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Boxcar push notification app for iPhone and iPad is now totally free
Boxcar manages all the push notifications on your iPhone, letting you add sources like Twitter, Facebook, email and RSS feeds. It's an extremely useful app, and the latest version also comes at a useful price: FREE. That's right: Boxcar 3.0 has a completely revamped appearance, an iPad version, and some new alert sounds, and it's available at the lowest of low prices.
Boxcar's new pricetag comes with an in-app ads tradeoff, of course. If you really can't stand the advertising, you can get rid of it with one $4.95 payment. The free version isn't crippled in any way, though, so you'll probably decide not to worry about it. Users who bought older versions of Boxcar (or got it for free, but paid to add more services) won't see ads, although this is confusing, because the "Turn Off Advertising" button is still available.
Boxcar's developer, Jonathan George, has said, " If you have ever given us any money in any way, you will never see an advertisement." So, breathe easy, current Boxcar owners, and enjoy the new features! And if you don't own Boxcar, it's never been cheaper to check it out.
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Subscribe to commentsrebootJun 22nd 2010 5:59PM
Well sad to say... after the latest upgrade to v3.0.x I have deleted the Boxcar app from my phone. It was awesome before AND it just worked (before the upgrade). Notifications were fast to download to the phone.
After the upgrade, it has been unstable and buggy. When opening the app it now takes forever to get the notifications downloaded to the phone. The app crashes quite frequently. PLUS, now to get rid of the ads that were added you have to pay $4.99. Nah
I will pick between the Howl app or the Prowl app, they are both currently on $2.99, regular price, and are getting good reviews. I'll save 2 bucks buying one of these and helping a different developer improve their product.
Jay HathawayJun 22nd 2010 6:16PM
As I said in the post, the ad-free version is free if you've ever given the developer any money -- that includes buying a previous version of Boxcar. if you're still seeing ads even though you paid for the app, you shouldn't be. Email the developer and he'll fix it.