interesting article that is somewhat related to your survey…

http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/02/most-iphone-users-never-use-an-app-after-the-first-download.ars

Honestly, if the lite versions were timed trials, then i may have bought some of the official versions; but, adding more levels doesn’t make it a must have game for me. I don’t spend that much time gaming on an iPhone. I liked the Kings Korners trial, but I don’t use it that often that i would buy it (regardless of price), and the lite version really doesn’t force anyone to buy the full version (you should make it more restrictive so i WANT to buy the full version).

For me I like productivity apps. those things that i can’t live without. ewallet fits that bill, and having it sync to a desktop means it is even more indispensable.

For finding new apps, i read reviews on different site (gizmodo, TUAW, apple insider, etc.) and occasionally get surprised with something i have not seen before.

So after writing my comments i see the word/link “survey”… so thatnks for listening.

I have eWallet, an RSS client, LinkedIn, an IM account consolidator, Google Earth, Kings Corner (pay version), a voice Dialer, a book reader, HandDBase and a Chinese phrase translator on my iPhone.

Of those the Voice Dialer was a complete waste of money, it has never worked and has never been updated and while The Chinese phrase translator works well it provided less than 1% of the value promised in the description. All the rest of the apps work fine.

Price is actually the least important determinant when I add an app to my iPhone, and none of the ones I have cost more than $10.00.

I look to see if an app is being updated before I add it as that could be interpreted as a level of commitment on the part of the supplier.

Back in July I accessed the store once a day and scanned every app that was added but after Apple removed the ability to see all apps by post date it became too cumbersome having to flip in out of the list and each category so now I may look once every couple of weeks.

The reality is I am missing one app, ListPro and so check the Ilium site for progress reports far more often that I check the app store.

I would like to see Apple hold developers financially responsible for meeting commitments made at time of sale. Case in point is Ilium who published (in their AppStore listing) a commitment to have the Mac e Wallet desktop app available by the end of 2008, took customers’ money based on that commitment and failed to meet it.

The ongoing ‘we’re working on it’ comments are tiresome and, at this point, meaningless. Clearly little or no effort is being made to meet this commitment and it has left a bad taste for many whenever Ilium or its products are mentioned.