App Sale: You Are Rich

Michael (Admin) | Mar 9, 2010 Lifestyle

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You Are Rich is on sale for free – normally a complete ripoff!

When the iTunes App Store first opened up in the summer of 2008, some jackass named Armin Heinrich released an app called I Am Rich which was basically a jpeg image of a red jewel that included some kind of “secret mantra” intended to make you believe you hadn’t just flushed $999.99 down the drain. Fast forward to… uh… today… and now you can get the very same app for free! Well, not exactly the same app, but pretty damn close.

I never saw the inner workings of the original “rich” app because (a) I was never quite drunk – or rich – enough to buy it, and (b) it got squashed by Apple within a few days after being released. But hey! Now you can see what that app *probably* looked like on the inside for free… red gem, idiotic self-affirmations, and all. And then you can say holy crap I’m glad I didn’t just waste $99.99! Yes, that’s what You Are Rich costs on a normal day, $99.99… more recently it was $.99, but that’s still $.99 too much.

So if I think this app is such a waste of time, why am I announcing the sale? Consider it a public service! If you get this app right now while it’s free, you’ll never have to wonder what it would be like to drop a single dime on an app designed specifically for morons with money to burn. Ok, to be fair, a lot of apps seem like they’re designed for morons but this one, like the 2008 ripoff it’s copy-catting, is in a league of its own.

iTunes Link – You Are Rich


  • http://www.metzener.com/davemblog/ Dave M.

    I understand why bloggers and iPhone/iPod touch app sites feel the need to discuss this application. I just feel that publicizing this app, good or bad, is great for the developer and something that really is just not necessary.

    Its like feeding comment trolls. Give them an inch and they will take a mile. However, if you ignore them, they tend to go away. Mind you, an application in the AppStore will probably never go away unless Apple removes it. Still, there just isn’t a need to give them any publicity at all.

    Plus, just one poor AppStore patron accidentally buying the app will feed this developer for quite some time.

    Actually, its a shame we can’t be sure of getting a refund after purchasing the $99.99 version. It would be a great way of putting the developer out of business. Ten thousand people buy then demand a refund. The developer has to pay $3,000 to the folks demand the refund and they go right out of business and away from the AppStore.

    Hopefully, Apple will wake up and get a handle on their approval policy and remove the app because it does absolutely nothing. Something that other developers have been rejected for yet for some strange reason, this app was not.