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I'm trying to gift an app that I have already purchased for myself. But I do not see a way to doing so. Since I have already purchased the app, when I am in the Appstore it just shows "Install" instead of the price of the app.
Thanks
iPhone 4, iOS 5.1.1
Crackers1967,
I don't think you are reading the instructions from ashred carefully enough. It does let you gift apps you've already purchased. If you go to the App Store then find an app you've already purchased. Select the app so you can read the details, reviews, etc. Then tap on the share icon in the upper right. From there a pop up window will appear with a bunch of options, such as Mail, Message, Twitter, etc and GIFT!
It must be a region thing. I'm in the US. And yes, it is frustrating, or it was for me. I'm not sure why Apple had to make this so difficult!
The answer is you can't gift "free" apps only "paid" apps.
I can't gift paid apps either, maybe it's a region issue or iOS but I'm happy ashred came up with an answer and disappointed Apple haven't fixed this yet.
Click Sign Out in top-left corner of iTunes Store. Then search for App to gift and click the arrow adjacent the price (which displays as you are not logged-in) you can then Send Gift.
Hope this helps!
How can I gift an app that I already purchased?
