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Free with ads
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Positive
- Data collection
- Gains users quickly
- Growing industry
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Negative
- Annoyed of ads
- Comprise experience
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Freemium
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Positive
- Build a large user base
- Try before you buy
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Negative
- Few features
- Too many features for free
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Paid apps
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Positive
- Revenue with every new download
- Engaged users
- No in-app ads
- Motivate developpers
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Negative
- Competition from free apps
- App stores take revenues
- Less downloaded
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In-app purchases
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Positive
- Profits without risks
- Engagement of the users
- High profit margin
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Negative
- App stores take revenues
- Model had a bad publicity
- Have to be more transparent
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Subscriptions
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Positive
- Experience all the features
- Continual revenue
- Loyal users
- Motivate developpers
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Negative
- Determine how to place the paywall
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Sponsorship
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Positive
- Related to the apps
- Revenue for devs and promos for users
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Negative
- Not as tested as the others