Did you know you can try out paid iOS apps for free?

Hoping to get you to use subscription-based apps, Apple is highlighting apps that come with free trials. At the moment, you get four of these apps: 1Password, USA Today, Lake: Coloring Books, and Panna Video Recipes. You can check these out through the Try It For Free section in the iOS App Store (located in the Apps tab). The App Store highlights the free trial offered by these apps. If you opt for the free trial, you be taken to the “Subscription Offer” screen where you’ll be informed of how long the trial runs for, the price after the trial, and how you can download the app.

Source: 9to5Mac

You can now use PayPal with Apple services

PayPal just announced that its payment service is now coming to Apple’s major services. You can now use it for the App Store, Apple Music, iTunes, and iBooks on both iOS and Mac devices. It’s available in Canada, the US, the UK, Mexico, Australia, Austria, France, Germany, Israel, Italy, the Netherlands, and Spain. Setting it up is similar to how you would a credit card. PayPal now shows up as a payment option. So when you select that, any purchases you made on that Apple ID will be charged to your PayPal account.

iOS users having issues with downloading & updating apps from the App Store

If you think it’s your iPhone that has an issue updating your Netflix or Snapchat apps, you’re not alone. Users have been reporting on Twitter that a number of apps can’t seem to be updated on the Apple App Store, these include Netflix and Snapchat. Aside from updating, certain users can’t download select apps, which also include the two aforementioned apps. What some users experience is when you tap the “Get” or “Update” buttons, these seem to disappear for a split second as if the app is downloading but then these buttons or the iCloud button just reappears. Apple hasn’t updated its system status page yet but Apple doesn’t update this immediately in most cases.

Source: 9to5Mac

Apple to start showing ads in App Store

Google’s done it to the Play Store last year and now Apple’s bringing it into its own App Store in the U.S. iOS users will soon see paid ads show up when you search for specific apps in the App Store. Apple claims they’ll show no more than one ad marked in blue at the top of the search list when you look by name or subject. The tech giant claims this it a way to bring visibility to apps that are finding it hard to get noticed in an increasingly crowded app market. Apple promises that wealthy advertisers won’t dominate the results and they are working on ways to help users find new apps.

Aside from this, Apple is encouraging app-makers to sell their apps on a subscription basis. They promise these developers bigger revenue cut (from 70 percent to 85 percent) if consumers maintain their subscription for at least a year. This, they say, will help give developers a more reliable and long-term stream of income.

Source: Apple