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Is there a way to see purchased apps on android?

Nvidiaguy07

Nvidiaguy07

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Kinda dumb that i can no longer see what apps i purchased, i need to search them first. Yea i guess its not a huge deal, but i bought a bunch of games for 10 cents a while ago, and now i have no idea of finding which ones they are.

On a side note. Pretty pissed that plants vs zombies wont work on either my nexus 7 or my gnex. EA, and whatever developer makes the game sucks. Really fun game too. Developers should be accountable to make their games compatible with newer versions of android - or be forced to give a refund.
 
s44 said:
Yeah, they should.

Also, Pop Cap does suck. I want Chuzzle on my Nexus/Prime!
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Yeah, still waiting for bejeweled blitz for my sgs3 so I can sell my iphone 4. I only use the ip4 for playing blitz while taking a dump. 🙂
 
I'm not sure what you're talking about, because I can see all of mine exactly how I've been able to ever since they changed to Google Play...

Context menu > My Apps > Swipe to "All"

Kinda dumb to complain that you can't do something before you even ask how to do it.
 
Now if only I could remove apps in the all list forever. I hate scrolling 100s of apps I used throughout the years. Wish I could remove some permanently from all lists.
 
To clarify - you CAN find purchased apps in the My Apps section, and they say "Purchased" next to them (instead of "Installed," "Free," or "$0.99" or whatever price they are).

But in the old version of the Play Store, all your purchased apps would show up in the My Apps section even if they weren't installed. Free apps that weren't installed at the time didn't show up. Now they changed it so it keeps a record of all the apps you've installed, which can be nice if you're moving to a new phone and don't want to forget anything, but it's also frustrating because there's no easy way to get a list of all your purchased apps. Normally you're more likely to want to install purchased apps and free apps don't matter so much.
 
gorcorps said:
I'm not sure what you're talking about, because I can see all of mine exactly how I've been able to ever since they changed to Google Play...

Context menu > My Apps > Swipe to "All"

Kinda dumb to complain that you can't do something before you even ask how to do it.
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I think OP means all in a row as opposed to purchased ones being spread out across hundreds or thousands of apps you may have tried and deleted which is the issue I have with the Play Store.
 
AstroManLuca said:
To clarify - you CAN find purchased apps in the My Apps section, and they say "Purchased" next to them (instead of "Installed," "Free," or "$0.99" or whatever price they are).

But in the old version of the Play Store, all your purchased apps would show up in the My Apps section even if they weren't installed. Free apps that weren't installed at the time didn't show up. Now they changed it so it keeps a record of all the apps you've installed, which can be nice if you're moving to a new phone and don't want to forget anything, but it's also frustrating because there's no easy way to get a list of all your purchased apps. Normally you're more likely to want to install purchased apps and free apps don't matter so much.
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Ah, so the OP wants to filter and JUST see "Purchased" apps... as in ones that still cost money. That I could see is an issue, but that's not what I got out of the OP.
 
gorcorps said:
Ah, so the OP wants to filter and JUST see "Purchased" apps... as in ones that still cost money. That I could see is an issue, but that's not what I got out of the OP.
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Yeah, the annoying thing is it arranges them in order of the date you last installed it. So an app that you tried for 5 minutes and then uninstalled will be at the top of the list, while an app (even a paid app) that you installed months ago and use all the time will be way near the bottom. As you use the phone more and try more apps, the list just keeps getting longer and longer and nothing ever disappears from it.

The other REALLY annoying thing is when you go to that list, install an app, then go back to the list, it always sends you back to the top of the list. So once you've installed the first few apps in the list, you have to scroll down a ton every time. Really slow and frustrating.
 
um really easy.. open play store.. then hit your menu button and it says MY APPS..
will filter everything.
 
if you go to your google wallet order history online, you can see only paid ones as well as the amounts. not ideal, but it's there.
 
CVSiN said:
um really easy.. open play store.. then hit your menu button and it says MY APPS..
will filter everything.
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Unless I'm missing something, if I've tried out hundreds of apps, the ones I actually used or purchased will be mixed in throughout that entire list and there's no way to sort for "installed" or "purchased". The problem gets worse the more apps you've tried.
 
CVSiN said:
um really easy.. open play store.. then hit your menu button and it says MY APPS..
will filter everything.
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This was true in old versions of the Play Store, but they changed it to include any app you've ever installed, even free ones, even ones you only used for 5 minutes.
 
AstroManLuca said:
Yeah, the annoying thing is it arranges them in order of the date you last installed it. So an app that you tried for 5 minutes and then uninstalled will be at the top of the list, while an app (even a paid app) that you installed months ago and use all the time will be way near the bottom. As you use the phone more and try more apps, the list just keeps getting longer and longer and nothing ever disappears from it.
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Yup, so in my case I have to look through literally hundreds, maybe even a thousand apps to go back and see everything ive purchased. Sorry i should have made it more clear what i was trying to do.

Also, on the nexus 7, there is no option for "my apps" which is also retarded.
The other REALLY annoying thing is when you go to that list, install an app, then go back to the list, it always sends you back to the top of the list. So once you've installed the first few apps in the list, you have to scroll down a ton every time. Really slow and frustrating.
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Jesus christ this. I finally scroll down far enough to find a bunch of games that look fun that i bought during that sale, click one, and i get kicked all the way back to the top. Ridiculous! Theyre giving away money for people to spend in the google store, and it just sucks.

If i really want to keep track of what i want to install/what i own, i literally need to sit there and write down apps i see that i have "purchased" and then go and search them after. How stupid is that. Great job google. No excuse.

Doesnt seem like a hard thing to fix either. Screw you google.

gorcorps said:
Kinda dumb to complain that you can't do something before you even ask how to do it.
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Kinda dumb to complain about a post without understanding it...


vshah said:
if you go to your google wallet order history online, you can see only paid ones as well as the amounts. not ideal, but it's there.
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thanks. That works!
 
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AstroManLuca said:
The other REALLY annoying thing is when you go to that list, install an app, then go back to the list, it always sends you back to the top of the list. So once you've installed the first few apps in the list, you have to scroll down a ton every time. Really slow and frustrating.
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That part is quite annoying too, and I don't think it was always like this. I don't remember it being this way but it may have taken this long to really piss me off.
 
gorcorps said:
That part is quite annoying too, and I don't think it was always like this. I don't remember it being this way but it may have taken this long to really piss me off.
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Google changed it few months back and I agree the new system is retarded and annoying.
 
gorcorps said:
That part is quite annoying too, and I don't think it was always like this. I don't remember it being this way but it may have taken this long to really piss me off.
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There are two workarounds for this that I've found.

One is if you're running the Play Store in tablet mode (only possible on actual tablets or if you have ParanoidAndroid installed), you can install apps without leaving the My Apps list if you're in landscape mode. It goes extremely fast this way.

The other is, if you're about to wipe your phone, get an app called AppBak and run it just before you wipe. Then reinstall it after you wipe and restore your backup. It will generate a list of every app that was installed on your phone, and each app has a clickable link that will bring you to its Play Store page. And when you install and then press the back button, it will bring you back to the AppBak list in the same position instead of kicking you to the top. It's not perfect; it also lists apps that you didn't download from the Play Store, but it works fairly well.

Honestly Google just needs to fix the Play Store to be a little less annoying. Or have a separate "Purchased Apps" tab or something. Hey, they're collecting tons of usage data all the time, right? They should have a "most used apps" tab even. Because I'm sure they know which apps we all use the most.
 
Nvidiaguy07 said:
Also, on the nexus 7, there is no option for "my apps" which is also retarded.
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it's there, its just not in the menu. it's the 1st of 3 buttons (3rd being menu drop down) in the top right corner of the play store. a little arrow pointing down to a horizontal line.
 
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