)I have the following scenario: we have an app that users need to pay for. But we also want to sell the app bundled with a book meaning there is a code / voucher in the book that can be used to use the app for free. Unfortunately we haven't found any good way to address this scenario yet:
a) make the app a paid app and use Apple Promo Codes for the books - not good, because the number of promo codes per app and version is limited. And altough Ihaven't found anything about this I would guess that apple limits the commercial use of promo codes.
b) make the app itself free but require users to make an in-app purchase to access most of the content. Alternatively make it possible to enter a code to access that same content. The code comes with the book and is created and maintained by us. negatives: a lot of effort to maintain the promo codes and handle the in-app purchases. This seems to be okay from a terms-and-conditions point of view since "3.1.3(a) “Reader” Apps" of the app-store review guidelines allows the usage of voucers to access content bought outside of the IAP (compare https://forums.developer.apple.com/message/157920#157920
I'm really wondering: are we the first one with this need? is there maybe already a solution to this problem we are not aware of? We do not want to rip Apple of their 30% share of app sales. But there doesn't seem to be a supported solution for this.
any ideas? thanks
Thomas