How much have we spent so far?

[CandyNJ66]

My expenses have been...


...OVER $9,000?!

:eek::eek: Are you for real?? WHOAAAAAAAAAA!

[Buster08]

200$$! Im an addict!:(:(:(:(:(

[Brazilian Rider]

Educate Yourselves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBtpyeLxVkI

[firstprime]

damn i should have got that!
i love that!
but not you...
i don't love you...
...
i just like you...
as a friend
...

[cazure]

Do we count giftcards? :D

I've spent one $15 giftcard mostly on stupid apps that I'm regretting. (I didn't think to really dig into review sites.) I've also gotten some promos from a p p Ver sity (why the censor?). Of my own money, I've spent...fourteen dollars!

Five of that was on Tetris, though, which was such a waste. It's just not as fun as the PC versions, and I never play it.

[DarthPuma]

A little over 50 bucks since december.

[bommoom]

I've $pent about 32 dollar$

[Rohan Dalal]

about 20 bucks

[dashzed]

I'm not sure, but i have three and a half pages of PAID apps, and definitely over $200 bucks.:p

[coconutbowling]

Guess it's time to update my earlier post. I'm at $160-ish now.

[graveckdude]

$17 -- I'm picky.

[jawslover]

ok, counted and I spen about :eek: $190-$200, much more including movie and song purchases!!!

[Zincous]

I'm around at least $350 easily.

[Coral]

I am afraid to add it all up. It makes me cry a little bit because I used to be so thrifty *sniff* now I just spend, spend, spend.

[JediOne]

$426.67 AU

Bought the Touch (first gen) just so I could play the games on it :p (just after the App Store went live...). Started off buying quite a bit, but have now slowed down - visit this site quite regularly, before making a purchase ;)

[GreenLightJerky]

Damn $291.95.

[LordCrom]

$218.06

First purchase made on 02/11/09. It was SimCity

[dashzed]

Make a poll!!!

[GreenLightJerky]

$218.06

First purchase made on 02/11/09. It was SimCity

Crom,

Put the Pipe down.
Back away slowly.
Get some fresh air.
It will be ok.

[BrushMyNoseOff]

Don't even want to begin to think how much money I have dropped for this little hobby here.

But hey, if it's of any consolation -- I spent a high multiplier of that on console games and my photography gear.

There is always a way of making myself feel a bit better about my purchases.


Cheers

[LordCrom]

Crom,

Put the Pipe down.
Back away slowly.
Get some fresh air.
It will be ok.

LMAO! I need an intervention!

[BrushMyNoseOff]

$218.06

First purchase made on 02/11/09. It was SimCity


That much in 2 days? Did you have time to actually play any of those apps you've purchased? 2 days and $218 sounds like the only two things you've been doing the past two days is a little bit of sleep and a whole lot of buy button pressing. :p


Cheers

[LordCrom]

That much in 2 days? Did you have time to actually play any of those apps you've purchased? 2 days and $218 sounds like the only two things you've been doing the past two days is a little bit of sleep and a whole lot of buy button pressing. :p


Cheers

It's been about a month and two days. I have played some more than others. I've only spent 20 minutes total with SimCity. Which was the one to pop my cherry on iPhone games.

[BrushMyNoseOff]

D'oh. I somehow still think we're in February! My apologies.

Had the same thing happen to me with SimCity. Bought it on release day, played for a good few hours, then dropped it in favor of many games of smaller scale that did not require so much attention.

[Adams Immersive]

I've spent $102... if you only count what I don't regret.

$108 if you count everything :)

Soon to be a bit higher...

(And it comes to about 50 cents per day I find. About $15/month. I can live with that when I'm getting this much value from my apps.)

[worldcup1100]

No doesn't matter. Can't use them for anything except adding up your total I guess.

You can still view all the receipts and purchase history on your itunes profile page though.

I wish that I could use the reciepts to return some of the crap I have bought.:rolleyes:

[blakespot]

You don't want to know how much we've spent. :-) Maybe a 25:1 ratio of games played to games written up...



blakespot

[worldcup1100]

BTW I have spent like $75-80...
Not bad at all compared to Brazilian Rider!:eek:

[talanb]

$356.04

Glad my wife doesn't visit these forums :)

[LordCrom]

$356.04

Glad my wife doesn't visit these forums :)

I know exactly what you mean! :D

[Palfince]

I've spent £181.94 on since the App Store opened. That's about $254.80... Not too bad compared to some people.

[arono]

Almost 5 pages of paid apps and 182 bucks since mid august last year but to November I had only bought like 30 bucks:eek:

It makes me sad that number but makes a bit happier when I see some people's numbers:p

[Ktcf11]

$129.03

[Brazilian Rider]

$218.06

First purchase made on 02/11/09. It was SimCity

That be me birthday!

[wootbean]

$129.64 on 54 apps. i saved $65 through various sales :D

[appaddiCt]

Hi all. Im new here at TA forums. I have found this place to be a great community for apps and games info. Anyway I think I may have spent over £60 on apps and games since getting my 2g iTouch last week. Buying apps is even more addictive than playing some of them. :D ;)

[super6ft7]

one... one hundred... and twenty pounds!

im addicted, i refuse to buy another app that isn't on sale, except appsniper!

[markx2]

I see 2 ways of listing everything I bought from the App Store:
1. Go through all the emails I was sent
2. Go through every statement on the App Store account.
This is a long job for either.

Is there a quicker way?

[spmwinkel]

Nope.

[Palfince]

Got to add another £214 to mine since I just bought a new iPod Touch after mine broke yesterday. It doesn't count as apps but still...

[CandyNJ66]

Got to add another £214 to mine since I just bought a new iPod Touch after mine broke yesterday. It doesn't count as apps but still...

Congrats on your new purchase but how did your old one break?

[LostUtopian]

$9.47

Takes a LOT for me to spend money on an app. I never buy an app more then 1.99 and that's only been two so far.

I get by on Lite versions and promo codes :)

[Palfince]

Congrats on your new purchase but how did your old one break?

It just died. It won't turn on at all. It was a 1st Gen 8gb iPod Touch that I got in November 2007, so it was getting pretty old and didn't work too well. It's a shame that I never jailbroke it though. :(

[iFonePhanatic]

Mine is somewhere around $150 :D. I spend WAY too much money on games/apps!!!

[FuZi0nZ]

$44 .... Didn't buy many apps when I first got my iPod touch, but recently, I have been buying a lot of games.

[baseballstud]

$164.98 which is outrageouse

[theone1007]

I've spent around $250-$300. Way too much in my perspective but then again there are those crazy people that have spent $800!! Whatever, I've saved like $50-60 through Gift Cards and Promo Codes that I've received :D

[CandyNJ66]

I've spent around $250-$300. Way too much in my perspective but then again there are those crazy people that have spent $800!! Whatever, I've saved like $50-60 through Gift Cards and Promo Codes that I've received :D

Last time I posted, I had spent a bit over $250, now it's over $310

I have saved quite a bit too with promo codes and friends being generous but I'm still spending a bit too much :)

[Donburns99]

Update since I posted this on 1/16/09.

I've spent $225.99, since my first purchase of Vay on 12/16/08.


I've now spent $406.99 on 201 (paid) applications.

With an average of $2.02 spent on each application.

Breakdown of my Top 20 most expensive purchases:

Rolando - $9.99
BeeJiveIM - $9.99
i Love Katamari - $7.99
Crystal Defenders - $7.99
PuzzleQuest Chapter 1 and 2 - $7.99
Edge - $5.99
Vay - $4.99
Chocolate Shop Frenzy - $4.99
5 Games in 1 - $4.99
Warfare Incorporated - $4.99
SCRABBLE - $4.99
Smiles - $4.99
Fieldrunners - $4.99
Virtual Villagers - $4.99
Dizzy Bee 2 - $4.99
Galcon - $4.99
HydroTilt - $4.99
Archibald's Adventure - $4.99
7 Cities - $4.99
Orions - $4.99

Remaining 181 Applications - $283.20


I noticed that since joining and becoming more active on TA, I've been making more educated purchases. ^ ^

[Mohawk]

around $100

[burrows]

I've tried a lot of apps .. m sure it must be somewhere around $70 .. a rough appx ..:)

[Veratek]

Somewhere between $120-200

the best way to put it in perspective is to compare it to $50 PC and PS3 games, what it boils down to is how much time you waste playing whatever it is, so I have no complaints. I do hope that dev's see the power of 99cent sales though :)

[Marioman619]

About $120 Australian dollars. Considering I have yet to delete a paid app, I think it's fine.

[GatorDeb]

$549.52 since 11/21/2007 :(

Someone make me feel better and post something higher.

[spmwinkel]

2007? I guess there's music in there as well, the App Store only opened halfway 2008 right?

[dashzed]

549.52 since 11/21/2007

Someone make me feel better and post something higher.

$564

HAHAHHAAHA!!!

bet that makes you feel better:p

[GatorDeb]

2007? I guess there's music in there as well, the App Store only opened halfway 2008 right?

Yes, sorry :p $2 of that was music bought on 11/07.

[powersurge]

Wow I must have the will power of steel. I think I've maybe spent $50 on games for my iPod touch. I try to be very picky though. I see the touch as a internet tablet/casual gaming device rather than as a media player.

As of late I've used it way more than my DS or PSP. While those devices no doubt offer a more full featured gaming experience so far, hopefully that will change as people come up with new ideas just like they did with the DS's touch screen and the Wii's motion controls. Not to mention the PSP's web browser is so slow its worthless while the iphone/ipod's is fast, polished, and useful.

I just hope developers get a handle on the device to start bringing us more fully featured games more on par with PSP and DS titles. Let's Golf for example is very close to PSP's Hot shots golf but not quite as polished.

[Chaplin]

So far I only spent around 45 Euro. Since i can only pay with iTunes Gift Cards, I'm able to keep the costs relatively low. Otherwise I would have spent much more... :D

[spmwinkel]

Yes, sorry :p $2 of that was music bought on 11/07.
Hehe OK, those $2 don't matter too much then...

[Rexinator]

My total is up to $240

[Harejordan]

Wow, after reading the first few posts, I wondered how can people hit 3 digits....let alone 4?!

I've spent $8 on Crystal defenders and then got a $25 itunes card for free and spent 22 on that.

Total of $30

(actually make that 31, this featured touch ski game looks really good)

New Total $31

[Prab]

Is this thread still being updated?

I just did a rough count. I spent ~200 USD to date lol... Thats an average of 7 USD a week.

[mihir79]

Nearly 49$:):)

[Zarzunabas]

I´ve spent something around 72 Euro (I live in Germany ;)) and still got 8 Euro left on my account but I´ll soon have to get new money since I want to get Assassins Creed :D

[freedog]

I've spent $350+ on iPhone apps and games so far. I have been telling myself for a while and planning to semiretire from buying apps once Toki Tori and Zenonia come out. I hope I can be true to myself and not be like Brett Favre.

[Reaganomics]

As of my last receipt (today) I have spent $183.46 on various apps and games

Post your totals if you can and we'll add up how much money we've spent :D

UPDATE: 12/23/08

http://i417.photobucket.com/albums/pp252/therootbeersoup/taspreadsheet6.png

I've spent about that much on apps so far.

[DannyV]

I've spent about $185 since I bought my iDevice in September 08. That's about $20.56 a month, not bad. I see it this way, I don't have my 360 or PS3 anymore and if I had them I'd be regularly buying games. That equals to about 3 console games. To me, the sum of 3 console games in 9 months is perfectly fine with me, and I still get my gaming fix, lol.

[Elansar]

Ive spent $212.98 on apps so far. Of that I only use about 3 of them on a regular basis. :(

[dashzed]

i usually try to keep it to thirty dollars a month, although sometimes I go just a little overboard...:p

[wootbean]

bought a $25 card two days ago
$1.14 left
thanks in large part to NFS and Myst

[Elansar]

bought a $25 card two days ago
$1.14 left
thanks in large part to NFS and Myst

Same with me. lol :D

[rustyjaw]

$203.49 as of today.

[Reaganomics]

God, my first month after buying my 3G iPhone I spend almost $100 bucks downloading the games!

Mind you, I'm not earning $USD so to convert to my country currency I've paid SGD$200+. And now, 3 mths on, I'm still buying and already almost reaching SGD$400!! :eek:

He he. Help, I can't stop myself!

I'm wondering if I've become and iTunes/iPhone/games addict!

:o :D

P.S. I'm buying burnin casino right now!


I'm addicted to buying apps myself. I see nothing wrong with it. I used to be addicted to naked girls and that caused me major problems. But an app addiction is the best thing that could've happen to me. I have no other vices so a $0.99-$9.99 here and there is no big deal.

[worldcup1100]

I've spent $350+ on iPhone apps and games so far. I have been telling myself for a while and planning to semiretire from buying apps once Toki Tori and Zenonia come out. I hope I can be true to myself and not be like Brett Favre.

That made me LOL.

[ZekkRagnos]

I love the iphone and the apps! Ive spent

US $267.02

[iFonePhanatic]

I've spent somewhere around $200, and I am about to buy another $15-$25 itunes card. I admit it: I'm addicted...

[worldcup1100]

I'm addicted to buying apps myself. I see nothing wrong with it. I used to be addicted to naked girls and that caused me major problems. But an app addiction is the best thing that could've happen to me. I have no other vices so a $0.99-$9.99 here and there is no big deal.

If that is true whats up with the sig.
May wanna lay off the apps and pay the bill.:p

[themendoz]

I'm addicted to buying apps myself. I see nothing wrong with it. I used to be addicted to naked girls and that caused me major problems. But an app addiction is the best thing that could've happen to me. I have no other vices so a $0.99-$9.99 here and there is no big deal.
You'll have a big problem once apple starts releasing apps with naked girls. That might be the end of the world for you. Hope I'm wrong though.

As for me, I've spent about 47 bucks... not that bad but I've only had the iPhone for a couple of months.
That amount will skyrocket when I get Tiger Woods and NFS.

[pablo19]

Bumping this up. I'm curious to see how much more we've spent in 2009

[yourofl10]

I've spent 75$-200$ in apps. (to tired to count as of now) BUT I have 300-450$ worth of apps on my computer (80% of my apps on my computer I've gotten via promo code and I have 300+ apps on my computer) so couple hundred dollars in promo code apps :D :) :p

[XGLITE]

around £130 since Christmas when I got my 2g touch.

I have bought great apps like:

Beatmaker
Tiger Woods
NFSU
Sim City
Rolando
HoldEm
Zen Bound
...

[dannys95]

Let's see, some recent purchases:

NFS
Tiger Woods
Doodle Jump
Flight Control
Glyder
Bobby Carrot Forever
Aqua Moto
Leaf Trombone
Bugdom 2 (not on the $1 sale though)
Monospace
Melodica
Sully's Flight
Rasta Monkey
Topple 2
Trism
Tiki Towers
Word-Fu

:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Overall, I would say about $800 - 1K!!

[firstprime]

790$!!!

im so addicted...
but i regret nothing!!!

[learjetzoom]

$134.80
...

[wootbean]

I've gotten about $650 worth

[learjetzoom]

Some of these numbers are insane. over $500? Are you really getting that much play time out of your iDevice? Some simple $.99 games I have played for up to 5-6 hours. WWPB being an example. I still think the highscores are rigged=\

[jecebn]

Just added all of mine up the other day... Im pushing $1,500 :eek: ... Yes, I know I have a problem... I have a compulsive impulse to buy all new games that come out that look halfway decent

[AaronAMV]

Is there a way to get the total purchased without adding them all together? :/

[learjetzoom]

Is there a way to get the total purchased without adding them all together? :/

I wish I knew. I wish you could see a complete list rather than shuffling through pages of them on iTunes.

Just added all of mine up the other day... Im pushing $1,500 :eek: ... Yes, I know I have a problem... I have a compulsive impulse to buy all new games that come out that look halfway decent

So when your sig says "currently playing," this is just a list of 2% of the games you buy?

[mrchennyken]

Probably at most $100. And I already think I'm addicted.

I can't believe the people here. $1000? Crazy.

[jecebn]

So when your sig says "currently playing," this is just a list of 2% of the games you buy?

lol, sort of - Just the games that I really like and actually take the time to play

[DaveMc99]

I can't believe the people here. $1000? Crazy.

Why is that crazy? People spend more than that on an iPhone 2 year contract.

[AaronAMV]

Ugh... Well that was annoying... I ended up only spending $74.53 :D

[mrchennyken]

Why is that crazy? People spend more than that on an iPhone 2 year contract.

I'm just saying that they are way too many games and probably don't even finish them. Just my opinion.

[learjetzoom]

Why is that crazy? People spend more than that on an iPhone 2 year contract.

Yeah but for some people, a cell phone is a must. Its the $30/month on the data plan isn't really necessary. Using this analogy, it should make sense to spend $10,000 on your TV/Stereo system because hey, you spent $200,000 on the house!
It doesn't make sense!

[jecebn]

I think that people who have been around since the app store first launched may be in the same boat that I am, being that in the begining, games of high quality were few and far between. As such, we gravitated to purchase every "big" app that came out, and we are still stuck in that cycle, purchasing everything that looks halfway decent. Whereas people who jumped on the app store wagon later are used to seeing quality apps being released at a somewhat consisent and constant rate so the hold back on buying everything that looks good and just buy what they think they will play and get their money's worth out of.

IDK, just my two-cents

[DaveMc99]

Yeah but for some people, a cell phone is a must. Its the $30/month on the data plan isn't really necessary.

That is more what I am talking about.. I have a cheaper cell plan and an iPod.. use the money I save to buy apps. :)

[mrchennyken]

I think that people who have been around since the app store first launched may be in the same boat that I am, being that in the begining, games of high quality were few and far between. As such, we gravitated to purchase every "big" app that came out, and we are still stuck in that cycle, purchasing everything that looks halfway decent. Whereas people who jumped on the app store wagon later are used to seeing quality apps being released at a somewhat consisent and constant rate so the hold back on buying everything that looks good and just buy what they think they will play and get their money's worth out of.

IDK, just my two-cents

Nah, I've been looking at the AppStore ever since it was first launched. I never really bought anything in the beginning, but after 2008 I finally cracked and began purchasing a few iTunes giftcards. I'm not super addicted though. I always look at the game and look at reviews online.

The 9-page limit on my iPod Touch helps control me because I always want to keep all my apps on my iPod; I don't like leaving apps that I purchased on my PC. I'm already on 9 pages and I always think about whether a game will stay on my iPod or if I would want to take it off.

[learjetzoom]

That is more what I am talking about.. I have a cheaper cell plan and an iPod.. use the money I save to buy apps. :)

Its been a balancing act for me. Using these forums and youtube to make educated decisions about buying. I expect a lot out of my $ on the iPhone. Especially since once I complete a game, I cant resell it. I need to know that a game will keep me entertained more then 30minutes.

[DaveMc99]

I need to know that a game will keep me entertained more then 30minutes.

My standard is $1 for every 30 minutes of gameplay. But most people here expect more from casual games.

[learjetzoom]

My standard is $1 for every 30 minutes of gameplay. But most people here expect more from casual games.

I played PC games too long I guess. I bought the original Half-Life for $30 and played counter-strike several hundred hours. I dont expect that kind of life out of iPhone games, YET, however I do like to get as much as I can out of a game.

This is why I am looking to Zenonia. Though no one has answered me as to if this game is a port or a uniquely iPhone game with a polished feeling.

[DaveMc99]

Though no one has answered me as to if this game is a port or a uniquely iPhone game with a polished feeling.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZENONIA "created, developed, and published by Gamevil for the iPhone OS"

[learjetzoom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZENONIA "created, developed, and published by Gamevil for the iPhone OS"

Okay, Does it feel like a port like BBS2009 did? My first impressions of 2009 were great, but after a couple weeks the game started to feel clunky. Wish I could explain myself more,.. and wish I was keeping this thread more on topic.:cool:

[Ddyracer123]

I've spent just under 80 dollars since mid June. I used to spend more, like get an app every day, now it's once to twice a week I'm glad to say;)

[mattll]

41.60€
(rounded up every price (0.79=0.8))

[JCik68]

70 euros since mid june here lol

[Hmar9333]

About $50 (AUD)

[JBlack]

I'm around 55 bucks Canadian :D

[Fletch]

Too much.

[AB1269]

I have downloaded about 50 apps and am at a grand total of $0.00 (USD). I am hoping to get an iPod Touch, but am fascinated by podcasts seeing as I just found out what they are! Talk to me baby!

[Fudgeboy]

Since July when I got my Touch, I've spent 187 bucks on games/apps.

Crap, no wonder I never have any money.

Thats not much, i mean ive spent 200 dollars (which still isnt loads compared to others) since xmas when i got my touch...

[The_Running_Man]

I'd rather not talk about it. I've spent way too much.

[DGH94]

$2500 :o

[AaronAMV]

@_@.

[wootbean]

$2500 :o

that's 10x the amount I've spent :eek::eek::eek: I thought the guy (i forget username) whose sig says $1800-something spend on apps was a lot

[DGH94]

The worst part is... I'm not part of AA.

[wootbean]

what's ah...what's AA?

[skyye06]

what's ah...what's AA?

Apps Addict, its a social group

also I have almost around 3000 apps...don't feel like doing the math

[DGH94]

what's ah...what's AA?

Appholics Anonymous... :o

[skyye06]

Appholics Anonymous... :o

lol yeah that forgot what name it was

[wootbean]

Oooh. I joined