The number of applications that work with an in-app purchase-based business model is quite large. Although these are free to download, they offer some features to users for a certain fee, and this fee is sometimes a one-time fee, and sometimes it is renewed monthly or annually.
A developer named Jeff Johnson disclosed that some apps that seem to be free are luring users into money traps. According to Johnson, many of the apps with In-App Purchase (in-app purchase) in Apple’s Mac App Store do not allow any functionality to be used unless the user pays for it.
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Some free apps don’t work without paying
For example, available on the Mac App Store. GCalendar for Google Calendar The application can be downloaded free of charge. The features offered by GCalendar, which introduces itself as “the best application that you can do with your Google Calendar account”, are not free, you need a license to use them.
According to Jeff Johnson’s statement, there are many other applications such as GCalendar for Google Calendar that market themselves as free and ask for money from the user, and the developers of these applications are available in the App Store. “Best Free Apps” abuses Apple’s policies to get on the
In his statement on the subject, Jeff Johnson claimed that Apple does not protect users against such scams, and said:
The problem isn’t that apps violate the App Store Review Guidelines. Who knows, these are arbitrary, ambiguous, changing, and cannot be ignored rules that are completely under Apple’s control. The problem is, the App Store doesn’t protect users who are in danger of losing a lot of money on blatant scams like this.
You should think twice before purchasing such applications. If there is an alternative application that allows you to do the same for free, you can turn to it. You only need to do a little research on the internet to understand this. In addition, if you are afraid to give your credit card information while purchasing, you can protect your bank account against risks by creating a virtual card.
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