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If I publish a paid app in Google Play:

  • In the future, can I make it free with in-app-purchases? (I know once it is free, I cannot revert it to a paid app).

If I publish a free app:

  • Is it allowed to eliminate some features? (for example, in order to publish those features in a premium app...)

Some of these changes can be unproductive, I only want to know if they is allowed, I haven't found any legal stuff about this so I suppose it is possible but.... )

Thanks!

Naima
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This will answer your question :

  1. Decide Whether your App will be Free or Priced

On Google Play, you can publish apps as free to download or priced. Free apps can be downloaded by any Android user in Google Play. Paid apps can be downloaded only by users who are in a country that supports paid downloads and have registered a form of payment in Google Play, such as a credit card or Direct Carrier Billing.

Deciding whether you apps will be free or paid is important because, on Google Play, free apps must remain free.

Once you publish an app as a free app, you cannot change it to being a priced app. However, you can still sell in-app products and subscriptions through Google Play's In-app Billing service. If you publish your app as a priced app, you can change it at any time to be a free app (but cannot then change it back to priced). You can also sell in-app products and subscriptions. If your app is be priced, or if you'll be selling in-app products, you need set up a Google Wallet Merchant Account before you can publish.

harveyslash
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  • Thanks @harvey-slash. But how about the possibility to eliminate some features of an existing free app to put it on a premium add? It is legally allowed? In summary, what obligations exist about maintain features in next versions of the app? (wether it is free or paid). – Naima Jul 14 '14 at 09:30
  • by 'add' , do you mean an advertisment(ad) ? – harveyslash Jul 14 '14 at 09:56
  • the next version of the app has to be FREE, but it can contain premium features like in-app purchases, as well as ads – harveyslash Jul 14 '14 at 09:57
  • Sorry, by "add" I wanted to say "app" – Naima Jul 14 '14 at 09:59
  • you can take any feature from your free app and put it in your paid app, as long as the premium app has a different package name(basically it means, its a new app) – harveyslash Jul 14 '14 at 10:01