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Downloading same app twice

Is it possible to d/l the same app twice? (and pay twice of course).

DH has discovered he loves angry birds but so do I, so I don't want him playing my game (lol) but when I tried to purchase again it says 'installed'.
Is there any way around this?

Thanks

I have the 8gig iPod touch 4gen (if that make any difference at all)

iOS 4

Posted on Jan 23, 2011 7:27 PM

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Posted on Jan 24, 2011 6:02 AM

If you are signed into the same iTunes account you can redownload an app at no additional cost. However, you can only one one instance of an app on an iDevice even if you want to pay again. A iPod is not really a multi-user device.
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Jan 24, 2011 6:02 AM in response to Bekkaz

If you are signed into the same iTunes account you can redownload an app at no additional cost. However, you can only one one instance of an app on an iDevice even if you want to pay again. A iPod is not really a multi-user device.
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Mar 4, 2012 12:27 AM in response to Bekkaz

I recently installed my 5.1 beta 3 on my iPhone 4 and it wiped out everything on my phone. I didn't have any recent backups so I didn't back up my phone, I set it up as a "new iPhone". Am I going to be charged again for the apps I download if I use the same iTunes/Apple ID? Normally, it says something along the lines of 'this update is free because you previously downloaded this app..", but this time it did not. I'm downloaded a $50 app, so this has me worried.

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