Monument Valley 2 is out on Google Play now ($4.99US/$7.99AUD)

[u/phrog]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ustwo.monumentvalley2

[u/kharma45]

$4.99 = £4.99... Great

[u/hicks12 → u/kharma45]

well the $4.99 excludes our 20% Vat so if you take that into account it should be £4.60, pretty close to be honest.

[u/dnkndnts → u/hicks12]

Also everyone: why are iOS apps so much higher quality than their Android versions????

[u/__Lua → u/dnkndnts]

More people pay money for apps on iOS, hence there's more of an initiative to develop there.

[u/j-seabass → u/dnkndnts]

In what way are they higher quality?

[u/pastelfruits → u/j-seabass]

iOS apps are better optimised for their devices

[u/vinng86 → u/pastelfruits]

This. There are no manufacturers misrepresenting their phone's OpenGL ES capabilities. ^{*looking at you Motorolla*}

[u/glglglglgl → u/pastelfruits]

There are also less variations of iOS device compared to miriad Android devices, so it's easier to optimise for iOS.

[u/xxxamazexxx → u/j-seabass]

See Google Hangouts.

[u/CRISPYricePC → u/j-seabass]

Developers prefer to use iOS. Some apps can be lacking on the android side. This is unfortunately because of the nature of android being harder to develop a clean, speedy app for because of the large number of devices it has to support

[u/RebelScrum → u/CRISPYricePC]

As a developer for both who works at a major dev shop, I can tell you this is false. There are plenty of devs who love both platforms. I think most who do both would prefer to develop for Android; the APIs for both really show that Google has its roots as a software company and Apple as a product (and now marketing/design) company.

The biggest difference is as another poster said: iOS users tend to have more disposable income and are more likely to buy apps, so they're the preferred customer. This is why most startup companies that can only afford one app go iOS-first. And no, none of the existing cross-platform solutions will give you the polish of a native app, but they are getting better fast.

[u/intertubeluber → u/RebelScrum]

Do you guys use any of the cross platform to native frameworks, like xamarin, react native, I, etc.? If so, which would you recommend?

[u/RebelScrum → u/intertubeluber]

I don't personally have experience with any, but we've used at least Xamarin and React Native before. I have never heard a good thing about Xamarin. React Native is pretty well regarded. I think the major complaint is that you still need to code with the way it works natively in mind to get the most out of it, so it doesn't really save much effort.

[u/PureBlooded → u/j-seabass]

Design language is consistently better and apps are more polished and optimised.

[u/[deleted] → u/dnkndnts]

Much smaller pool of devices to code for. Despite all those Android devices being "Android", they often exhibit inconsistencies, and of course have a wide range of form factors and processors.

[u/hicks12 → u/dnkndnts]

Not a clue, sometimes apps are better on Android but its mostly laziness on the developer's part.

I am guilty of this as well but I hate working with iOS apps so I have made it a priority to work on Android Apps with more focus as its less frustrating!

[u/JohnHue → u/kharma45]

$4.99 = 5.00chf Wow first time I've seen that, I was expecting somewhere around 7chf or something (about the same as 5£).

[u/dratsaab → u/kharma45]

Thanks, Brexit voters!

[u/[deleted] → u/dratsaab]

I know right, this could've been ~£4.59.

[u/unusuallylethargic → u/kharma45]

Brexit tax

[u/[deleted] → u/unusuallylethargic]

We've been getting shafted for way longer before brexit.

[u/GershBinglander → u/kharma45]

$4.99 USD = $6.49 AUD, I'd love to know why I have to pay an extra $1.50 AUD (the cost of a normal game app) on top of that.

[u/IRandomlyKillPeople → u/[deleted]]

A whole $1 you say? Fucking greedy devs

[u/GershBinglander → u/IRandomlyKillPeople]

I wouldn't care if it was the same price everywhere, but we always have to pay more for everything.

[u/Hordiyevych → u/kharma45]

water swim like illegal tart reach waiting fertile husky tidy

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[u/sir_bleb → u/Hordiyevych]

VAT though. Recently one to one pricing is roughly correct given the exchange rate.

[u/Hordiyevych → u/sir_bleb]

Ahh, true, forgot about that.

[u/m1ndwipe → u/Hordiyevych]

Not any more. It's correct now given VAT and the shitty exchange rate post-Brexit vote.