As part of their constant tweaking of all things App Store, Apple has added a section to the on-device (i.e. on iPhone or iPod touch) App Store that's called "try before you buy".
Here's the deal, on the Featured tab, under New, there are series of 4 banners at the top. If you're in the US, the bottom right one now says Free on App Store. Tap on it and you get a list of New and Noteworthy, Try Before You Buy, and Our Favorites.
Tap on Try Before You Buy and you get a listing of free or lite versions of popular apps you can sort by Featured, Popular, and Release Date.
So, it's not like the Android Marketplace where you can sample any app and get a refund if you hate it; it's really just the same content repackaged in a new way. However, the new packaging will probably be helpful to users looking for just those kind of free, sample apps.
Note: I'm not seeing it in the Canadian App Store yet.
Reader comments
On-device App Store gains "Try Before You Buy". Sort of.
Sort of cool I suppose.
is it me or does the website font look different?
It's just an easy way to spot anything with 'in app purchases'
Not: 'try the full version' like people expect.
Yeah not the same to me either
Hmmm... website overlay changed from black to white? TiPB knows something we don't know..... Could they know about an early white iPhone 4 release? Spill it :p
Seems like a spin to getting people to try lite apps. Lite apps are nothing new to the AppStore.
It's also not in Austrian App-Store
Just an advertising gimmick, nothing more.
One word... LAME! Do what the Android Marketplace does, let us buy an app and have 48hrs to decide whether we want to keep it or not.
Possibly is this is real, jailbreak will surely allow users to double or even triple the try before you by time
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