According to foreign media reports, Apple has recently updated its "app store audit guide," this update will eventually developers and users have long been looking forward to the function 'App free trial' formally written into the rules of the article.
It is reported that Apple has updated the 3.1.1 article in the App Store Audit Guide. The new edition states that non-subscription applications can now provide a free trial period with a clear time specification. The trial period can be set at 14 days or other time. However, before the trial is started, the developer must make it clear that 'the application will not be able to continue providing the content and services after the free trial period ends, and the user needs to pay to be able to use all the services provided by the application'.'
In 2016, Apple modified the rules of the App Store, which added a subscription service in addition to the original one-time purchase service. However, Apple provides a free trial function only for developers who provide subscription services. The premise is that developers Choose to use this method to attract user subscriptions. Specifically, new subscribers can try for free during the indicated period, and start charging after the trial period expires. In addition, users can choose to cancel the subscription before the end of the trial period.
In fact, application developers have been working hard for Apple to launch this feature for a long time. According to news from America’s “Connected” magazine, in order to urge Apple to adjust the percentage of revenue generated by the company and provide free trial services for paid apps, More than 130 iOS developers even organized a non-unionized “The Developers Union”.
