Inflation does not spare pleasure

Everything increases ! The 5 Apple has made the decision of an general increase of its App Store pricing list about next to 20%. This therefore concerns applications and certain in-app purchases, like services provided by the developers themselves, including cartography. This does not appear to affect in-app purchases via auto-renewing subscription, like the “Navionics Plus” option in Boating, in example.

This will go unnoticed at first for so-called "free" applications, but whose full use requires in-app purchases, premium subscription type, Add-on Function Modules, etc,. This is the case for a number of navigation apps.

For the others, whose selling prices are clearly displayed, The shower is a bit cold. Here are some applications in alphabetical order (Prices are rounded for clarity) :

Of course, reading the prices is not enough to compare applications that have very different characteristics, both in terms of ergonomics, the provided features, and above all the purpose. It is also necessary to have a look closely on the models of charting proposed and their rates. Finally, it should be considered that the prices charged in the Apple mobile environment (just like Google) are still much lower than those practiced for computers, both for applications and charting.

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