{"id":100080,"date":"2018-04-20T15:54:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:54:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=100080"},"modified":"2025-07-01T23:32:32","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T06:32:32","slug":"these-are-the-most-expensive-and-absurd-apps-in-the-google-play-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/these-are-the-most-expensive-and-absurd-apps-in-the-google-play-store\/","title":{"rendered":"These are the most expensive (and absurd) apps in the Google Play Store"},"content":{"rendered":"

We always say that the Google Play Store is like a real shopping mall: there are lots of products for sale. Unfortunately, Google’s shopping mall is crowded with those goofy kiosks that sell worthless junk. We\u2019re not talking about fake or counterfeit apps: <\/span>we\u2019re talking about apps that are useless, but completely legal.<\/b><\/p>\n

Introducing\u00a0<\/span>Abu Moo<\/b><\/a>, the most expensive (and absurd) app developer in the Google Play Store. It. is. insane.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Let\u2019s get to the point: the app developer Abu Moo is worthless. Literally. When you download an Abu Moo app, its<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>sole purpose is to appear in the main menu as a widget<\/b>. That\u2019s it. You download the app and it does nothing. It just sits there on your screen. Sounds fun, right? An icon that does nothing? Hold on to your butts. Each app costs a staggering <\/span>$400<\/b><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n

To be exact,<\/span> there are six “apps”<\/b>: Amethyst, Aquamarine, Black Diamond, Emerald, Ruby,\u00a0and Sapphire. Buying all six would cost you a total of <\/span>$2,400<\/b>. That’s money you might as well set on fire.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Its creator, the developer Abu Moo, doesn\u2019t scam anybody. In fact, it\u2019s very clear in the description of every app: \u201cAre you rich and successful? Want to buy expensive apps just because you can? Maybe you want to impress your poor friends? Show them a widget that they do not own and never will. Or maybe you want to make a gift for your girlfriend, who happens to own an Android device? Why buy flowers, when you can buy virtual jewelry – an excellent solution! In any case, this widget is just for you! One of the most expensive apps on the Market, <\/em><\/span>that does absolutely nothing<\/b>, except show the world how rich and awesome you are!\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Abu Moo has been available on the market since 2013 and each of the apps has more than five downloads, which means there are actual living humans who spent actual\u00a0money actually purchasing them. Even if you had a Scrooge McDuck money vault, there’s no point in buying this thing. It\u2019s such a simple widget that anybody can create it. <\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to our pals at <\/span>Andro4All<\/span><\/a> for the tip.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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We always say that the Google Play Store is like a real shopping mall: there are lots of products for sale. Unfortunately, Google’s shopping mall is crowded with those goofy kiosks that sell worthless junk. We\u2019re not talking about fake or counterfeit apps: we\u2019re talking about apps that are useless, but completely legal. Introducing\u00a0Abu Moo, … Continue reading “These are the most expensive (and absurd) apps in the Google Play Store”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9091,"featured_media":100115,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":0},"categories":[3150],"tags":[1082,2422],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-100080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-android","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-play"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100080","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9091"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100080"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100080\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":328063,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100080\/revisions\/328063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100115"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100080"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=100080"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=100080"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=100080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}