Hi all, I'm creating an app that breaks pieces of it into a bunch of IAPs. I'm planning on offering a one week trial of one of the pieces. Currently I'm handling this by creating a consumable IAP that the app grants the user at the start of runtime of the app. That seems to be working, as it grants the IAP, and the IAP expires after the set time for the trial expires. What I'm wondering is if it is possible to include the consumable at the time of downloading the app so that a user does not get prompted to enter in their Apple ID and password from within the app to receive the consumable. Due to some certifications my app will need to meet, the granting of the trial IAP needs to be a seamless process once the app is running on the device, and any prompts for a user's Apple credentials need to be locked behind an age gate.

We have a feature in an app by which users can visualize maps. Users must pay for the specific maps they want. Can we remove (even if only temporarily) the feature for map visualization? The crux of the issue is that without this feature, the maps purchased by users are of no use —at least until we're in a position (maybe in a month or so) to put the feature back in. Even if we manage this correctly and communicate the temporary situation to our customers, will Apple have anything to say about this? Could the release be blocked during review? I've read this (see below) but it doesn't seem to cover this particular scenario. Notice we're not removing the subscriptions, and users pay for the content, not for the feature. It's just that the content they've paid for will be temporarily unavailable until the feature is reintroduced. https://help.apple.com/app-store-connect/#/dev636f037c8

Hi. I'm using the apple API to validate the originalTransactionId I'm getting from the client. I also want to use the expireDate that comes from the last transaction. Can I trust the fact that the first element in the lastTransactions is actually the last transaction?

Hi! Is custom product page feature is launched? If so, can you let me know if it's possible to use? thanks

Hi, I'm implementing an auto renew subscription in my app. I tried to figure out how to validate and get notified about any changes in users subscription status, and I found so much ways to do it. What is the difference between those: a. /validateReceipt b. appstore API (for example inApps/v1/history/{originalTransactionId}) c. apple notifications service, with the webhook url in the appstore connect information. Do I need to use all of the above methods in order to make my auto renew subscriptions 100% hermetic?

We have a paid app as of right now, but would like to change the business model to subscription-based. Will the change from paid app to subscription affect our current users? Surely they have bought the app "for life" and will not be required to start a subscription? We of course don't the backlash of unhappy users, who have already paid for the app. Would very much appreciate some input! /Evelina, BabyNaps app

It has been some time since WWDC and first beta and couldn't find any information about iOS 15 new features to integrate office keys into Wallet. Is this feature live in iOS 15.0 or is it coming later this year? We are highly interested in this feature to offer access control features to our customers but it seems there are no information about Wallet improvements mentioned on WWDC 10092

Hi, We have just signed up for the Apple developer program as a company, and we would like to develop an application for our clients. The current application is not on the App store, so there is no "transfer" to do, per say. The customer has his developer account as well, so we want them to add our company as a whole on their account so we can "do the work of publishing" for them. We will manage who has the rights to test, develop and publish apps for the client. In the past, each developer created their own developer account using their own email address. The clients then added the individual account in their developer program. There are 2 problems that we're trying to address: We have multiple developers working on the same project and we would like to release new versions with our company's credentials rather than the individual's account. Over time, some employees have left our company and we no longer have access to our clients' developer accounts to make updates without their intervention. How can our clients add our organization so we can manage the clients' applications. Thanks for all your help.

Our app is currently rejected by the AppStore review by violating the guideline. "Guideline 3.2.2 - Business - Other Business Model Issues - Unacceptable The primary purpose of your app is to encourage users to watch ads or perform marketing-oriented tasks, which is not appropriate for the App Store. Next Steps We encourage you to review your app concept and incorporate different content and features that are in compliance with the App Store Review Guidelines.“ At first, our app requires users to play a game and get the reality gifts according to the score. But this concept is rejected so I want to confirm that "In-App Purchase Credit and use the credit to redeem reality gift" does not violate the guideline. Appreciate for any help.

I am just curious, if my clients still purchase through the old API, but do my validations on server side with Storekit 2, could the clients for an instance, start sending their receipt encrypted with JWS to my server so I can take advantage of this security addition plus the rest of the new server notifications, transaction history and all the new goodies. My reason for this case is that I cannot drop previous iOS version support thus gotta stick with Storekit 1 for some time.

We're building an app for a client that is providing emergency services to employees of businesses that have insurance policies with our client (it's a value added service they're providing to their clients). The issue is, they only want the employees of their clients to be able to register on the app. At the moment, once the user downloads the app and enters their details our client gets a notification which allows them to approve or deny the user access to the app. (This is working fine on the Google Play Store). I'd like to know whether this model is support by the Apple App Store and if so which program should we enroll in? Our current thoughts are to have our client create a business manager account use the VPP to send vouchers to specific users, but we're not sure if there is a better way forward.

We are developing an app which will be used by a select set of registered users that are accepted or denied by our customers using our web app. We are now seeing some obstacles in the review process where Apple is asking us to use Apple Business Manager. This would complicate our sign up and authentication process since not all users will be employees of the company but in some cases contractors. What is the best approach for distributing such an app to apple devices?

Hello all! We've recently launched an app and received a rejection on the basis of incentivizing referrals as described below: we noticed that your app incentivizes referrals in order to sign up new users. While rewarding the invitation sender with points or other digital content is acceptable, the person receiving the invitation should not receive any rewards for downloading or registering an account to use your app. Incentivizing downloads has a direct influence on the App Store user reviews or chart ranking. We quickly removed the incentive for the referral consumer (2000 points on signup), as that was the side that Apple was concerned about, however, I've seen a number of apps that give benefits to users who sign up with a referral code. Ones that come to mind include Robinhood (free stock), Cash App (earn $5), Lyft ($5 ride credit) etc. Anyone know why these referrals are able to exist but not ours? Are they doing it in a similar but slightly different way that is permissible? If so, would something like "Use this referral link and earn 2000 points when you do X" or something be allowed instead? Thanks for your time!

i registered my app is paid. But now i just want my app is free, so how can i chang ?