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10 most expensive Android apps and games
All these apps are actually on the Play Store as well (at the time of this writing). Most other lists like this have a bunch of apps and games that were taken down years ago. Also, it seems the Google Play maximum for an app or game is $399.99. It seems no such limit exists on iOS as expensive apps can go for literally over $1,000. We’re not kidding.
Finally, we know a lot of people don’t like monthly subscriptions and they really do add up over time. However, most (not all) subscription services provide a consistent service so it’s not quite the same as buying a single product. That said, there are some ridiculous subscriptions and there is one on the list. Anyway, enjoy!
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Creston App
Price: $99.00
Crestron is a smart home product. YOu buy the hardware and then use this app to control everything. The app is surprisingly expensive at $99.00 considering the price of the actual hardware. A whole Crestron system can easily go over $10,000 on its own. Thus, we think it’s kind of comical that a $10,000 electronics setup has an app that costs another $100. It’s functional, so it’s not like this is a joke app or anything. However, we don’t see a ton of people rushing to the store to get this stuff.
DirecTV Stream (formerly AT&T TV and DirecTV Now)
Price: Free trial / Up to $129.99 per month
Live streaming TV was originally a way for people to get the channels they wanted for less money. Many live TV apps still work that way, such as Sling TV, YouTube TV, and Hulu TV. However, some live TV apps (such as AT&T TV) are basically massive, bloated live TV apps with inflated price tags and tons of channels you probably won’t watch. Plus, premium channels like HBO can easily add $10-$15 each. The price can get ridiculous in a hurry. AT&T TV’s most expensive plan is $129.99 per month. The difference between it and its $79.99 plan is literally 10 extra channels and they’re all premium TV channels. That is well over $1,000 per year for roughly 110 useless channels just to get the 30 you really want.
Dr. Web Security Space Life
Price: $89.00
Dr. Web Security Space life is an antivirus app. Unlike most, it offers a ton of ways to pay for the app. One of them is the absurdly expensive $89 for a lifetime license. Or is it so absurd? Most antivirus apps have monthly or yearly subscriptions. They don’t seem like much at first. However, they can add up over time. Comparatively speaking, a flat $89 payment would actually save you money over a subscription service if you give it enough time. It’s delightfully ironic.
FlexSpy
Price: Free / $99-$199 per 3 months
FlexiSpy is a very expensive app. It can cost upwards of $1,200 per year. It’s also not in the Play Store because this app violates a ton of Play Store policies. This one is a spy app and it’s designed to show you what other people are doing on their smartphones. It’s mostly meant for enterprise use. Basically, employers use it to make sure their employees aren’t doing untoward things on company phones. It can monitor chat apps, control the camera remotely, and it even has a keylogger. Obviously, this is not intended for consumer use, but it does quality as an expensive app.
Free to play games
Price: Free / In-app purchases up to $99.99
Free to play games hold a special place in all of our hearts. There’s a place in the heart for rage, right? Anyway, most free to play games have sets of gems, gold, or other in-game currency that you can buy to unlock parts of the game faster. The prices for these in-game goods range from $0.99 to $99.99. Sometimes they go even higher. The most expensive option buys you an a bunch amount of the in-game currency. It lets you jet ahead in the game quite a bit, but it’s usually something players can get for free with time and a little patience. Still, the idea that you can not only buy digital stuff for a video game for $99.99 is absurd. The idea that you can do it as many times as you want easily puts any and all free to play games on this list.
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Network Signal Guru
Price: Free / $48.99 per month / $289.99 per year
Network Signal Guru is a networking tool. It also happens to be the most expensive one on the Play Store. It runs for a truly remarkable $48.99 per month but you get a large discount if you spring for the yearly $289.99 per year plan. That’s more than two Amazon Prime subscriptions per year and about four per month. Here’s the thing, though. The app is actually really good at what it does. It’s a fun tool to mess with signals and radios. The free version is still highly functional for a lot of folks and the premium version is really only useful for professionals. Believe it or not, we might actually recommend this one to some people depending on their need, but only the free version.
Spyera
Price: $89 per month
Spyera is another spy app and this one is kind of intense. It has two sets of features. The first are for parents who want to keep watch over their kids’ phones. There is a separate list for enterprise use for employers to spy on their employees. The features include SMS spoofing, remote camera control, keylogging, and other scary stuff. As you can imagine, such an app breaks a bunch of Play Store policies so this one requires sideloading. It also costs over $1,000 per year with an absurd $89 per month price tag.
The Color Atlas of Internal Medicine
Price: $129.99
The Color Atlas of Internal Medicine follows the patterns of prior medical texts. It’s written by doctors and published by McGraw-Hill. It features over a dozen topics, in-depth information about internal medicine, and more. On the plus side, it works on both tablets and phones. At this price, that seems like a given. Like most other apps in this category, there are those who will find books like this useful. College students and doctors especially. However, us normal people probably shouldn’t invest in a $129.99 book app.
Zollinger’s Atlas of Surgical Operations, 10/E
Price: $119.99
The Color Atlas of Internal Medicine follows the patterns of prior medical texts. It’s written by doctors and published by McGraw-Hill. It features over a dozen topics, in-depth information about internal medicine, and more. On the plus side, it works on both tablets and phones. At this price, that seems like a given. Like most other apps in this category, there are those who will find books like this useful. College students and doctors especially. However, us normal people probably shouldn’t invest in a $129.99 book app.
Searching for the most expensive app or game
Price: $399.99 usually
There are a metric ton of joke apps on the Google Play Store. Our favorites were the ones by Abu Moo. There were six $400 apps for a total of $2,400 for the whole collection. Unfortunately, Abu Moo is no longer on the Play Store. In their place is a swath of joke apps, prove-you’re-rich apps, and absurdly priced games. They are mostly joke apps by developers where they just put the maximum pricing on a simple app that doesn’t do anything. You can search for these in the Play Store and they’ll appear ranging from $349.99 to $399.99 most of the time. Unfortunately, they also appear and disappear frequently. There are too many to add to this list and they usually get taken down pretty quickly when we put them here. It’s more fun to just search for them.
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