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Originally Posted by jaypalmer01
Here's my beef. Bought the app for my ipad - loved it. Went to install it on my iphone and then advised I'd have to pay again! WTF? Stop the rip off dude. Most app developers these days allow you to deploy to both your phone and ipad if you have one - SCAM!
I try to see the positives in any situation, so first:
>>> Bought the app for my ipad - loved it.
Thanks for loving the app!, good to hear.
Re. separate iPhone and iPad versions:
1) There's precedence both ways. Many big app developers have separate versions of apps e.g. Angry Birds, Electronic Arts, PopCap. Are all of these also "scams" and "rip offs" as in your terms? (that would be a big %age of the iPad app store in general)
2) Historical reason: If I were writing a brand new iOS app right now, I'd consider making it universal. But the iPhone version of PokerCruncher was released in '08, and the iPad version two years later. I decided at the time that it would be too de-stabilizing to make the iPhone version universal, and I didn't want to disturb/break the iPhone version in any way so as to not disappoint the many existing iPhone version users.
3) PokerCruncher's iPhone and iPad versions aren't basically 99% identical. The iPad version has different integration/interactions between the views, to make entering stuff faster and more convenient (and some extra little things like the histogram bars in the Stats view). Clearly with some work a universal version could be made, but my point is that it's not as trivial like e.g. a chess game where the board and everything is just blown up in size with higher res images.
4) Many people have bought both versions (I hope happily), so I certainly don't want to make the app universal now because that would be unfair to those that have paid for both versions. In other words, the die is cast.
5) I realize that you guys need to pay 5 extra bucks for the iPhone version, but it's a 2-way street the way I look at it. Developers want/need to make some money too right, in order to be able to keep producing great software? Or should all software just be free or 99c? I can tell you that I've given up a lot more than 5 bucks (* many copies) in order to take time away from a real job in order to make this app over the last few years. It's been great fun, I'd do it again for sure.
A side note: imho using terms like your "WTF" are uncalled for (I think even alluding to 4 letter words adds a different kind of tone to a discussion). Can we pls. discuss in a civil manner?
Lastly, dude, if you're not happy with this app in any way, please buy/download some other app.