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Re: Ask HN: Any way to find why users uninstall my app?

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It's not free. Also an app with in-app purchases is not free. I think in a crowded category at least one app is going to be genuinely free without ads or freemium. PS: I believe apps should be paid for.

The app is fully functional without a purchase.

What justifies the purchase?

Re: Ask HN: Any way to find why users uninstall my app?

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post #9
post #7

It's not free. Also an app with in-app purchases is not free. I think in a crowded category at least one app is going to be genuinely free without ads or freemium. PS: I believe apps should be paid for.

The app is fully functional without a purchase.

Hmmm... I just took a look at the app. It is not bad. Contrariwise, there's nothing extraordinary, either.

Looking at the comments, I saw one complaint about the notification alarm, which is always the phone, not the app, and one asking for a note field.

Seems to me there's a note field now, and the app generates a notification at the set time - I'm on lollipop and it sounded just like my other notifications as I expected.

IMHO, the reason is that like myself, people searching for task specific utility applications install handfuls of them to try them out and see what features they offer.

Take that behavior into account and go forth!

I like your app. I may not keep it since I don't actually need one, though. But it's not hurting anything and it can live there until I need space.

Edit: DotNick: It's 9am and my 10am reminder just soudned off....

Re: Ask HN: Any way to find why users uninstall my app?

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Please consider that in developing countries, most of the phones (Android, most of them) have precious little memory, users often have to delete apps, in order, to say, take an extra photo.

Most of the really cheap androids already offer an SD card slot. Plus, the cheap androids dont have that little bit of memory; this isn't the age of flip phones and crappy java apps anymore (although I guess android is java).

Re: Ask HN: Any way to find why users uninstall my app?

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Each time I install an app that says

Offers in-app purchases

I end up uninstalling it quickly (after 1 try), those ads in apps are really annoying for the user.

It's not the developers fault, but the ad system on either Android or iOS are really annoying, even if the app has all the features, for me the ads kill it.

Re: Ask HN: Any way to find why users uninstall my app?

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post #24
post #3

Please consider that in developing countries, most of the phones (Android, most of them) have precious little memory, users often have to delete apps, in order, to say, take an extra photo.

Most of the really cheap androids already offer an SD card slot. Plus, the cheap androids dont have that little bit of memory; this isn't the age of flip phones and crappy java apps anymore (although I guess android is java).

Not all apps install to SD. Not all users have an SD card installed. Updates to pre installed apps (including google services), take up a lot of room.

Re: Ask HN: Any way to find why users uninstall my app?

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post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The app is fully functional without a purchase.

Hmmm... I just took a look at the app. It is not bad. Contrariwise, there's nothing extraordinary, either. Looking at the comments, I saw one complaint about the notification alarm, which is always the phone, not the app, and one asking for a note field. Seems to me there's a note field now, and the app generates a notification at the set time - I'm on lollipop and it sounded just like my other notifications as I exp…

Any way I can get in touch?

Re: Ask HN: Any way to find why users uninstall my app?

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post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Hmmm... I just took a look at the app. It is not bad. Contrariwise, there's nothing extraordinary, either. Looking at the comments, I saw one complaint about the notification alarm, which is always the phone, not the app, and one asking for a note field. Seems to me there's a note field now, and the app generates a notification at the set time - I'm on lollipop and it sounded just like my other notifications as I exp…

Any way I can get in touch?

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