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Q: I paid for my apps on the Android PlayStore and do not wish to repay all of them on the Apple Store. What can Apple do for me?

I have a bunch of Android apps which I paid for. How can I transfer those to iOS?

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Posted on Jan 19, 2015 3:03 AM

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Q: I paid for my apps on the Android PlayStore and do not wish to repay all of them on the Apple Store. What can Apple do for me?

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  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 19, 2015 3:06 AM in response to matthieu187
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    Jan 19, 2015 3:06 AM in response to matthieu187

    You can't, they won't work.

  • by matthieu187,

    matthieu187 matthieu187 Jan 19, 2015 3:09 AM in response to Csound1
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    Jan 19, 2015 3:09 AM in response to Csound1

    Hi there Csound1, this doesn't help ;-)

     

    So is it up to the developer to allow cross platform purchases (for example: enter this code in the free evaluation iOS app)? Does Apple allow that?

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 19, 2015 3:13 AM in response to matthieu187
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    Jan 19, 2015 3:13 AM in response to matthieu187

    Apple and Google are competitors, Apple will not give you free apps simply because you used to shop at Google

     

    If you want IOS apps, buy IOS apps.

  • by matthieu187,

    matthieu187 matthieu187 Jan 19, 2015 3:15 AM in response to Csound1
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    Jan 19, 2015 3:15 AM in response to Csound1

    I didn't know they were competitors, sorry.

     

    I also didn't know you were narrow minded.

     

    Now I've learnt 2 things, that's kind of cool

  • by Csound1,

    Csound1 Csound1 Jan 19, 2015 3:16 AM in response to matthieu187
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    Jan 19, 2015 3:16 AM in response to matthieu187

    3 things

     

    There is no free lunch.

  • by Chris CA,

    Chris CA Chris CA Jan 19, 2015 7:21 AM in response to matthieu187
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    Jan 19, 2015 7:21 AM in response to matthieu187

    matthieu187 wrote:

     

    I have a bunch of Android apps which I paid for. How can I transfer those to iOS?

    You cannot.

    They are for Android.

  • by Angevoi,

    Angevoi Angevoi Dec 14, 2015 10:04 AM in response to Csound1
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    Dec 14, 2015 10:04 AM in response to Csound1

    Comparing meal with virtual goods is irrelevant. You've successfully stood up for two big companies whatever, the question, does it make sense? I had an old Nokia IR remote app that was licensed for one particular phone, today this isn't up to date. I pay for the shop but I'm not certain to pay multiple times for the essence unless the app developer would like me to, just my humble opinion.

  • by Limnos,

    Limnos Limnos Dec 14, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Angevoi
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    Dec 14, 2015 10:51 AM in response to Angevoi

    I don't know the details of the coding but frequently something like this requires almost completely separate development for the other platform, not just a "Save for Android"/"Save for iOS" option in the coding software.

     

    Then too reality is reality despite what you feel is morally the right thing to do.  The "right thing" would be for the companies to give me CD copies of all the cassette tapes I bought, or DVDs and digital downloads for all the VHS tapes I own.  I don't see that happening.  People seem to be content to have paid for a movie in the theater, then bought it on VHS, then bought it again on DVD, and now buy it a fourth time in digital download format. Since people seem to be content to do that I am sure the movie studios see no reason to do differently (and the actual overhead to produce the different versions is only a fraction of the actual cost of the format change).  Welcome to the capitalist world.