Time to pay up for Android apps that I like

I have $20 Google credit that I need to spent before Sept 30, and that spanned me to start looking various Andorid apps and see if there's any of them worthy to pay for.

The first one is DoggCatcher.  I've been keep looking and looking, and still found DogCatcher the best podcast app on Andorid.  Worthy of my $2.99.

For local network browser, I have to say that the free ES File Explorer still beats the rest of them hands down.  Here's why I have problem with the others:

• FX+ : The + feature cost a few bucks, which is fine if it works.  But it doesn't.  Network connection takes like forever to complete.
• FileExpert: Tried the network feature, and just keep giving me "Cannot Open"
• File Manager: Same ultra long network connection problem.
• Astro File Manager: Got the error "DUP_NAME"

At the end, I settle with ES File Explorer.  Oddly enough, the product is free, and I don't know how to pay for it.

Next stop: Video player.  Once again, there are lot of apps, and I settled with a free one called Dice Player.  Don't know how to pay for it.

Then, audiobook player.  This one is odd, because I tried to pay for MortPlayerAudiobook, but then found Akimbo Player does a better job.  Both are free.

Next, VOIP.  I settled with Talkatone because it has both iOS and Android version.  And by paying US$9.99, I can ultimately get rid of ads on both the Android and iOS version.  Great feature, gotta say.  I also like GVPhone, but since I already paid for Talkstone, it doesn't make sense to pay for another one unless I found something that I really hate about it.

So there it is.  After researching for whole day, I ended up paying 2 apps.  Hopefully, I can find more apps that worthy to pay for.

Another thing I learned about Google Play: if you buy something, the among will be instantly credited from your account.  But if you cancel a transaction, it actually takes quite some time to credit the amount back.  At least I haven't seen it credited back to my Google Play credit yet.  Either that or the amount credited back to my another credit card.  This is so freaking confusing.

(Update) The refund finally comes back to my Google Play credit.