[Hack] Get Cheaper Price on iOS Subscriptions

Not sure if everyone knows about this but some of the apps in iOS offer a few different prices for the same plan. But it may force you to only sign up to the most expensive plan when trying to sign up. The good news is that you can change the plan via Apple Subscriptions.

For example, you can sign up to a free trial or monthly plan and then switch to a cheaper Annual or Monthly subscription instead of being forced to pay for most expensive yearly plan when signing up via the app.

An example of such app is Bussu: Language Learning if you look at the in-app purchases via App store, it has almost 4 different prices (2 different prices for premium plus and two different prices for premium) for annual subscription. But it may force you to pay the most expensive plan when trying to sign up for an annual plan via the app. So what you can do is to sign up the plan that offers 30 days free and then change your plan via Apple subscriptions to the cheapest one before paying the annual price.

Comments

  • I believe we did this for paramount. It’s certainly good to at least have a look.

    • Yeah definitely, might save someone some $$

  • I think I know what you are getting at.
    But it's really confusing to me how some apps have multiple prices for the "same amount of service". I don't fully understand it but it's not really "Apple like" to have things so complicated. Are some app makers just looking to exploit the system and hook those who don't check?

    • +1

      The prices are there to be offered at different time intervals as well. Say you sign up to one app and don’t pay for $99 premium. After two months you open up the app and it will offer you $50 premium instead. But with this method you can straight up just sign up for $50.

      • I see. My memory is pretty bad but from what I remember I could not tell those "tier's" apart when they had the same duration.
        At least for a dumb consumer like me, even after reading all the information available it was not very clear what the differences were.
        The way you explain it, it seems like they are "special offers" and now at least you can choose from one of those at anytime.

  • Anyone with PDF Expert know the difference between Pro and Premium in this list? I’m paying $78.99 per year for Premium.

    • about to asking the same thing…

      In-App Purchases
      PDF Expert Premium
      ₺329,99
      PDF Expert Basic
      ₺169,99
      PDF Expert PRO
      ₺329,99
      PDF Expert PRO
      ₺949,99
      PDF Expert PRO
      ₺1.299,99
      PDF Expert PRO
      ₺339,99
      PDF Expert PRO
      ₺137,99
      PDF Expert PRO
      ₺65,99
      PDF Expert Basic
      ₺119,99
      PDF Expert PRO
      ₺329,99

      • In-App Purchases
        PDF Expert Premium
        $78.99
        PDF Expert Basic
        $14.99
        PDF Expert PRO
        $78.99
        PDF Expert PRO
        $59.99
        PDF Expert PRO
        $119.99
        PDF Expert PRO
        $15.99
        PDF Expert PRO
        $59.99
        PDF Expert PRO
        $81.99
        PDF Expert Premium
        $124.99
        PDF Expert Basic
        $10.99

  • This goes for Lingokids as well.

  • Anyone know how to do this on android devices

    • You can't unless you can find an older version of an app that contains more sub options in the UI. But it needs to be downloaded from the Play Store.

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