In App Purchase in IOS :
Types of In App Purchase
There are three types of the products you can create:
# Consumable
# Non-Consumable
# Subscription
# Non-Consumable
# Subscription
Consumable.
Consumables are In-App Purchases that must be purchased each time the user needs that item. Consumable In-App Purchases are available for both iOS and OS X apps.
Some examples of Consumable purchase types are:
• Supplies in a game (ammunition, health points, cheats, extra lives, etc)
• Accelerators used to decrease advancement time within an app
Non-Consumable.
Non-Consumables are In-App Purchases that only need to be purchased once by the user and are available to all devices registered to a user. This purchase type is used for services that do not expire. Non-Consumable In-App Purchases are available for both iOS and OS X apps.
Non-Consumable content may be bundled in your app’s binary when you submit to the app store, or it may be downloaded after the user makes the purchase.
Purchase can be done only once. This type of the purchase is used to unlock new themes, additional levels and so on.
Subscription : There are different type of subscription Used such as
# Auto-Renewable Subscriptions : Auto-Renewable Subscriptions allow the user to purchase episodic content or access to dynamic digital content for a set duration time. At the end of each duration, the subscription will renew itself, until a user opts out. The Auto-Renewable Subscription In-App Purchase type is available for both iOS and OS X apps.
Examples of Auto-Renewable Subscription purchase types are:
• Recurring delivery of newspapers or magazine issues
• Monthly subscription to audio or video streaming feed February 3, 2014
• Weekly membership to a dating service
• Business app providing cloud storage services
# Free Subscriptions : Free Subscriptions are an extension of Auto-Renewable Subscriptions that permit the delivery of free subscription content to Newsstand-enabled applications. The Free Subscription In-App Purchase type is implemented in the same way as an Auto-Renewable Subscription, just without any charges to the user. Free Subscriptions do not have expirations, but the user can turn off the subscription at any time.
# Non-Renewing Subscriptions: Non-Renewing Subscription allow the sale of services with a limited duration. Non-Renewing Subscriptions must be used for In-App Purchases that offer time-based access to static content and are only available for both iOS and OS X apps.
Examples of Non-Renewing Subscription purchase types are:
• One week subscription to voice guidance feature within a navigation app
• Annual subscription to online catalog of archived video or audio
