AppStories

App Subscriptions


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How app subscriptions work, the pros and cons for consumers and developers, and examples of apps using creative subscription models.

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    • Links and Show Notes
      Background
      • Choosing a Business Model
      • Apple announces subscriptions for all apps
      • Subscriptions – Developer Documentation
      • App Bundles - Developer Documentation
      • In-App Purchases - Developer Documentation
      • Apple Announces In-App Purchases For Free iPhone Applications
      • Top App Publishers of Q1 2017: 10 Largest Accounted for 67% of All Revenue
      • Managing Subscriptions - iOS
      • Managing Subscriptions – Mac
      • On the limitations of subscriptions and the argument against them, including some examples of low-cost subscriptions for premium features:

        • App Review Guideline 3.1.2(a)
        • Apple Interview with Brian Mueller, maker of CARROT Weather
        • More on CARROT Weather’s Business Model
        • CARROT Weather
        • 1Password
        • Weather Underground
        • Stamp Pack
        • Fiery Feeds
        • Parcel
        • Phil Schiller on App Store Upgrade Pricing
        • Some iOS apps that are using auto-renewable subscriptions in creative ways:

          • Bear
          • App in the Air
          • Outlinely
          • Remotely
          • Zombies, Run
          • AstroPad Studio
          • Manifest: Time Tracker
          • RadarScope
          • Other well-known companies that have also switched to auto-renewable subscriptions on the App Store:

            • Todoist
            • 1Password
            • Evernote
            • Newton
            • Box
            • Autodesk Sketchbook
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