The big reason the cup of coffee vs app analogy doesn't hold is that my iPhone really only has space for about 30 apps.
I'm a big music/podcast listener so I only afford enough space for about 30 apps. For a $0.99 app to be useful it has to has to beat out apps like Shazam, kindle book reader, bloomberg anywhere, evernote, etc.
The likely hood of an app at any price doing this is pretty low.
For me this is why the analogy doesn't hold. Price has nothing to do with it.
I'm a big music/podcast listener so I only afford enough space for about 30 apps. For a $0.99 app to be useful it has to has to beat out apps like Shazam, kindle book reader, bloomberg anywhere, evernote, etc.
The likely hood of an app at any price doing this is pretty low.
For me this is why the analogy doesn't hold. Price has nothing to do with it.