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Currently, the semi-official advice (App Store Engineer, Jan ā23) is a convoluted IAP workaround: A $0 non-consumable ātrial,ā plus tracking to convert to a one-time purchase. Itās not just complexāitās also a drop-off for folks who donāt trust āpayingā $0 to try an app.
So I started a thread a couple months ago to see if this is still the path. So far itās just other devs with the same complaint, but you can follow along in case someone from Apple responds.
Was venting to a friend about how hard it is to sell a paid-upfront app without a free trialā¦unless you switch to subscription (which makes no sense for a basic calculator).
Turns out he was part of a small effort to form an Apple dev unionāand this was one of their core gripes! I had no idea at the time since I wasnāt an indie dev then.
Eight years later, and this is still not a solved problem.
#StuffIFound #Running: Look what lacrossed my path.
https://uhlalbert.com/2026/03/stuff-i-found-running-108.html
Macro shot of a nectarine blossom straight from my #iPhone17Pro, no edits.
#StuffIFound #Running: Home (Depot) run.
https://uhlalbert.com/2026/03/stuff-i-found-running-107.html
Still amazes me that the #iOS Clock app icon shows seconds, but the app itself does not.
This annoys me exactly two times a year when I have to manually set a handful of clocks for the (nonsensical) time change.
#StuffIFound #Running: Blink and you'll miss it.
https://uhlalbert.com/2026/02/stuff-i-found-running-104.html
