Tag Archives: in-app purchases

Report outlines tough new guidelines to prevent aggressive use of IAPs against children

SOOMLA's Yaniv Nizan looks at how to streamline the implementation of microtransactions

Soomla CEO Yaniv Nizan examines how to balance your in-game economy

Compensation available to US consumers affected by unauthorised IAPs made by children

New section to display all children's apps under one roof

Another big children’s IP has chosen to pursue the premium in-app-purchase route. Apps Playground reports that Nickelodeon’s new SpongeBob SquarePants game for iPhone and iPad, which was released yesterday, includes an eye-watering 69.99 IAP. The game relies on two forms of in-game currency – gold coins and Jellyfish Jelly. These …

Study of 400 games exposes inconsistent app store strategies over in-app purchases

An MCV investigation examining hundreds of apps has revealed a lack of consistency in the way in-game purchases are presented on digital stores. Some developers even claim their games are ‘completely free’, despite later asking players to stump up for power ups or tokens priced as high as 69.99. Following …

28 per cent of parents unaware their children had spent their money without permission

Microsoft has calculated a truly staggering figure for the monthly spend on unauthorised apps and in-app purchases in the UK. The Guardian has word of a Microsoft survey that pegs the number at an eye-watering 30.9m. It gathered this data by questioning 2,000 British parents who own a smartphone or …