I’m sure you’ve already heard, but the Android Market has been rebranded as Google Play. Google Play is the reincarnation of the Android Market, which has been growing by leaps and bounds over the last few months, as first music and then books and movies have been added. My only hesitation when the Market became Google Play on my phone was having to agree to the privacy policy once again, which, of course, is the new comprehensive Google privacy policy covering all properties and all accounts. If you think about it, shouldn’t it be called the Google sharing policy instead of privacy policy, since you are basically giving Google permission to share your information across every relationship that you have with them?
Last Day of Android Market 10-Cent Apps
It has been a fun 10-day span of exploring and downloading Android Market apps. Some I had wanted to try and others I had never heard of before. One thing I learned during this week and a half was that I can actually try out apps any time, because the Android Market allows you to get a refund for apps within 15 minutes of ordering them. That’s really handy if you’re wanting to try an app and have the time to try it out.
In this post, I’ll list the apps that are available today and next week I’ll do a recap of the apps that were available during the 10 billion downloads sale and start reviewing the apps I’m using. Today’s apps are as follows:
Buy your 10 cent Android Apps Today in the Amazon App Store
Today is Day 4 of the 10 cent app celebration by the Android Market, celebration 10 billion downloads. The only problem is that the Android Market is experiencing a payment processing issue and if you try to by one of the apps, you get the following error: “An error occurred while processing your purchase. Please try again later.”
You can still buy most of the 10 cent apps today, if you use the Amazon App store. The following are the 10 cent apps available in the Amazon App store today:
- Shazam Encore
by Shazam Entertainment Ltd.
- Sentinel 3: Homeworld by Origin8 Technologies Ltd.
- Baseball Superstars 2011
by GAMEVIL, Inc
- Paper Camera
by JFDP Labs LTD
- Farm Frenzy
by HeroCraft Ltd
$.10 apps that can only be found in the Android Market (or are only 10 cents in the Android Market) are:
Day 3: 10 Cent Android Apps
Today’s 10 cent apps from the Android Market include Tetris! (YES!) …along with these other great apps.
- TETRIS ® by ELECTRONIC ARTS INC (I know I already mentioned it, that’s why it’s at the top of the list.) This version of Tetris has great touch controls, allowing you to intuitively interact with the pieces.
- Blue Skies Donation Wallpaper by KITTEHFACE SOFTWARE
- Homerun Battle 3D by COM2US
- Reckless Getaway by POLARBIT
- Talking Tom Cat 2 by OUTFIT7
- Kids Learn to Read (Preschool) by INTELLIJOY
- ADWLauncher EX by ANDERWEB (I’ve been wanting this one for a while to control processes on my older phone, but this is a much better time to get it!)
- Space Physics by CAMEL GAMES
- Toki Tori by POLARBIT
- Can Knockdown 2 by INFINITE DREAMS
I’ll be reviewing the different apps I get this week over the next couple of months and let you know which of these apps I start using permanently. Hopefully, I’ll get a tablet some time soon and be able to check out the HD apps, as well.
Android’s 10 Days of 10 Cent Downloads Continues
The Android Market continues its 10-day celebration of reaching 10 billion downloads by offering more premium apps for a mere 10 cents each. Today’s choices include the following:
- Fruit Ninja by HALFBRICK STUDIOS
- Berenstain Bears – Bedtime Battle by OCEANHOUSE MEDIA
- AirSync by doubleTwist by DOUBLETWIST ™
- Flick Golf! by FULL FAT PRODUCTIONS LTD
- Star Chart by ESCAPIST GAMES LIMITED
- Reckless Racing by POLARBIT
- Christmas HD by DUALBOOT GAMES
- NFL Rivals by NATURALMOTIONGAMES LTD
- Beautiful Widgets by LEVELUP STUDIO
- Read It Later Pro by READ IT LATER
If you have an Android phone or tablet, you should definitely take advantage of this special sale, as these prices are the lowest ever! One thing I found out, though, since I have an older phone with not much memory, is that if you uninstall an app within 15 minutes from the Android Market, the order automatically gets cancelled. So, if you are like me and have to pick and choose which apps you can run, just make sure your app is installed for at least fifteen minutes to take advantage of this great sale!
Android Market Reaches 10,000,000,000 Downloads
The Android Market has surpassed 10 billion downloads and to celebrate, they are offering some great premium apps for 10 cents each, but only for 24 hours.
I just downloaded Endomondo Pro and Soundhound Pro for $.10 each. The 10 cent Android apps available as of this writing are the following:
- SoundHound
- Minecraft – Pocket Edition
- SwiftKey X Keyboard
- Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO
- Great Little War Game
- SketchBook Mobile
- Fieldrunners HD
- Color & Draw for kids: phone edition
- Paper Camera
I have never seen such an array of really good apps offered at such a low price and you won’t find a price this low on iTunes, because apparently the minimum price for an app on iTunes is 99 cents. However, some of the app developers are offering their iPhone apps for $.99 to celebrate the Android market event. Kind of ironic, don’t you think?
Related articles
- 10 Billion Android Market Downloads and Counting (android-developers.blogspot.com)