HT201079: Family purchases and payments

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Les1978

Q: If I download and pay for an app and share it with my daughter to her I POD do I get charged again when I share it with her? or do I just pay for it once and then can share it with family for free?

If I download and pay for an app and share it with my daughter to her I POD do I get charged again when I share it with her? or do I just pay for it once and then can share it with family for free?

iPhone 5c, iOS 8.4.1

Posted on Sep 8, 2015 10:30 AM

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  • by tab1075,

    tab1075 tab1075 Sep 8, 2015 1:04 PM in response to Les1978
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    Sep 8, 2015 1:04 PM in response to Les1978

    If you'd like to set up a family sharing account (introduced with iOS 8), see here: Set up Family Sharing - Apple Support. You can share apps, music, books, etc. that were purchased through iTunes and only be charged once.

     

    If you do not want to set up a family sharing account, the other way to share an app is a bit more entailed. Go into Settings on your daughter's iPod, then to iTunes & App Store. Log in with your Apple ID/password and re-download the app you want to share to her device. Once it's re-downloaded, you can log out of your account on her device and log back into hers (if she has her own). With this method, keep in mind that if you install an app using your Apple ID on someone else's device, anytime that app needs to update, it will require your password.