In-App purchases brings the Old Upgrade Type App Model to iPhone

In App Purchases

Remember those old days when you could download the a free software which was not exactly free but you needed to upgrade later to get full functionality? Yeah, something like that has come to Apple’s App store too called In-App Purchases.

What this does, is that earlier if you wanted to download any app, a free version then you would have to get a lite version of the app (I have lots of them, i said lots) and this would make it even more time consuming for app developers to make a separate lite app.

So With this In-App coming to the app store you can download any app from the store for free (if the developer has implemented it) and you will be able to try the app with limited features and if you want to buy the app then you can just hit upgrade and get the app with full features without the need of downloading entirely new app.

Here’s what Apple said to developers in a mail [Via Marco]

Now you can use In App Purchase in your free apps to sell content, subscriptions, and digital services.

You can also simplify your development by creating a single version of your app that uses In App Purchase to unlock additional functionality, eliminating the need to create Lite versions of your app. Using In App Purchase in your app can also help combat some of the problems of software piracy by allowing you to verify In App Purchases.