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Interesting, I did not know Apple allows donations as in-app purchases.



Yeah that seems odd — I thought it was disallowed too. Perhaps you get something trivial?

I've seen a few other devs get around it by offering something trivial for the purchase (e.g., a golden version of the app logo).


Pedometer++[1] has donations too — "Generous Tip of $1.29", "Massive Tip of $2.49", and "Amazing Tip of $6.49" (AU pricing).

According to the guidelines[2], "Apps that include the ability to make donations to recognized charitable organizations must be free", and "The collection of charitable donations must be done via a web site in Safari or an SMS". Nothing about donations not to a recognised organisation, so I'm guessing the rule is to avoid sticky laws regarding Apple's 30% non-donation slice.

[1]: https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/pedometer++/id712286167?mt=8

[2]: https://developer.apple.com/appstore/resources/approval/guid...




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