OT: limitations in paid iOS apps

Chris Sheffield cmsheffield at icloud.com
Mon Mar 10 13:20:38 EDT 2014


This isn’t directly LiveCode-related, but I’m looking to get some opinions on this from anyone who’s willing to share.

I’m in the middle of working on a new app for my company. This is an educational app that could be used in either a classroom or home setting. It’s the type of app that requires a simple user management system. Basically just setting up user names so the app can track progress on a per-user basis. Nothing complex at all. The “powers that be” have requested that the app have a 6-user limit per device. This will be a paid app.

In my experience, most paid apps do not impose these types of limitations, and I’m trying to make an argument for doing away with this limitation. Has anyone else worked on or seen something similar? My main concern would be a scenario where a classroom teacher may only have a single iPad available to her, with a class size of 30 students. She’s not going to be too happy if she can only use the app with six students at a time. I’m very worried that our app ratings/reviews will be very poor if we release the app with this limitation.

Am I just making something out of nothing? Is this not really as big a deal as I think it is? If anyone has an opinion, please share. Like I said, I’d like to try to come up with a good argument against this.

Thanks,
Chris


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Chris Sheffield
Read Naturally, Inc.
www.readnaturally.com




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