Hadlee Simons / Android Authority
TL;DR
- The overwhelming majority of polled Android Authority readers don’t wish to pay for a wallpaper app.
- Nevertheless, a small variety of respondents are open to a one-time cost.
Tech YouTuber Marques Brownlee (often known as MKBHD) launched a wallpaper app final week, and it acquired a adverse reception as a result of its $12/month subscription (or $50 a yr). This charge offers you entry to quite a lot of high-quality wallpapers, though there’s additionally an ad-supported free tier that dishes out lower-quality variations of those wallpapers.
We requested readers on our web site and viewers on our YouTube channel how a lot they had been keen to spend on a wallpaper app. It seems the overwhelming majority of you actually don’t wish to pay for a wallpaper app within the first place.
How a lot are you keen to pay for a wallpaper app?
Over 8,800 votes had been solid on the YouTube ballot, and 84% of respondents stated they wouldn’t pay for a wallpaper app in any respect. In the meantime, over 6,100 votes had been tallied on our web site, and 78% of surveyed readers stated they wouldn’t pay for a wallpaper app.
Many feedback on each our web site and YouTube channel level to the huge quantity of free wallpapers on the market. Some customers famous sources resembling their very own images, Reddit, Twitter, AI picture turbines, and Google Picture Search (though this isn’t perfect if you would like ethically sourced wallpapers).
We also needs to point out our weekly Wallpaper Wednesday sequence, that includes wallpapers by readers and the AA crew. Both approach, there’s definitely no scarcity of how to get free backgrounds.
Simply 12% of surveyed YouTube viewers stated they’d pay an affordable one-time charge for a wallpaper app, whereas 15% of polled web site readers stated they’d pay a one-time charge. In truth, the $4 Wallpaper Engine app was referenced a couple of instances throughout our web site and YouTube channel. So there’s a contingent of people that aren’t against coughing up some money.
For sure, there was little or no assist for a subscription of any sort. The most well-liked subscription selection amongst YouTube voters was $1 to $5 a month, however this solely accounted for two% of the vote. The most well-liked selection amongst web site guests was the $1 to $5 tier as effectively, with 6% of the vote.
