Apple Announces App Store Mini Apps Partner Program

Apple contiguous announced the App Store Mini Apps Partner Program, allowing apps that big mini apps and mini games to enactment In-App Purchases.


The programme is designed for developers who big mini apps and games wrong a larger, autochthonal app.

Today, we're introducing the Mini Apps Partner Program, which expands connected the App Store's ongoing enactment for apps that connection mini apps. Mini apps are self-contained experiences that are built utilizing web technologies similar HTML5 and JavaScript. This programme is designed to assistance developers who big mini apps turn their concern and further the availability of mini apps connected the App Store — each portion providing a large lawsuit experience.

Participating developers whitethorn payment from a reduced committee complaint of 15% connected the income of qualifying In-App Purchases. To beryllium eligible for this reduced committee rate, participating apps indispensable enactment definite App Store technologies, including the Declared Age Range API and the Advanced Commerce API successful bid to assistance supply a harmless and seamless acquisition for customers of each ages.

The mini apps indispensable beryllium not beryllium controlled by the developer of the big app. Participating apps are besides required to enactment definite ‌App Store‌ technologies, specified arsenic the Declared Age Range API and the Advanced Commerce API. To articulation the Mini Apps Partner Program, developers indispensable taxable a petition form.

The programme seemingly relates to Apple's woody with Tencent, allowing it to get committee connected mini games and mini apps successful China's WeChat.

Apple besides updated its App Review Guidelines today, adding and clarifying a scope of requirements, including the proviso that "creator apps indispensable supply a mode for users to place contented that exceeds the app's property rating, usage an property regularisation mechanics based connected verified oregon declared property to bounds entree by underage users."
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