Ads question for a Game Update

KnightStar

Hey Folks

I have a question pertaining to updating one of my paid apps to making it free but including ads via iAd, RevMob, etc.

Is it possible to update an app to include the ads, etc. without forcing previously paying members from being forced to see the ads in the update? I want my previously paying customers to be able to play the game ad-free but newer customers would get ads (and the app for free) until they used in IAP to remove the ads.

Thanks!

-- J

apitlekays

@KnightStar‌

Theoretically, a possible solution that involves 2 times app updates (this is an extension to @zzzz02‌ idea about using table) :

1. Update your app to incorporate a separate table to check if the users are paid or not. You can leverage on the fact that those who are currently using your apps are paid customer, so make it that when they touch something, it sends and saves a value to a table. Don't forget to load that value in the initial scene. Upload this build update to the appstore, and encourage your paid customers to open/use your app after the update, so that the table is filled with the value, marking them as paid customer.

2. Then you build your second update, to incorporate iAds, Revmob and whatnot into this build. Make it so that the ads behaviour checks on the value in the table. If the table return certain value (meaning it's a paid customer) then don't display ads, otherwise, display ads.

One possible problem that you would likely encounter is, what if not all your paid customer clicked on the trigger you've incorporated in the first build. It'll render them as free customers in the second build update. Something you ought to think about.

Cheers.

KnightStar

Bump..

Anyone have any ideas on this??

zzzz02

you might want to introduce a table before you add apps so that you can keep a record on all the people who had the app before you add ads. then you can only display ads if the table value displays that they had the app before you lowered the price.