In-App Purchase - Developer Purchasing Products

Question

I suppose this question is answered somewhere, but I'm unsure how to ask the question, so I haven't found an answer.

Suppose a developer has an app with in-app purchase content that he wishes to use himself on his own device. Does the App Store recognize by his Apple ID that he is the developer and not process the charge?

This issue could be circumvented by using a test user account, but what happens if the developer uses a developer Apple ID in production on his own app?

Answer 1

Does the App Store recognize by his Apple ID that he is the developer and not process the charge?

• No, if you download an app from the App Store and purchase an In-App Purchase with a "normal", non test account, you will be charged as any other user would.

I read this part of the question wrongly
What happens if the developer uses a developer Apple ID in production on his own app?

- You can't. The purchase fails if you attempt to use a test account on a production app.
- It's treated like any other normal ID.

In your comments you mention: my Apple ID is somehow recognized so no [iAds] are provided.

• I can only speculate on this one, but I've noticed this too. I think it's the device that's recognised as a test device as I often see the Test iAds, not only in my own released apps, but those from other developers.