Pricing Information
Appcuity Pro contains all of the pricing information you need to find the best deals in the store (this information is not available to Appcuity Lite users). There are five columns containing pricing information — Price, Regular Price, Savings, Discount and PriceDate.
The Price column contains the current price of the app. Pricing information is updated daily.
The Regular Price column is the highest price this app has sold for in the recent past.
The Savings column shows the absolute difference between the Price and Regular Price columns. For example, if an app is normally 4.99 but today is 1.99, the savings would be 3 dollars.
The Discount column, on the other hand, shows the percentage difference between the Price and Regular Price columns. To use the same example, if an app is normally 4.99 but today is 1.99, the discount would be 60%.
The PriceDate column indicates the last time this app changed price. Using this column it's easy to locate items that have recently gone on sale. The price change could be a decrease or an increase, you need to look at the Discount or Savings column to determine which, or, you could look at the price history in the Detail window. (Note: If the price of the app has never changed then the PriceDate field shows the original release date off the app.)
Searching for Discounted Applications
If you click the On Sale button, Appcuity will select all apps where the Price is less than the Regular price.
If you want more fine grained control you can use the regular search options. For example you may not want to bother with apps that are only slightly discounted, in which case you would select only apps that are at least half off.
If I bump this up to 100% I'll see apps that used to cost money but are currently free.
Chances are that many of these will go up in price again later, so you should grab any that interest you while you can.
If an app costs only a dollar or two, then even a 100% savings doesn't save you much. So you might be more interested in the absolute savings rather than the percentage. I'll check for apps where I can save $50 or more.
I can sort to show the biggest savings at the top.
There are some really impressive savings here! It does appear that a couple of these are really pricing mistakes by the developer, but these can easily be filtered out with another selection line that eliminates any apps with discounts over 75%.
On the day this screen shot was taken there were 18 apps with savings of $50 or more.
Finding Applications Recently on Sale
If you check Appcuity frequently, you'd probably like to know what has gone on sale since the last time you looked. This is where the PriceDate field comes in handy.
For example, you can easily set up a search to see every app that has gone on sale with savings of at least $10 in the past 5 days. This screen shot was taken on a Friday so, as you can see, all of the results are since the most recent Monday.
You can also search for items that have gone on sale since a specific date.
When entering an absolute date like this you can leave off the year if the date is within the past six months. You also have the choice of spelling out the month (june 15) or using a numeric format like 6/15.
Displaying the Price History
Remember, you can easily check the complete price history of any app simply by opening the Detail window.
Appcuity Pro contains all of the pricing information you need to find the best deals in the store (this information is not available to Appcuity Lite users). There are five columns containing pricing information — Price, Regular Price, Savings, Discount and PriceDate.
The Price column contains the current price of the app. Pricing information is updated daily.
The Regular Price column is the highest price this app has sold for in the recent past.
The Savings column shows the absolute difference between the Price and Regular Price columns. For example, if an app is normally 4.99 but today is 1.99, the savings would be 3 dollars.
The Discount column, on the other hand, shows the percentage difference between the Price and Regular Price columns. To use the same example, if an app is normally 4.99 but today is 1.99, the discount would be 60%.
The PriceDate column indicates the last time this app changed price. Using this column it's easy to locate items that have recently gone on sale. The price change could be a decrease or an increase, you need to look at the Discount or Savings column to determine which, or, you could look at the price history in the Detail window. (Note: If the price of the app has never changed then the PriceDate field shows the original release date off the app.)
Searching for Discounted Applications
If you click the On Sale button, Appcuity will select all apps where the Price is less than the Regular price.
If you want more fine grained control you can use the regular search options. For example you may not want to bother with apps that are only slightly discounted, in which case you would select only apps that are at least half off.
If I bump this up to 100% I'll see apps that used to cost money but are currently free.
Chances are that many of these will go up in price again later, so you should grab any that interest you while you can.
If an app costs only a dollar or two, then even a 100% savings doesn't save you much. So you might be more interested in the absolute savings rather than the percentage. I'll check for apps where I can save $50 or more.
I can sort to show the biggest savings at the top.
There are some really impressive savings here! It does appear that a couple of these are really pricing mistakes by the developer, but these can easily be filtered out with another selection line that eliminates any apps with discounts over 75%.
On the day this screen shot was taken there were 18 apps with savings of $50 or more.
Finding Applications Recently on Sale
If you check Appcuity frequently, you'd probably like to know what has gone on sale since the last time you looked. This is where the PriceDate field comes in handy.
For example, you can easily set up a search to see every app that has gone on sale with savings of at least $10 in the past 5 days. This screen shot was taken on a Friday so, as you can see, all of the results are since the most recent Monday.
You can also search for items that have gone on sale since a specific date.
When entering an absolute date like this you can leave off the year if the date is within the past six months. You also have the choice of spelling out the month (june 15) or using a numeric format like 6/15.
Displaying the Price History
Remember, you can easily check the complete price history of any app simply by opening the Detail window.
You'll find that some apps rarely or never change price, but some change very frequently. The price history helps you time your purchases to get the best price possible.