Skyscape, the largest medical library for the mobile and the company that we all thrive on when it comes to our handhelds in clinical practice has a puzzling marketing strategy.
I postponed writing about this issue for a while thinking that it’s an error and they’ll will soon rectify it. But even after asking them about it they did not fix it until the time am writing this post.
So let me tell you what is it;
Skyscape first introduced their first native iPhone app “The Skyscape Medical Resources” which is their mother app on which we can install all of their titles.
That app comes free with four resources these are: Archimedes, Outlines in Clinical Medicine [OCM], RxDrugs, and MedAlerts.
Now, if you go to Skyscape Website and check for these resources you’ll find that RxDrugs, and OCM are being sold for and $34 and $23 respectively! Am not talking here about the other platforms [Palm, WM, BB, and others] am talking exactly about the iPhone version.
What’s even funnier is that OCM and RxDrugs are individually being given away for free in the App Store!
I hand checked the versions that you get from the website with those that you get from the App Store and they are exactly the same, I repeat, they are exactly the same.
Moreover, they insisted on this policy and released Skyscape’s Medical Bag which again features trimmed versions of Archimedes 360, and Labs 360 and an exact version of LS 360. All of these are being sold for a total price of over $80 in the Skyscape’s website [click on them above] while in fact you can get them all for only $1.99 from the iTunes App Store!
So dear colleagues, if you have an iPhone or iPod Touch, Don’t buy those apps that I just mentioned from Skyscape website. Instead get them for free or at a very low price from iTunes.
And if you don’t have an iPhone or iPod Touch; well, this is another good reason to switch!
Wow
this is really interesting
How dare they do fool us this way
Thanks for the tip
Wow
this is really interesting
How dare they do fool us this way
Thanks for the tip
I think Skyscape has the rights to offer lower prices to the platform that they choose, this is not fooling people
I think Skyscape has the rights to offer lower prices to the platform that they choose, this is not fooling people
Thank you for your feedback. We listened.
Skyscape has over 500 medical resources available across seven platforms. From time to time we market our resources differently from one platform to another. Skyscape does offer Archimedes, Outlines in Clinical Medicine (OCM), RxDrugs to iPhone users free with Skyscape Medical Resources from the App store.
As you suggested, we no longer sell these products on our site for iPhone/iPod touch users, but there is a note advising iPhone/iPod touch users how to get these resources for free.
We also offer the Medical Bag app in the iTunes store for $1.99. Medical Bag contains abridged material from Labs360°, Life Support 360° and Archimedes 360°, with the selections made specifically to maximize usefulness as a basic set of tools and references.
Purchasers of Medical Bag also have the option of downloading RxDrugs, OCM and Archimedes for free.
Your continued feedback will be appreciated
Thank you for your feedback. We listened.
Skyscape has over 500 medical resources available across seven platforms. From time to time we market our resources differently from one platform to another. Skyscape does offer Archimedes, Outlines in Clinical Medicine (OCM), RxDrugs to iPhone users free with Skyscape Medical Resources from the App store.
As you suggested, we no longer sell these products on our site for iPhone/iPod touch users, but there is a note advising iPhone/iPod touch users how to get these resources for free.
We also offer the Medical Bag app in the iTunes store for $1.99. Medical Bag contains abridged material from Labs360°, Life Support 360° and Archimedes 360°, with the selections made specifically to maximize usefulness as a basic set of tools and references.
Purchasers of Medical Bag also have the option of downloading RxDrugs, OCM and Archimedes for free.
Your continued feedback will be appreciated