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It has been a while since I looked into it, but don’t both app stores have provisions for offering private apps available only to people within an organization?
by macNchz 3y ago
It has been a while since I looked into it, but don’t both app stores have provisions for offering private apps available only to people within an organization? Still seems like kind of a pain to maintain release parity, but not out of the realm of reason for an org that cares a lot about keeping their communications fully in-house.
- cameron_b 3y agoPublicly available apps for orgs that require an account in order to do much of anything exist. You could download the app and end up in no-account purgatory
- pritambaral 3y agoLooked into that. Limitations: 1. Apparently, only one MDM is allowed per iOS device. This is a no-go for BYOD Consultants (like me). 2. Apple Business Manager does support Ad-Hoc distribution of links to private custom apps, but is limited to only one country. I have at least one client that has consultants across countries (typical when hiring in EU). The client doesn't even have a business registration in each country, so they can't even sign up for Apple Business Manager per-country they have users in. And even if they could, that would cost 300 USD per country. Android doesn't even need the app to be distributed via Google, or even that an app uses Google's Push servers.
- oakesm9 3y agoApple has either Unlisted Apps[1], Custom B2B apps[2], or Enterprise distribution apps[3]. All serve a slightly different purpose, but yes it would be possible to do but a pain to manage for most small businesses. [1] https://developer.apple.com/support/unlisted-app-distribution/ https://developer.apple.com/support/unlisted-app-distributio... [2] https://developer.apple.com/custom-apps/ https://developer.apple.com/custom-apps/ [3] https://developer.apple.com/programs/enterprise/ https://developer.apple.com/programs/enterprise/