App Subscriptions
AppStories Episode 5 — 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: