Price increase Apple's application stores has led many to approach the purchase paid applications and games more balanced, if not abandon them. However, it is not necessarily so limit yourself, because there is a legal way, which allows you to install the paid app is completely free.
In fact, the way to which I will exist for a long time and many of them are already several years old, but in light of recent developments, it is becoming increasingly important.
The method consists in using the service FreeMyApps, which is for the installation of sponsorship applications give iTunes Gift Card (gift-card) different denominations. Publishers of games and apps to buy from service advertising, getting a wide audience, which fuels the interest in their products and users, in turn, receive remuneration in the form of credits that can be redeemed for various gifts, including gift certificates App Store, Google Play, Amazon, Steam, PSN, Xbox Live and other shops.
The process can be divided into 4 steps: registration, download the sponsorship applications for loans and purchase gifts. Let us consider them in order.
Step 1: Register
For registration we need any Apple mobile devices running iOS (since iOS 6.0), that is, iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.
- Open Safari and go to the address freemyapps.com. In this case, private access must be switched off, and vice versa cookies enabled.
- push the button Get Started, Which will open a dialogue setting the profile settings. We agree and install the profile (it is necessary to track your use of sponsorship applications and services will not work without it).
- The first application you need to download and run for 15 minutes - a kind of activation. Then this limitation will not.
Step 2: Download an application
After this you can proceed to download all the available applications, as offers are limited in time, it is better to do it as quickly as possible.
- Choose an application from the list, then on his detail screen, press the button Okay and after the transition to the App Store to download applications as usual.
- Once the application is loaded, run it and use it for 30 seconds (preferably about one minute for the loyalty).
Step 3: Getting credit
- Now go on Safari and see the amount of your loan, instead of zero there should already be 100-200 credits (depending on the application). They charged almost immediately, but sometimes it may take some time.
- Download all available applications and do not forget to open them for at least 30 seconds for 24 hours after download. Otherwise loans can not be assessed.
Step 4: The Redemption of gift certificates
When a sufficient number of credits they can be exchanged for a treasured gift-card iTunes. For example in 3000, you can take the card to $ 10 for 7500 at $ 25, sometimes $ 5 card for 1500 loans, which are suitable for the impatient.
- pass section Gifts, Choose the card on which we have enough credits and press Redeem.
- Screen appears with your ridim code and a button to go to the App Store for a refill (just in case copy the code before you press the button, in the event of any failure, then it will be possible to activate manually).
- Click to activate and after the transition to the App Store, enter your password for account replenishment.
Your balance should be increased by that amount. Now you can spend on the application or game.
conclusions
- Method fully working, and checking repeatedly I (already accumulated thus about 50 $). It usually takes about three weeks to take 3000 credits and redeem $ 10 gift-card. For the first time may be faster (you will have more applications), the next a little slower - in the area of the month.
- Among the applications sometimes come across interesting, but if you do not like - you can remove them immediately after the accrual loans.
- Improve your chances, you can use multiple devices linked to your account iTunes. In this case, the sponsorship application will appear on each of them, but the credit for the installation will go into the general treasury.
- You can attract friends by sharing a referral link with them - after they install the application, you will receive a bonus (if you want you can go to my ssylochku). Also on the 200 loans you can get for a tweet or post to Facebook.
- The big plus is the general account for the App Store and Mac App Store, so replenishing it so simple way, you can buy games and applications not only for its iPhone and iPad, but also for Mac.
- If you already have an account in the Russian Store where purchased many apps - do not worry, creating a new shtatovskih, you can easily switch between them.
I am completely satisfied with the service. I moved to the US account for iTunes Radio over a year ago and during that time never replenished it by buying gift-card for the money - only FreeMyApps. ;)