Hi all,
I am planning to release my app for free.
Gamer can chose to buy more content(IAP) if they want to see more content.
But should I include the premium content in my free app? Or the premium content is only downloadable after they pay for the IAP?
Which one is the correct approach? If I put everything in the free app, is it easy to crack?
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You can go either way, but you will need a way to deliver your in-app purchase content reliably via a remote server so they can download the content once it comes in (or pay for a service that does this).
The advantage to storing everything in your app and just having an in-app purchase that “unlocks” it is that they don’t have to wait for anything do download, and it’s more reliable and affordable on your part.
Some food for thought…
If someone jailbroke their iPhone for the purpose of getting paid apps for free, it’s likely that they wouldn’t have paid for your in-app purchase anyway.
Feel comfortable in knowing that 99% of the population doesn’t know how to jailbreak an iPhone, isn’t interested in doing so, and are happy to pay for premium content if they feel like it provides as much (or more) value than what you’re asking. [import]uid: 52430 topic_id: 17480 reply_id: 66374[/import]
I realized if i remove he game app from my phone, hen resync back from macbook yo iphone, all my save files gone for the app
So if we are to have IAP, will the same thing happen? Will they need to re-buy the content? I believe the gamer will scream!
Thanks for the pointer [import]uid: 10373 topic_id: 17480 reply_id: 67118[/import]
No, what happens is, the user will go to buy it and it will say “You have already purchased this item. Click okay to download it for Free” (not exact wording).
So, what you could do is have some kind of message in the app stating that if they purchased the item before, they will not have to repay for it later on (even if on a different device, as long as they use the same Apple ID). [import]uid: 52430 topic_id: 17480 reply_id: 67122[/import]
Another way to go with that is to have a restore button in your shop scene.
Then all they have to do is click that, and it will restore all their previously purchased items. [import]uid: 69826 topic_id: 17480 reply_id: 67140[/import]