Is iOS in-app consumable purchase actually required to be restored?

Question

The section on Restoring Previous Completed Purchases from this document it says:

"As described above, the different In-App Purchase types have different requirements for whether previous purchases must be restored to users devices."

Then in the table it says:

• In-App Purchase Type: Consumable
• Restore Required? No
• Transaction Restoration Mechanism: Your server may track purchases and allow user to restore

The wording is unclear. It seems to mean...you don't have to restore consumables if you don't want to. But if you do, then you need your own server. It's your (the developer's) choice.

Do Consumable In-App Purchases HAVE to be restored if the user deletes the app and later reinstalls it? Or will Apple allow apps that won't?

Thanks

Answer 1

You said it yourself:

Restore Required? No

The reason is: it's a consumable. If I buy an extra life in Candy Crush, I have presumably used it. There is nothing to restore later if I install Candy Crush on a different device.

(Not that I have ever played Candy Crush. No.)