Its really sad when Apple, a company that I feel is pretty trustworthy, allows developers to sell applications like the ones I am about to talk about for amounts that are so out of the ballpark that one can only assume that they are trying to take advantage of the single click purchase system.

Case in point: A company called [Mini Fun World](http://www.minifunworld.com/). According to their website, you can get all their applications for $0.99.

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So then you click on the App Store image on their website to take you to the App Store so that you can purchase the application only to find:

This is no typo as one might imagine. A little research at AppShopper.com and you can see that the developer had actually set the price to $449.99 for nearly a month before bringing the price “down” to $399.99.

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This is no exception for Mini Fun World either. Apparently, Mini Fun World feels that all of their applications are worth well over $100 each.

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There was another developer that was increasing his apps price over time as an experiment. After the app got to about the same price as Shapes N Colors here, they pulled the app and banned the developer. Mind you, that developer dissed the App Store at a conference for independent developers recently. Still, you have to wonder what Apple is thinking when they see apps priced like Mini Fun World’s apps.

So parents, make darn sure you pay attention to what your children want for their iPod touch and iPads. Don’t just look at the developers website and say OK. Check the App Store to make sure. Also, create iTunes accounts that are not tied to a credit card for your kids. You can control the account and send it an “allowance” to make sure your kids don’t accidentally purchase a program that is advertised as $0.99 but is actually $399.99!