iOS Question Is there a way to sell Apple iOS apps through a channel other than Apple?

[fredo]

I'm curious if anyone has practical experience with this.

The background is that the app doesn't necessarily rely on the advantages of the Apple App Store.

 

[Andrew (Digitwell)]

No. Not to sell at the point of download.

You can provide access to an app for 120 days with Firebase Distribution. I use it for testing. It is easier than Test Flight.

Once the user has installed the app. I believe they can keep using it. Monetising it would have to be done via another route.
I've put a STRIPE library up on the forum which could be used, I think.

[B4X] [B4XPages] STRIPE Checkout - Credit card and Apple Pay

Attached a project which demonstrates how to accept a STRIPE Payment within your app. It is based on the information on this page: https://stripe.com/docs/checkout/integration-builder On iOS it also allows the use of APPLE PAY. Unfortunately, Google Pay does not seem to work for me, not sure...

www.b4x.com

 

[fredo]

Thanks for the tip. I will take a look at it.

For testflight I believe it was necessary for the user to submit their UDID to me before they can use the app.

Is this the same if I have thousands of users of my app?

 

[Andrew (Digitwell)]

You have a good point,yes you still need to have the UDID of the users phone with Firebase so you are restricted to 100 phone ids per year. You need a store certificate which is not limited, but you cannot upload that sort of app to firebase.

So this would not work for your use case.

 

[aeric]

You don't need users UDID but their email if they install with TestFlight.