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user4459729
user4459729

Reputation:

Develop personal iOS app without submitting to app store

I would like to develop an iOS app entirely for my own personal use without ever submitting it to the app store. I have searched this site and found that I would need to pay Apple $99 and join the developer program. There was one post which suggested that I would be removed from the program by Apple if I never used the app store. Is this correct?

Thanks.

ps. I have no wish to jailbreak any of my iOS devices

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1577

Answers (2)

Doug Watkins
Doug Watkins

Reputation: 1448

If you know someone who is a developer, you could pay them to do the paid for stuff, this way you could pay much less and still develop it yourself. Then they could do an adhoc distribution and avoid the App Store.

Upvotes: 0

mmc
mmc

Reputation: 17414

Apple will not discontinue your account if you never submit to the app store. It is important to realize though, that your certificates on device will expire and you will have to renew them... so it's not $99.

It's $99/yr. You will need to keep renewing if you want to keep your app on device.

Upvotes: 1

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