks MG Siegler, on Venture Beat noticed an annoying trend in Apple’s App Store: Developers attempting to milk their apps for revenue by releasing multiple variations of a singular application.

Now, this wouldn’t be a big deal if these apps were substantially different, but they aren’t. For example, today we have Burger King Finder, Pizza Hut Finder, Taco Bell Finder, etc. Yes, they are all seperate apps. Worse, each of these apps is $1.99, which is arguably a rip-off itself since the iPhone’s Google Maps app will do this for free.

... On one hand it’s good that Apple isn’t inhibiting development of apps, but on the other, these types of apps — which really should be one app, but instead are made into dozens to make as much money as possible — are flooding the App Store with crap and likely making things confusing for customers.

emily | 8:48 AM | Cell Phone Apps Related Articles |
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