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by drb311 4360 days ago
The most interesting thing is that even though people complain about the high price, the wallet test shows that real customers recognize the value and are content to pay $99.

The App Store has conditioned people to ASK for a low price, but that doesn't mean developers have to offer one. Any advice that says you should give people the price they ask for is bad -- the optimum price for any product is almost certainly higher than most people would pay. Even 99c apps shift far fewer units than freemium ones.

However I suspect HttpWatch would make even more money with a true freemium model where you pay for the volume of use.