10 Pricey iPhone Apps That Will Leave You Broke
InformationWeek went searching for the most expensive iPhone apps that are out there. Here's our Top 10.
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Apple's App Store is generally known where you can trick out your iPhone or iPad with dozens, even hundreds of applications out of a selection of hundreds of thousands, with the vast majority of them either free or available for 99 cents.
Think of how free apps like Instagram, Facebook, PayPal, and countless other social media and productivity applications have turned a sleek gadget that makes calls into an essential part of your daily life.
According to online statistics portal Statista, Apple's App Store remained the second-largest app store with 1.5 million available apps, right behind Google Play, where Android users have access to 1.6 million apps.
But just as there are affordable accessories of all kinds for the iPhone -- from inexpensive but durable cases, portable speakers, headphones and all the rest -- there are top-of-the-line luxury accessories that remain far out of the reach of most consumers.
This price scale extends to the world of applications, where a stratosphere of pricey applications glides high over the murky pool of free apps.
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It's easy enough to find free -- if limited -- versions of apps that you'd rather not pay $4.99 for, but what are those applications that you probably couldn’t afford even if you wanted to buy them?
We've taken a cruise through the App Store to find those applications only the 1% can afford, the applications that accompany the $3.5 million Goldgenie iPhone 6 made of 24-carat gold and encrusted with dozens of tiny diamonds, that find themselves wrapped in a Swarovski crystal case.
Some of the apps on this list may surprise you, running the gamut from games to GPS. They may not be worth it to the average consumer, but it definitely puts the cost of the full-fledged version of SleepMachine in perspective.
(All images via Apple's App Store)
This pricey communications app provides mobile secure voice over IP (VoIP) calls through an Internet channel where your phone conversation is protected by voice encryption algorithms. It's important to note that you can talk in the secure mode only if your partner has installed the SafeSession secure software to his or her device too, so you better have some rich friends to call.
Using MobileCamViewer you can watch and control live security and surveillance cameras, DVR, NVR, video servers, and webcams anytime and anywhere on your phone with carrier-grade networking capability and encrypted access. The app connects with popular camera brands such as Axis, Sony, Panasonic, Toshiba, Canon, Pixord, Mobotix, and others.
A set of interactive screen toys that lets you use your finger to churn up the white snowflakes. The globe runs a fluid dynamics simulation as well as using gravity and shaking to produce snow motion. You can shake and tilt the screen to make the flakes go flying, and change the globe background, gravity, snowflake size, and amount of snow. Yeah, that's it.
This worthy app is a full-featured communication solution for individuals who have difficulty using their natural voice. It's designed for individuals with autism, Down syndrome, ALS, apraxia, stroke, or other conditions that affect a person's ability to use natural speech. A game-changer for those with speech handicaps.
Tap Menu is used as a picture-based app that helps you create your own menu, book, or something in a totally different style. It's designed for your restaurant, coffee shop, hotel, business product category or listings, content table index, or award list -- all without Web servers or database servers.
Another highly useful app -- albeit for a niche audience -- iDIA provides veterinary client education, and it includes all of the animation and illustration content from the main Diagnostic Imaging Atlas (DIA) program, which has more than 200 files. There's also an interactive dog and cat feature, e-mail capabilities, and 150 client education handouts covering common pet health topics.
This pricey app is used for the inspection of manufactured parts and assemblies. It creates, edits, and runs measurement plans, and automates inspection processes. It is designed to connect specifically with the Northern Digital (NDI) industrial measurement systems. Don't worry about the cost -- trust us, you'll never ever have to use this.
Are you noticing a trend here? The most expensive apps are pitched at very specific audiences, or players, in this case. CyberTuner has been the pro piano technician's gold standard tuning software tool for over 19 years, and features a user-friendly interface, though mastery of piano tuning is a pre-requisite, natch.
This app lets agronomists -- those who study plants and their genetics -- visit a client, complete an inspection report, hold the sale of products, then move to the next client knowing that all the paperwork is done and sent by the time they drive out the gate. Scientists can also create and email professional field inspection reports tailored to each client.
This app lets agronomists -- those who study plants and their genetics -- visit a client, complete an inspection report, hold the sale of products, then move to the next client knowing that all the paperwork is done and sent by the time they drive out the gate. Scientists can also create and email professional field inspection reports tailored to each client.
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