Android Market Apps - reduced to 10c

adrian522

This seems to work for Ireland too...

http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/android-market-uk-premium-apps-now-just-10p-1045925

A number of premium apps on the Android Market are going for the bargain-basement price of just 10p, as Google goes cheap-as-chips-chirpy for the festive season.

In a promotion which has just landed on the Android Market in the UK, 10 of the most popular apps on the Android Market are now priced at just 10p.

Google is calling this the 10 Billion Promo, as it is to celebrate 10 billion app downloads from the market – which is a significant number for the search giant.

Now we would be a cynical bunch to suggest that this is an easy way for Google to finally get Android users to give over their credit card details – there's far fewer Android apps bought than iOS ones – but it is promotions like these that get phone users to dip into their pockets and get acquainted with the payment system.

The apps which have been selected for the promotion:

According to the US version of the promotion, the chosen apps will be changing everyday so you better get a hurry on and head over to the Android Market now if the above list takes your fancy.

https://market.android.com/details?id=apps_timed_promotion&feature=banner#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIwMSwibnVsbC10b3BfZmVhdHVyZWRfYXBwc19HQl9fMV9wcm9tb18xMzIzMTg3MDYzMDczIl0.

Beekay

Thanks, just purchased the swiftkey X keyboard!

Random

nice one op.

kearneybobs

Here's a list of tofday's apps for those that might not have access

• 
  
  SoundHound ∞
  SoundHound Inc.
  
  
  Editors' Choice
  
  What's that song? Identify it FAST with SoundHound. Unlimited music recognit...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  Asphalt 6: Adrenaline HD
  Gameloft
  
  Race the world. Feel the adrenaline. Feel the thrill of arcade racing like ne...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  Minecraft - Pocket Edition
  Mojang
  Imagine it, build it. Create worlds on the go with Minecraft - Pocket Edition...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  SwiftKey X Keyboard
  TouchType Ltd
  
  
  Editors' Choice
  
  Android typing has never been this easy. SwiftKey X Keyboard makes typing muc...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO
  Endomondo
  
  
  Editors' Choice
  
  Track your sport in real time and challenge your friends using the built-in G...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  Great Little War Game
  Rubicon Development
  Invade your neighbours, spread mayhem and destruction, drink a little tea! GL...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  SketchBook Mobile
  Autodesk Inc.
  
  
  Editors' Choice
  
  Unleash your creativity with SketchBook Mobile for Android! Autodesk SketchBo...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  Fieldrunners HD
  Subatomic Studios, LLC
  
  Editors' Choice
  
  The award winning Tower Defense game you have been waiting for! Play Fieldrun...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  Color & Draw for kids:phone ed
  Tipitap
  Simply the best coloring and drawing app for kids (and adults too!) Color & D...
  €0.10 Buy
• 
  
  Paper Camera
  JFDP Labs LTD
  See the world through a novel, original, stylish and captivating lens. Real t...
  €0.10 Buy

kearneybobs

Beekay wrote: »

Thanks, just purchased the swiftkey X keyboard!

So did i. I had been using Swype but that stopped working for me there the other day. I'll give this one a go.

Mr E

Make sure you get SwiftkeyX to scan your gmail and SMS messages for maximum benefit (it learns your language so it can predict better).

Good sale... I grabbed Sound Hound.

uncleoswald

kearneybobs wrote: »

So did i. I had been using Swype but that stopped working for me there the other day. I'll give this one a go.

That's because there was an Swype update, the old version always stops working once the new version is out. You have to jump through the hoops to uninstall the old version and download the new one. Apparently that is fixed with this latest version though.

Still Swiftkey for .10c you can't go wrong.

ShaneU

Tried using soundhound before and it was rubbish, shazam is much better.

Sneachta

Great find thanks OP

god's toy

Nice! But yea I just picked up Swiftkey too for 'half price' .. oh well Asphalt 6 will do nicely!

Random

shame asphalt doesnt work on the htc sensation

UnknownSpecies

ShaneU wrote: »

Tried using soundhound before and it was rubbish, shazam is much better.

I find soundhound better in my own experience

god's toy

Bit of a shocker after I downloaded asphalt, are you ready for this? 524.95 MB extra download!! one huge game (For a mobile app)

EDIT: and after that download it doesn't run on a SGS2 for some reason... grr. I want my 10c back lol!

Sneachta

god's toy wrote: »

Bit of a shocker after I downloaded asphalt, are you ready for this? 524.95 MB extra download!! one huge game (For a mobile app/ SGS2)

just noticed that, haha

Minstrel27

Different apps every day?

Hogzy

Hope to f**k Beautiful WIdgets gets reduced.

paddyp

Legend, got them all, I love the fact that when you get a new phone you can access all the compatible apps you bought before.

mp3ireland2

uncleoswald wrote: »

That's because there was an Swype update, the old version always stops working once the new version is out. You have to jump through the hoops to uninstall the old version and download the new one. Apparently that is fixed with this latest version though.

Still Swiftkey for .10c you can't go wrong.

yeah that was so annoying.. happened me when I was out Friday night and didn't figure out what was going on till the next day.. didn't feel like trying to figure it out or sort it all out while in the pub!

michellegavigan

swiftkey is 2.99

Minstrel27

michellegavigan wrote: »

swiftkey is 2.99

It says "€0.10 Buy" here

michellegavigan

Minstrel27 wrote: »

It says "€0.10 Buy" here

when i search for it in market it says 2.99

michellegavigan

found it, I went to all apps and it was there, however if you search for it, it says 2.99 lol

Appleblossom42

michellegavigan wrote: »

swiftkey is 2.99

Just purchased now for 10c.

K.C

If only paper camera worked on HTC wildfire

JohnK

Is there any way to purchase an app thats not compatible with the phone you currently have? I plan on getting a new phone in the next few days so I'd like to pick up some of the cheap games in the deal but its not letting me.

paddyp

JohnK wrote: »

Is there any way to purchase an app thats not compatible with the phone you currently have? I plan on getting a new phone in the next few days so I'd like to pick up some of the cheap games in the deal but its not letting me.

You can change your build.prop file to appear as another phone google around xda-developers.com

michellegavigan

michellegavigan wrote: »

found it, I went to all apps and it was there, however if you search for it, it says 2.99 lol

Is that the tablet version?

Fnz

god's toy wrote: »

grr. I want my 10c back lol!

"Application can be returned from the device for a full refund within 15 minutes of purchase".

_Whimsical_

www.getjar.com offers free market apps that cost on the market. I've got beautiful widgets and swiftkey free on it in recent times.

god's toy

Fnz wrote: »

"Application can be returned from the device for a full refund within 15 minutes of purchase".

lol yea and the 500+mb took FOREVER to download! But all is not lost as the game is free in the Samsung app store anyway, going to give that version a try.

partyatmygaff

Bought Paper Camera, Minecraft, Sketchbook, Great Little War game and swiftkey for a grand total of around 55 cent. Cracking deal by Google. I've got a feeling i'll be buying a lot of apps in the next few days.

Amalgam

paddyp wrote: »

You can change your build.prop file to appear as another phone google around xda-developers.com

If someone can please link to Samsung Europa build.prop instructions to make it appear more compatible..

All these offers, bar SwiftKey, which I purchased a while back, are closed off.

I'd love Sketchbook mobile, Minecraft etc.

I'm looking to update phone, but not just yet.

Simi

Amalgam wrote: »

If someone can please link to Samsung Europa build.prop instructions to make it appear more compatible..

All these offers, bar SwiftKey, which I purchased a while back, are closed off.

I'd love Sketchbook mobile, Minecraft etc.

I'm looking to update phone, but not just yet.

The Europa simply won't run most of those apps. Even if you figured out how to change the build.prop to make it appear more compatible it simply will not run Minecraft or GLWG.

Best chance is to install the latest build of Cyanogen from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1149110 though I'm not sure if it makes the Europa appear more compatible.

Worth a shot though. At worst you'll get the latest/probably last version of android for your phone.

There's a thread running in the general section suggesting it might be due to the Europa's screen resolution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090149
Maybe someone will offer some insight if you keep an eye on it.

Amalgam

Cheers Simi.

I'm well aware of the Europa's limitations, I'm burdened with the thing at the moment..

I'd like the apps to stash away in my Apps wallet, so to speak, a bit of hoarding, ahead of a better phone purchase, in 2012..

annie.t

Thanks OP. Just got Endomondo Pro for pennies, literally

keano_afc

Paper camera looks really good, anyone use it?

jaykay74

keano_afc wrote: »

Paper camera looks really good, anyone use it?

Yes a small bit, got it a week ago. Its good fun if a little gimmicky. Well worth 10 cent.

Africa

Minecraft and Swift Keyboard bought. Much nicer keyboard than the built in one.

paddyp

Amalgam wrote: »

If someone can please link to Samsung Europa build.prop instructions to make it appear more compatible.

Galaxy ace is largely the same except for screen which is 320x480 so you could try the fingerprint from recent build.prop here:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1377295

Heres the build prop from one of the latest cyanogenmod unofficial builds for the ace:
# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=GWK74
ro.build.display.id=GWK74
ro.build.version.incremental=eng.behradgh.20111004
ro.build.version.sdk=10
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=2.3.7
ro.build.date=Fri Sep 30 21:28:41 EEST 2011
ro.build.date.utc=0
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=behradgh
ro.build.host=ubuntu
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=GT-S5830
ro.product.brand=samsung
ro.product.name=cooper
ro.product.device=cooper
ro.product.board=cooper
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v6l
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=Samsung
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=msm7k
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=cooper
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=GT-S5830-user 2.3.4 GINGERBREAD XXKPB test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=samsung/GT-S5830/GT-S5830:2.3.4/GINGERBREAD/XXKPB:user/test-keys
# end build properties
#
# system.prop for smdkc110
#

rild.libpath=/system/lib/libsec-ril.so
rild.libargs=-d /dev/smd0
ro.sf.lcd_density=160


#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
keyguard.no_require_sim=true
ro.com.android.dateformat=dd-MM-yyyy
ro.ril.hsxpa=1
ro.ril.gprsclass=10
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=10000000
mobiledata.interfaces=pdp0,wlan0,gprs,ppp0
ro.telephony.ril_class=samsung
wifi.interface=wlan0
wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=15
ro.com.android.dataroaming=false
ro.sf.lcd_density=160
qemu.sf.lcd_density=160
ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1
#ro.setupwizard.enable_bypass=1
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=20000000
dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold=500
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
dalvik.vm.heapsize=48m
dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit
dalvik.vm.dexopt-data-only=1
ro.opengles.version=131072
ro.compcache.default=0
ro.rommanager.developerid=cyanogenmod
ro.url.legal=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/phone-legal.html
ro.url.legal.android_privacy=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/privacy.html
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-google
ro.com.android.wifi-watchlist=GoogleGuest
#ro.setupwizard.enterprise_mode=1
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.com.android.dataroaming=false
ro.config.ringtone=Playa.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=regulus.ogg
ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Beep_03.ogg
ro.modversion=Cyano Ace - RC 2.2 - BehradGH
#ro.setupwizard.mode=OPTIONAL
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

Atomic Pineapple

Picked up SoundHound, MineCraft, SwitfKey X (Really good!), Fieldrunners HD and Paper Camera myself, all bargains at 10cent!

Ludo

Hogzy wrote: »

Hope to f**k Beautiful WIdgets gets reduced.

10c now...https://market.android.com/details?id=com.levelup.beautifulwidgets&feature=apps_topselling_paid#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLG51bGwsImNvbS5sZXZlbHVwLmJlYXV0aWZ1bHdpZGdldHMiXQ..

bkrangle

Today's Apps (From HUKD)

Flick Golf
Beautiful widgets(available free on getjar)
Doubletwist airplay
Star chart
Reckless racing
Christmas HD
Fruit Ninja
Airsync
Read it Later Pro

Ste-

bkrangle wrote: »

Today's Apps (From HUKD)

Flick Golf
Beautiful widgets(available free on getjar)
Doubletwist airplay
Star chart
Reckless racing
Christmas HD
Fruit Ninja
Airsync
Read it Later Pro

Bought most of them now. Happy days!

Simi

Apps haven't changed for me yet?

RichT

Just search for each one in the store. They are all coming up as 10c

kearneybobs

Simi wrote: »

Apps haven't changed for me yet?

I think you have to search for them at the moment. Nothing has changed for me, in terms of the list on the dedicated page.

Tar.Aldarion

Thanks. Got endomodo, swift key, beautiful widgets, star chart on my europa any other suggestions?

Swyping doesn't work with my swift key?

Professey Chin

Tar.Aldarion wrote: »

Thanks. Got endomodo, swift key, beautiful widgets, star chart on my europa any other suggestions?

Swyping doesn't work with my swift key?

Swiftkey is a stupidly accurate prediction keyboard. Not a swypey.
Altough as others have said, its guessed full messages for me at times O_o

Wouldnt surprise me if SlideIT or something popped up one of the days for more swypey action

Amalgam

Grr..



The swines!

What's even sweeter, buying 6 or 7 Apps with a Dublin City Gift Card that has about 90cent left on it.. from a company that went bust a few weeks back. (cards are still active, only the check remainder site is dead..)

robinph

Amalgam wrote: »

Grr..



The swines!

How dare your money remain in the EU, why can't all these developers work in the US so that we don't have to pay VAT. :mad:

Not really bothered about may of the apps so far, but for 10p a time who cares. Will just go and buy a bit more junk apps myself now seeing as I'll waste more money up the pub tonight.

norrie rugger

What is the difference between Star Chart and Google Sky Map?