ITunes is downloading apps twice!

I buy an app from my iPhone 4, iTunes automatically downloads a copy on my Mac in my absence. In the store section of my iPhone, I've the "automatically download new purchases made on other devices" option turned off. Why is this happening?

At the iTunes menu bar on your Mac, go to iTunes > Preferences. Under the Store tab below Automatic Downloads, is Apps selected?
In the store section of my iPhone, I've the "automatically download new purchases made on other devices" option turned off.
This is for your iPhone only - not for iTunes on your computer, and not for any other iOS device accessing the same iTunes account.
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