I've got a subscription product for my IOS app; I want to change it to allow a free trial. I've edited the subscription in Itunes Connect to allow a free trial, however when I try to subscribe to the product, I get the standard message about buying a sub, not the free trial message. Is there any specific thing that I need to do to trigger the free trial, or do I need to create a new subscription product from scratch for it to pick up the free trial, instead of editing?
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There seems to be virtually no information about how subscription products are supposed to work in Apple's documentation... – Jeremy Warne Jan 24 '14 at 22:45
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In order for free trails to work, the app needs to be a newsstand app.
Free trails are individually tied to a specific user and any individual user can only get the trial once. After the initial trial, It will ask for money. Try creating a new account and then trying with that account.
Read the Documentation At the following places:
Apple Developer(Requires Login)
StoreKit on iOS - autorenewable subscription - How to know whether it is a free trial or not?
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Do you have a source for your info about the newsstand requirement, or do you just know from personal experience? Thanks very much for the response! – Jeremy Warne Jan 25 '14 at 16:09
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Both! Here you go: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15388863/ios-in-app-purchase-auto-renewable-subscriptions-free-trial-option-not-available – virindh Jan 25 '14 at 20:29
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Cool, thanks for the help! It seems frustrating to me that you can mark a subscription product as having a free trial in Itunes, but that it won't actually work unless the app is a Newsstand app. I'd love to offer a free trial but I don't want to hide my app away in Newsstand! Still, thanks very much for the help. – Jeremy Warne Jan 25 '14 at 23:10
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3I believe the Newsstand requirement no longer exists. We are adding free trials to our non-Newsstand app and it is working. – Douglas Hill Jun 17 '14 at 10:27