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"You pick the "free" one and it turns out it is useless without an IAP whereas the $1 app perhaps would not. It turns out the free app costs $2 in order to function as well as the $1 app."

So uninstall it and shell out the $1 for the other one. FFS, why is this hard?

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Well, when there are 1000 apps to choose from, you can install/uninstall a lot of apps before you find the one that's actually the best value for money.

The OP is essentially complaining about a lack of price transparency. And he's 100% correct.

It isn't hard, it's annoying. It's such a simple fix. I don't mind the freemium model but I do mind the bait-and-switch freemium model where you get the reputation and feature listing of a paid app, but list the price of a free app.

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