After reading a few comments and replies, I think I will have to reassess
my views on the price! I think we iApp addicts are so used to getting
great little gadgets that we forget we are buying SOFTWARE - and until the
iPhone/iPod came along, we would have had to pay a lot more for even the
simple games and utilities we can now buy for a couple of dollars. The
software equivalent for the Morecombe field guide, if one was available in
this country, would probably have cost $100 or more - I can't remember
what I paid for the Simpson & Day CD-ROM, but I remember I considered it
expensive and very limited in functionality. I haven't used the new
Morecombe guide yet (perhaps we should be calling it Morecombe &
Stewart??) but I will be getting one after I finish an exam in couple of
weeks - no play until then!
Anyway, I thought I should make it clear that I am not grumbling about the
price at all - I initially thought they'd pitched it too high, but I can
see many reasons why they probably have it about right - and it is a
bargain when you compare the iApp features with what you get in the book!
Russell
On Fri, October 22, 2010 5:55 pm, David Adams wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 5:16 PM, <> wrote:
>
>
>> I'm not sure they've got the price right - there are a huge range of
>> North
>> American bird field guides, priced from around $12 - $24. I suppose the
>> competition pushes the price down.
>
> The two best regarded guides for North America (iBird Pro and the
> Sibley eGuide) cost $US 29.99 each at the US store, the same price as
> the new Morcombe at the US store. All three guides are comprehensive
> for their regions rather than offering only a smaller region or set of
> families.
>
> With that said, the birding apps are expensive by App Store standards.
> Why? Well, they've got a lot of great data and they can get away with
> it. As a comparison, "Wild Mushrooms of North America and Europe" by
> Rober Phillips is pretty high quality, includes 2,400 pictures of
> 1,550 species and costs $US 1.99. I guess mushroom hunters aren't
> ready to spend as much money as birders ;-)
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