Top Paid App Made Free, Amid Piracy Fears

We already recognize that piracy on each platform is on associate degree all time high however this has been verified once more by associate degree app maker for iOS and humanoid, that has vulnerable the trade to a replacement level.

The app large Madfinger games recently discharged a illustrious app referred to as ‘Dead Trigger’ for simply one greenback beside some in-app purchases. inside days of its unleash, the app was created free for everybody by its developer, Madfinger games, attributable to piracy reasons.



An official statement was discharged later on:

Regarding worth drop. HERE is our statement. the most reason: piracy rate on humanoid devices, that was improbably high.

At first we have a tendency to will build this game offered for as many folks as doable – that’s why it had been for as very little as buck. – it had been a lot of but 8$ for SHADOWGUN however on the opposite hand we have a tendency to didn’t dare to supply it for free of charge, since we have a tendency to hadn’t got XP with free-to-play format to this point.

However, even for one buck, the piracy rate is soooo large, that we have a tendency to finally determined to supply DEAD TRIGGER for free of charge.

Anyway – DEAD TRIGGER isn't FREEMIUM, it perpetually was and still remains FREE-TO-PLAY, that means, all players area unit able to play it while not IAP! we have a tendency to rise for this statement, as a result of all members of our team area unit taking part in (and enjoying) DEAD TRIGGER while not IAP.”

Now solely every week at the moment announcement, Dead Trigger for iOS has been created a ‘free-to-play’ app in addition. this implies that the sole manner of earning from the App is currently within the sort of in-app purchases.

The company conjointly referred to as the piracy rates for iOS and humanoid improbably high. CEO of Mad finger games, Marek Rabas criticized piracy on iOS by spoken language that:

“the variety of pirates on iOS is comparable the number of jailbroken devices.”

So far, piracy on iOS was virtually ne'er detected of however as these devices have become a lot of and a lot of accessible, piracy rates too area unit increasing speedily. This downside is even a lot of essential on humanoid wherever it's even a lot of easier to ‘steal’ apps and different properties illicitly.

As way as Dead Trigger is bothered, the app is actually one amongst the simplest and most well-liked apps on each Appstore and Play Store and has been downloaded around 1,000,000 times on humanoid alone.