New in the App Catalog for 11 August 2010 18

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 8:48 am EDT

There’s nothing like the smell of fresh apps in the morning. Ahh...

OfferEye - take a picture, upload it, and let OfferEye analyze it and find it online for you.
Apparazzi News & Gossip brings you, well, the latest celebrity news and gossip from all ‘round the net.
Rams Football 2010 passes along the latest and greatest from the NFL’s St. Louis Rams.

As per standard operating procedure, you’ll find the rest after the break. Honest, it’s there. We don’t do this just to play with you.

New apps:

Ace Ventura Soundboard, $0.99, by DigiKat Software. “No, the guy with the rubber glove was surprisingly gentle.”
Apparazzi News & Gossip, $0.99, by 13 App Design. Get the latest celebrity news & gossip from a variety of sources.
Barbeque Magic, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. Tips and tricks to getting the most out of the grill.
Become a Karaoke Superstar, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. A guide to becoming a Karaoke star. Like that’s something you really want.
Being a Pro Shopper, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. Tips and tricks for maximizing your shopping experience.
Breath Tester, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. Mock bad breath tester for the halitosis king in your group.
cellBall: Ask a Republican, $0.99, by cellHigh. The Magic 8-Ball for Republicans.
Conversation Topics For a First Date, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. Conversation starters for those awkward pauses. Ideally you should need this.
Digital Dice, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. Roll the dice, see the results. As simple as it gets.
Easy to Do Magic Tricks, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. Amuse children with relative ease.
Eorzea Clock for FFXIV, Free, by Sinime. Check the current game time in Final Fantasy XIV and see a countdown to the release of the Collectors and Standard Editions of the game.
Extreme Sports For Beginners, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. A beginners’ guide to extreme sporting.
FaceBook Status, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. More than 100 questions, surveys, and conversation starters for your status.
Fortune Cookies, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. More than three hundred fortune cookie quotes.
Getting Exercise From Your Daily Routine, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. Squeeze in that exercise you always say you need to do but can’t find the time for.
Golf Handicalc, $1.99, by Scott Gunn. Quickly calculate you course handicap from your personal handicap and the course rating.
Guide to Speed Dating, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. Tips to make your speed dating experience a useful one.
Household Converter, $1.50, by CES Associates. Convert various measurements from cooking to sewing to everything in-between.
How to Start Dating After Your Divorce, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. Get back on your feet and into the game.
How to Start Meditating, $3.99, by AppBookShop.com. A guide to understanding meditation.
Lottery Picker, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. Customizable interface to generate random numbers for your winning ticket.
OfferEye, $9.99, by Cora Apps. Take a picture with your phone, upload it to OfferEye, and use image recofnition to find it online.
Palm Readings, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. Mockingly read your future from your Palm with your Palm. Err...
Rams Football 2010, $2.99, by Handmark. Follow the St. Louis Rams through the 2010 season with exclusive 24/7 coverage from the Post-Dispatch staff.
SAP BI Vocabulary Flashcards, $2.99, by Upward Mobility. Two hundred fifty one flash cards covering SAP Business Intelligence Vocabulary.
SAPO Banca, Free, by PT Comunicações. (Portuguese) Keep up with the latest news and browse the covers of newsstand publications.
SAT Vocabulary Words, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. Get ready for the SAT and ACT with more than 5000 vocabulary words.
Sports Trivia, $1.00, by Lojack Appware. More than 200 fun sports trivia questions.
uShip, Free, by Unwired Nation. Check your uShip activity with notifications, bidding, booking, and more.

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18 Comments

Posted by alfredejohnson on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 8:59 am EDT

still watching for Flash

Posted by melgibson666 on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 9:17 am EDT

flash... I'd settle for 1.4.5

Posted by OneDeep on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 9:36 am EDT

They need to ban Appbookshop damnit

Posted by leonkehoe on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 1:46 pm EDT

Today was a good day, 29 apps and only 10 of them by Appbookshop.

Posted by patricksmangan on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:03 am EDT

offerEye looks cool...but it's $10 :( worth it?

Posted by blueray on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:31 am EDT

seriously! I wouldn't pay more than $2 for any app, I don't care how well it is. $10 is just downright greedy, especially when google goggles is free!

Posted by Jeffrok on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:42 am EDT

you wouldn't pay more than 2 bucks for an app?! Some people work extremely hard to continuously create and update their apps.. And not all apps are created equal! Some are worth a buck, and some are definitely worth 5 or more.

saying you wouldn't pay more than 2 bucks is like saying you wouldn't pay more than 2 dollars for a cd/digital album.. It doesn't make sense.

some apps do a ton, and make like so much easier, and all you're willing to shell out is 2 bucks? Who's the greedy one?

Posted by mlawrnce on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:32 pm EDT

And you know this will be the same guy that complains that there are no good (or not enough) apps!

Posted by blackmagic01 on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 3:14 pm EDT

Deiter or one of the guys, made the point in an early podcast that consumers don't care how much time someone spends making something. So app makers can't expect to price apps based on the effort. Consumers are paying for a product not the developers effort and there is a limit to what most people will pay. If it takes you a long time to make something, making you jack up the price they probably shouldn't make the product. especially when competition has similar products at the price point you want thus the price point is already set. and in general dollar apps are a big selling point to consumers.

Like if the market says ball point pens are worth 50 cents. you can't really get mad if you spend 50 times as long making a perfect pen but people don't want to pay $250 for the pen. really they just shouldn't have made a pen at that price point. It may be a great pen. It may "do a ton". Ferraris are great but most people can only justify buying a Camry of an Accord. Most people just won't pay that much. So if they can't make the app and bring it in at a price most users in the market want it.

Posted by Upward Mobility on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 3:37 pm EDT

They're going to need the $10 towards patent litigation costs...

Posted by patricksmangan on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:57 am EDT

I've paid 10 for a pdk game or two, but yeah, a google goggles competitor should be cheap if not free

Posted by Mikael Carrara on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 9:22 am EDT

Hi, I am the designer of OfferEye. Our app is not "Google Goggles" competitor. Is different, ok? More info (coraapps.com/offereye) Thanks :)

Posted by Jeffrok on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 11:28 am EDT

google makes tons of revenue through their ads and partnerships- regular small software companies don't.. Unless they charge, they can't compete.

Posted by yoshiaka13 on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:34 pm EDT

jeffrok I can see where everyone is coming from with that app being 10 bucks. I can also see where you are coming from. Yes 2bucks does seem like a lowballer.. If anything OfferEye being 10bucks is a little steep for what it does. 5dollars is more reasonable.

the only way 10 bucks sounds ok is if it is actually the price of the app+subscription to use the service seeing your using someone elses server for all the work.

also just curious... This is a new app.. And you are really defending the price of it... Ummm by any chance are you the dev of OfferEye or work for who made OfferEye??

Posted by Jeffrok on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 12:49 pm EDT

Dev of a software company? HA! Never.. I hate programming.. I know it's hard work, and I'd never want to do it.

However, I am defending the "little guys" (anyone not being Apple, Microsoft or Google.. and even HP) when they take time to make a quality app. It takes so much work for 1-5 people to make an app, when you have probably hundreds of developers working for companies for Google and Microsoft.. They make OS's, sell them to users and OEMs, and make a ton of money off of that. They then have enough in their back pocket to make "free" apps. They also have strong big partnerships with hardware companies, that allows them to scratch each others' backs and get exclusive deals.

I can agree with you in saying that an app similar to Goggles should not cost $10, but I'd happily pay $5 for something like it. $2 is cheaping out, is my only point. I have paid $10 for Golf Pin finder, and I love the app. I'd also pay $10 for a good Office Suite for the phone.

People forget that sometimes almost as work goes into creating Smartphone apps as what takes to write programs for computers that sometimes cost $200 or more. MS Office is an example. I'm sure people aren't going to pay $200 for a mobile office suite, but what's the magic number? Certainly not $2! Give me a break (not directing this at you, yoshiaka).

Posted by yoshiaka13 on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 1:58 pm EDT

actually alot of the apps are made by a single dev or a small group. The only apps that I have heard of needing a lot of devs is Operating Systems and major apps like Flash, microsux office, Corel etc... Most smartphone apps are a one person job or a couple people... Unless it's a 3D game...

there's more work and effort and people involved in 3D gaming yet the price is still cheaper then OfferEye. Even the independently made PDK apps seem to run less. 5.00 for an app like OfferEye seems to look like a nice spot. They can sell more copies that way and make around the same amount if it is 10.00 (oh I mean 9.99). They would just do business in quanity at 5.00.... And lets face it the more people that buy it the more it gets word of mouth advertising and that's the best advertising... Then they will make more in the long haul in quanity..

I went to school for awhile for commercial art/design/marketing.. Wish I would of finished and not be doing my blue collar labor work.

Posted by bjs188 on Thu, 12 Aug 2010 1:03 pm EDT

I'm glad AppBookShop has a guide to dating after divorce since their book yesterday taught me how to realize my spouse was crazy. They provide such a wonderful service. we should all buy some crappy books to support them.

/end sarcasm

Posted by Mikael Carrara on Fri, 13 Aug 2010 9:50 am EDT

Thanks for enriching the discussion about our app (OfferEye). I am a designer at Cora Apps (coraapps.com/offereye), the company that developed OfferEye. First let me say that our app is not a competitor of Google Goggles, is different. We're studying the possibility of reducing the price, but we have fairly high costs, not only with production but with the infrastructure to make the app work. We're releasing an update today (1.0.2). Thanks :)