tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post2502531233279513664..comments2024-02-02T03:32:36.204-07:00Comments on SQUIDALICIOUS: Developing Apps that Avoid Special Needs Penalty CostsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-66350264309290978312011-08-20T08:11:44.565-07:002011-08-20T08:11:44.565-07:00It's unfortunate. I agree if there's minor...It's unfortunate. I agree if there's minor additional development needed to rework an app for special needs, then there shouldn't be a special needs penalty.<br /><br />However, if additional development is significant then developers will probably consider how many customers there are for the additional work in determining how to recoup the cost.<br /><br />There's a lot of myth surrounding iOS development about being able to create and ship a high quality app in a handful of weeks. In truth, many of the best apps in the store can take a small team months, even a year, to create. The cost for production value and high quality is not trivial.<br /><br />Developers attempting to make a sustainable business with high-quality $1 and $2 apps are playing a numbers game. They are shooting for a customer base in the hundreds or thousands or even millions. It's a business model that's a lot closer selling hit single records in the 1950's than it is to selling traditional software.<br /><br />My guess is whatever perceptions they have about the size of a market segment has a big influence on the price they select. I don't think this kind of bias is only applied to special needs. You see the same thing for apps in sports, business and other specialties. The more specific they are in the market segment they're targeting, the more upward pressure there is on the price point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-71083577726362383442011-08-02T23:04:25.079-07:002011-08-02T23:04:25.079-07:00I used to be a programmer and in December will gra...I used to be a programmer and in December will graduate as an SLP. I want to see these apps in action, use them with my clients, and develop my own! I'm so with you that charging more for apps that can be used in therapy is ridiculous. An SLP is going to create materials all the time anyway, so why not share the wealth and lighten the general workload? I'd like to see (or develop) apps that provide a framework for non-programmer SLPs/other therapists to incorporate their own materials and make kid- or target-specific apps on the fly. It's so stupid but I'm dying to win an iPad2 in a drawing my dentist has this week: I can't afford to buy one.Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02494561134358567397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-57461371053515715622011-07-27T10:42:07.370-07:002011-07-27T10:42:07.370-07:00Perhaps as the budgets are slashed the penalty cos...Perhaps as the budgets are slashed the penalty costs will shrivel up.<br /><br />Marketers figure the costs are covered by insurers -MEDICAID, which soon won't cover much of anything, near as I can tell, or corporate care-givers (therapists, educators, etc).<br /><br />BTW my favorite example of this is wheelchair v. bike tires. Outrageous.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5563550.post-24914386223529639932011-07-26T12:19:10.088-07:002011-07-26T12:19:10.088-07:00My grandson loves the Milo Storybook app! And bas...My grandson loves the Milo Storybook app! And based on your comments here, I just purchased "That's Silly." I think we'll have great fun with it, too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com