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$100 apps, bibles, big-budget RPGs: The strange nature of Nigerian app market

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13 pointszacharye5 comments

Must be a slow news day for BGR. Not only is this article pointless, but the writer was also too lazy to do any basic research. It is true that the Nigerian App store slants towards religious apps (and sex apps).It is also true that there is very little activity on that store. I had an app in the top 100 overall for many weeks on sales of fewer than 30 total copies

"Popular Nigerian apps are expensive. Very expensive. The two best-selling bible apps among the top five apps on August 10th were each $10"

Very expensive 10$

Choose one please.

I don't know about those particular apps, but an era where any piece of software over 1.99$ is considered expensive is a very sad one.

Nigeria GDP per capita = $2578

USA GDP per capita = $48,387

  an era where any piece of software over 1.99$ is
  considered expensive is a very sad one.

For developers who can't make it up in volume, sure, but for humanity, this is great.

Your sarcasm is uncalled-for. Nigeria is not the United States. If normal people are making the equivalent of about $100/mo, and most apps are around $1-$2, then a $10 app should probably be killing snakes for them.

What's probably going on here is that people aren't aware of how to get the Bible on their phone for free, and are still paying a lot less than it takes to get a hard copy.

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