The most expensive app ever?

Here’s a little e-commerce history I found amusing.

From Wikipedia:

I Am Rich is an iOS application developed by Armin Heinrich and which was distributed using the App Store. When launched, the screen only contains a glowing red gem and an icon that, when pressed, displays the following mantra in large text:

I am rich
I deserv [sic] it
I am good,
healthy & successful

The application is described as “a work of art with no hidden function at all”, with its only purpose being to show other people that they were able to afford it.

The app was released in 2008 and cost $999.99, the maximum price allowed on the App Store 🤑

Eight people bought the app – two were refunded – and Apple removed it from the App Store the day after its release.