I’m heading for iOS IAP and I have 5 kinds of coins packs, and with any purchase I remove all ads, should this be a consumable or not? I’m afraid Apple would reject my app if it is needed, but, if it is, the users will not be able to purchase more packs since they are not consumable!! please help me here, what do you suggest?
You have a good like catch-22 there.
If you use consumables, which coin packs are, they are never restored. If your app owner deletes the app and reinstalls it, they will get Ads again until they buy more consumables. I suspect this would be a less than optimal thing for your app’s public relations. Apple might figure this out. Not sure.
If you use an entitlement, which is restorable, that person cannot ever buy it again which defeats the purpose of you’re selling coin packs.
I’m not sure what the right answer is here. Maybe someone else from the community can offer some suggestions.
On the other hand, how big is the chance a user will re-install an app after they deleted it?
It’s a fairly common occurrence. In fact, there are over 200 million new iOS 7 installs. All those apps had to be re-installed. All those people upgrading to iPhone 5s and 5c’s? All are re-installs.
You have a good like catch-22 there.
If you use consumables, which coin packs are, they are never restored. If your app owner deletes the app and reinstalls it, they will get Ads again until they buy more consumables. I suspect this would be a less than optimal thing for your app’s public relations. Apple might figure this out. Not sure.
If you use an entitlement, which is restorable, that person cannot ever buy it again which defeats the purpose of you’re selling coin packs.
I’m not sure what the right answer is here. Maybe someone else from the community can offer some suggestions.
On the other hand, how big is the chance a user will re-install an app after they deleted it?
It’s a fairly common occurrence. In fact, there are over 200 million new iOS 7 installs. All those apps had to be re-installed. All those people upgrading to iPhone 5s and 5c’s? All are re-installs.