I have a paid app that I want to make free temporarily. The app is currently part of an app bundle. How can I make the app free? Do I need to remove the bundle from sale manually? Will the bundle automatically be removed from sale when I make the app free? Will I have to resubmit the bundle for approval later when I change the app back to paid?
How do I temporarily make paid app free when it's part of an app bundle?
From the docs:
App Bundle Pricing and Availability
When bundles become available. You can create the bundle before the apps are available in the App Store, as long as each app has at least one approved version. After you have submitted the bundle for review and it has been approved, it will automatically become available for sale when all of the apps it contains are available themselves and all other requirements are met. In order to be available, app bundles must meet the following requirements:
- All apps in the bundle must be available for purchase. An app bundle can be created with free apps, but it will not be available on the store until all the apps in the bundle are available for purchase. Likewise, at the time an app in the bundle goes from paid to free, the entire bundle will no longer be available on the store. If all apps become available for purchase again, then the bundle will be automatically restored, if it continues to meet requirements.
- App bundles must be sold at a reduced price, which is less than the sum total of the individual app prices contained in the bundle.
- A bundle’s price must be no lower than the highest app price in the bundle. If an app in the bundle goes to a price that is higher than the price of the bundle, the bundle will automatically be removed from the store.
- There are no bundle-specific territory settings. An app bundle will be live only where all member apps have common territories.
- Only ten bundles can be marked as cleared for sale at any time per developer account. If you have ten bundles marked cleared for sale, you can create additional bundles, but you can’t check Cleared for Sale for an additional bundle unless you first uncheck it from another bundle.
- A single app can be in no more than three cleared-for-sale bundles at one time.
App bundle status. While an app bundle can have the status Ready for Sale, it might not be available on the App Store. If the bundle is not available, you may see a warning message at the top of the App Bundle Details page notifying you of reasons that the bundle is not live, such as incompatible pricing.