Hi, I am a happy user of Arc Timeline who have experienced a two-week trial and would be more than willing to purchase the lifetime plan for this app. However, I am just wondering whether the subscription can be shared with my parents who are also included in the iCloud family group with me. Can you please clarify this as I have only two days left in my trial period before I have to make the purchase. Thank you so much in advance and have a nice day!
Hi @quanghuyvu!
Unfortunately I created the Lifetime purchase option using an old App Store feature called “non-recurring subscriptions”, that Apple have since given up on. So they never added support for Family Sharing to non-recurring subscriptions. Frustrating!
I’m eventually going to replace the Lifetime purchase option with … well, whichever App Store purchase type makes the most sense. In my other apps (This & That and Life Balance) I think I’ve done it as a “consumable”, and those support the option of Family Sharing.
But yeah, until I get around to doing that, unfortunately Family Sharing isn’t yet supported for Lifetime purchases.
Although once I do get that done, I’m intending to offer an upgrade path to existing Lifetime purchase owners, so that they can get Family Sharing enabled without another purchase. I’m not sure when I will get to doing that (I’m quite behind on my todos!), but it is the intended goal, so you can hold me to it!
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Thank you for your reply. Hopefully this will be implemented with the upcoming app. I can’t wait to be the first one to purchase Lifetime for my entire family’s usage!
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So today I go to pay for a lifetime subscription to your most excellent app and find that you have removed that option which I find disappointing. I have for now paid for a yearly backer effective August 30th but would greatly appreciate it if you would please bring the lifetime option back as I just want to he done with payments once and for all. Please sir, I am most respectfully asking that you put this option back on the table. Thank you and keep up the great work.
Hi @Cestrius! We definitely haven’t removed the Lifetime option. Several people have purchased it today even.
Could you post a screenshot of the purchase view, so we can check what you’re seeing there? Also to confirm, this is in the new app, Arc Timeline 4 yeah? Not old Arc Timeline 3? We have removed all purchase options from the old app, as it’s end-of-life.