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>Allow us to charge a nominal fee to for major upgrades to our apps. Right now new versions either have to be made into all-new apps, or we have to give away al

>Allow us to charge a nominal fee to for major upgrades to our apps. Right now new versions either have to be made into all-new apps, or we have to give away all new versions for free. There’s no way to charge an upgrade free. If I buy a Mac or iPhone from Apple I can trade it in towards a new one when I upgrade, but users can’t do the same thing for software. All the developers I know are suffering right now because Apple has prevented us from offering special upgrade pricing. It’s completely unsustainable to ask developers to continue supporting their apps but also to forbid them from charging for upgrades. I don't understand. Aren't freemium apps allowed on AppStore? There are lots of apps with in-app purchase upgrades.

frenchie14 6y ago
There's a model for going free -> paid. There's no model for going App V1 -> V2 with payment.
- jonas21 6y ago
  There's nothing stopping you from shipping V2, but keeping the new features locked behind an in-app purchase.
  - greysphere 6y ago
    (1) This is difficult. You have to support multiple versions within the same executable. So there is an economic barrier. (2) And sometimes, it is impossible. An example is supporting new iphonex+ aspect ratios. There's no way post-launch to 'go back' to the old scheme or go forward to the new.
- freeone3000 6y ago
  Could you have subsequent versions as individual IAPs, like DLCs for software?
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makecheck 6y ago
How do you find those, though? There are no filters. Only way I can do it is to tap through each search result, scroll down to “In-App Purchases: Yes”, tap it, and (99% of the time) see something like “Bucket of Gems: $99.99”) and “nope” back out.
wilshipley 6y ago
All the solutions and hacks I’ve seen from other companies to simulate discounted upgrades have been a mess — that’s not my verdict, it’s the verdict of the developers who have tried it and found themselves stymied by Apple’s byzantine rules and limited App Store. -W

frenchie14 6y ago

There's a model for going free -> paid. There's no model for going App V1 -> V2 with payment.

jonas21 6y ago
There's nothing stopping you from shipping V2, but keeping the new features locked behind an in-app purchase.
- greysphere 6y ago
  (1) This is difficult. You have to support multiple versions within the same executable. So there is an economic barrier. (2) And sometimes, it is impossible. An example is supporting new iphonex+ aspect ratios. There's no way post-launch to 'go back' to the old scheme or go forward to the new.
freeone3000 6y ago
Could you have subsequent versions as individual IAPs, like DLCs for software?

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makecheck 6y ago

How do you find those, though? There are no filters. Only way I can do it is to tap through each search result, scroll down to “In-App Purchases: Yes”, tap it, and (99% of the time) see something like “Bucket of Gems: $99.99”) and “nope” back out.

wilshipley 6y ago

All the solutions and hacks I’ve seen from other companies to simulate discounted upgrades have been a mess — that’s not my verdict, it’s the verdict of the developers who have tried it and found themselves stymied by Apple’s byzantine rules and limited App Store. -W