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Amazon App Store Thread - Daily Free Apps

I was so exicted about this new market having read about it here I downloaded it straight away.. signed in. Downloaded shazaam.. well I tried.

Sadly it's not avaiable in the UK - clearly not part of the plan.

Big mistake in my opinion.. i hope their market fails.

Stragely the omitted to mention this on the press release..



SEATTLE, March 22, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE)
 
NicksGarage said:
Here's a problem I'm having with the Amazon Appstore experience.

When you install an app from Amazon, the regular market isn't aware of it. So when updates come you won't be able to update them there. This also confuses appbrain as it shows an update for Soundhound Infinity being available but I can't update it from the standard market because it doesn't think I own it and Amazon doesn't show an update.

Also I ended up with two Shazams and two Soundhounds and had to figure out which was which to delete the old ones. Easiest way was to go to the standard market and see which one it said was installed. And somehow I got the free Swiftkey in Amazon and I don't remember picking that since I already own the paid version. Amazon won't let me remove it from the install queue. If it wasn't for the freebie apps, I probably wouldn't even use the Amazon system.

Appbrain does seem to pickup on all the apps on the phone, not just the official market ones. When I do an app sync in Appbrain on my EVO, all the apps show up. I don't know what would happen if I had to restore all my apps from there though.

Basically Amazon is acting like a drug dealer, giving you free samples so you'll be hooked whether you like it or not.
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I ran into this problem updating. AppBrain shows there is an update for Soundhound Inf. I went to update and it shows I have to pay for it, obviously because I got the app through Amazon. But I went to amazon's site and it shows no updates are available.

Free is nice, but having to update through 2 services is going to make me question whether "free" is worth it.
 
binary_jester said:
I ran into this problem updating. AppBrain shows there is an update for Soundhound Inf. I went to update and it shows I have to pay for it, obviously because I got the app through Amazon. But I went to amazon's site and it shows no updates are available.

Free is nice, but having to update through 2 services is going to make me question whether "free" is worth it.
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Small price to pay for free. It's not like these apps roll out massive updates all the time. I don't even update regularly. Maybe once or twice a month.
 
Fruit Ninja today! hahaha, my refusal to pay for it when I had an iPhone finally pays off!
 
binary_jester said:
I ran into this problem updating. AppBrain shows there is an update for Soundhound Inf. I went to update and it shows I have to pay for it, obviously because I got the app through Amazon. But I went to amazon's site and it shows no updates are available.

Free is nice, but having to update through 2 services is going to make me question whether "free" is worth it.
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What would make you think google would let you update it? If google sees you have the app and their records show you did not buy it from them as far as they know you pirated the app
 
Yeahha said:
What would make you think google would let you update it? If google sees you have the app and their records show you did not buy it from them as far as they know you pirated the app
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True. I am just type A to keep them updated. I don't see my amazon list of software growing...and I realized this early this morning. It is what I get for thinking without a good dosage of caffeine.
 
Today's app is fruit ninja. Great game to kill some time. I would grab it if I didn't already own it from the market.
 
Is it better than the fruit ninja that is free on the market? If not I don't see myself playing it much at all.
 
binary_jester said:
True. I am just type A to keep them updated. I don't see my amazon list of software growing...and I realized this early this morning. It is what I get for thinking without a good dosage of caffeine.
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I only have 3/11 apps from the Amazon Market installed, but I purchase/download them when they are available for free if I ever have the desire to use them in the future. I'm sure they will get updated on the Amazon Market too, but because of the policies (similar to the iOS appstore) the updates will probably take longer to go into effect.
 
You also need to consider this when it comes to updates:

DenverRalphy said:
The issue isn't that there is an update you can't get. The issue is that the packages for apps on the Android Market and Amazon aren't identical. As well, the Market doesn't monitor apps you've installed via Amazon, so you're obviously using Appbrain which is a portal to the Market. Unfortunately, Appbrain doesn't monitor your Market apps. It compares all the apps you have installed on the phone regardless of where you acquired it, and compares it to the database they build off of the Market. The same thing happens if you manually install an app you got directly from the dev/publisher.

Appbrain has always been flaky when monitoring app versions. So what you're seeing is Appbrain not being able to differentiate the package you have installed via Amazon when it compares it to the Market version. They may be the same actual version, but if the package date or build numbers differ, Appbrain hasn't a clue.

I dumped Appbrain ages ago.

[edit]If you aren't using Appbrain, then the only explanation would be that you installed the Amazon version over an existing Market version, and the Market still assumes you have their package installed. When the package doesn't match, it assumes you've got an old version.
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oOMavrikOo said:
Small price to pay for free. It's not like these apps roll out massive updates all the time. I don't even update regularly. Maybe once or twice a month.
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Sometimes you naively update a free app and BOOM! it's now limited in so many ways to force you to get the paid version.
 
ari-free said:
Sometimes you naively update a free app and BOOM! it's now limited in so many ways to force you to get the paid version.
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Which is not the case with the apps from the Amazon appstore, as they are the paid versions on sale. This argument is now going in circles, particulalry because of what oOMavrikOo said:

oOMavrikOo said:
Small price to pay for free. It's not like these apps roll out massive updates all the time. I don't even update regularly. Maybe once or twice a month.
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Aside from that, if there are issues or improvements to a app, the dev will have to update it to keep the current customers happy and get new ones coming in. These apps are only on sale for a day, that is not going to prevent people from buying them. New people get Android phones all the time. Lots of people never look at forums like these. Others don;t check the free apps every single day. There is still revenue to be made so updates are necessary.
 
Looks like I am the only one to have problems with Amazon apps. I have an issue with Shazam and now Weatherbug. I download it and when I launch it, it FC's and tells me:

Amazon Appstore: unknown error.
An error occured. Please download theis app again form the Amazon Appstore

I have re-downloaded and it still does the same thing. I am not having problems with Rio and Soundhound.
 
Loving the free apps. A couple of them were apps where I was using the free version and now have upgraded to the pay version for free.

I'm assuming that if I ever have to wipe my phone, I can restore these apps using Titanium or MyBackupRoot in the same fashion as my google market apps, right?

I guess they won't auto load like the google market apps do though. But, that's not a big deal, I'd probably prefer they don't and restore with my backups anyhow.
 
Sweet, Weather Bug Elite.

Amazon rocks so hard. I'm a long time customer and have had nothing but great experiences with them.
 
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