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It's not the latter case, it's making users commit to a free trial that then automatically switches to paid subscription unless manually cancelled.Yes, they forced me to add "free trial paywall" (like here: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/subscriptions/). Which is why users cannot even add a task in my todo app without commiting to a trial that will automatically convert to paid subscription.IMO it's just trying to trick users into forgetting to cancel the trial — which is morally a bad practice that I would want to avoid.Even worse — they don't allow me to explain it on the "free trial paywall". They reject my app when I explain to users on that paywall that this is an Apple's rule to force users into commiting.
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Yes, they ask me to make my users to commit to a free trial with automatic subscription at the end.Here's the point they referred to: "Auto-renewing subscription apps may offer a free trial period to customers by providing the relevant information set forth in App Store Connect".Can be found here: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/review/guidelines/, section 3.1.2(a).And yes, I see that they don't limit free trial to in-app purchases, but that is what the Apple represetative told me over the phone.
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I even had a call with the Apple review team representative where they said that I had to make users to commit to the free trial through in-app purchases before users can do anything on my app.I did explain bluntly how the app works, how the app is available on other platforms. Still, Apple representative told me that users have to go through the free trial paywall, Apple representative clearly stated that unless I make my users commit to a free trial, the app won't be approved.Again, I just wonder if it happens to anyone else or if it was just my review team going crazy. They even agreed that the thing I propose (not to make users commit before 30 days trial is over) it the logical way — but they said that the rule was that I had to make users commit with subscribing to a free trial.I even have a 1 star review on the App Store because of that now.
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I just wonder if it is the usual rule or if my review team went crazy. I don't see this approch in *any* respectful app on the store 😟
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In my scheme, users on Apple devices *only* see ways to purchase the subscription through in-app purchases, I was careful not to include any notes about other ways to purchase the subscription. In my case, the Apple in-app purchase wall would appear *after* 30 days are over, not prior to it.Apple didn't like it and forced me into showing the Apple in-app purchases paywall *before* users can do anything in the app. It's a todo app so users cannot even create a single todo without opting-in to the free trial.
