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Apps Without Purchases

The fastest way to find mobile apps without in-app purchases

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Trent Cain
@trentcain · Owner, Apps Without Purchases
@oliver_rice I understand the issues you have highlighted. Perhaps if more people are interested in no IAPs, companies may rethink their strategies. Thanks for the positive feedback, hopefully the idea takes off.

Discussion

Ben Tossell
@bentossell · Community Lead, Product Hunt
@trentcain can I ask why? For me, downloading an app doesn't come down to whether it has in-app purchases or not. If the app looks useful, then I may try it out. If it does become useful to me each day then I'd evaluate how much I value the use against any in-app purchases I'd have to make. I just don't think in-app purchases should be a deciding factor … See more
~joe
@glvninpdx · community evangelist @ tilde.town
in-app purchases have become a sort of well-intended scourge: they're great if you're looking to add on features to an already great product, but some people just want a single standalone experience. in some cases, in-app purchases take away from this 'complete' experience by charging for subsequent experiences that add little. a good example: Hipstamatic's… See more
David Carpe
@passingnotes · Thinker & Layabout
this should be a feature in the App Store interface but that won't ever happen
Oliver Rice
@oliver_rice · Indie Developer at ORStudios.co.uk
As an app developer there is one massive problem with the Apple payment system. At the minute If I develop and application lets say app 2016 with all the features and then next year I want to create the 2017 version of it all those who have already purchased the older version get the latest version for free. Now to get around this problem I can create a "Br… See more
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Trent Cain
@trentcain · Owner, Apps Without Purchases
@oliver_rice I understand the issues you have highlighted. Perhaps if more people are interested in no IAPs, companies may rethink their strategies. Thanks for the positive feedback, hopefully the idea takes off.