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I am making an app which offers an auto-renewable in-app subscription which charges a specific tier per month. I also need to make a once-off discounted year payment subscription.

I see on apple's website (https://developer.apple.com/app-store/subscriptions/) that this is doable: Year subscription

I also see the recommended in-app subscription for this kind of usage: Year subscription

But once I add the in-app purchase and go to edit mode, I cannot see anywhere referring to a year plan or anything else.

Am I missing something?

Thank you in advance.

WizMeister
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    If it is a non-renewing subscription then it is up to you to compute the period and expiration date, however by combining auto renewing and non-renewing subscription products your users won't be able to take advantage of the new upgrade/downgrade functionality that is shown in your screen shot – Paulw11 Feb 14 '17 at 10:43
  • Thank you @Paulw11 . That means that: 1. The user can buy the non-renewing subscription for let's say $29,90 2. He gets charged ONCE and not monthly 3. I verify the receipt and when the year ends I invalidate it myself from within the app or via a server ? – WizMeister Feb 14 '17 at 10:47
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    That is correct. I don't know why you wouldn't use an auto-renewing subscription for both options. That way the expiration date is tracked for you in the receipt and the user has the option to upgrade/downgrade at the conclusion of each subscription period. – Paulw11 Feb 14 '17 at 10:49
  • You are right about using auto-renewing subscriptions, but with auto-renewing subscriptions will I be able to charge the user again a once-off payment of the whole price? Or will he be charged with a fraction of the amount per month? Apple is so not-detailed on the in-app purchase documentation – WizMeister Feb 14 '17 at 10:55
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    For an annual subscription they are charged the full amount once per year. It is also better to use auto-renewing subscriptions as Apple reduces their commission after the first year. This reduction does not occur with non-renewing subscriptions. – Paulw11 Feb 14 '17 at 10:56
  • Thank you @Paulw11 for your precious insight! Do you want to answer on the question so that I can mark it as correct answer? – WizMeister Feb 14 '17 at 11:03
  • I'm also looking for an answer to this... for example: - User purchases a yearly subscription: All Access - 1 year. - After a month or two, user realizes he likes monthly better and downgrades to All Access - 1 month. What happens to the revenue? Did the user pay 48.99 the first month, then gets refunded for 48.99 - (amount used * 48.99)? How is that shown in iTunes Connect? – olivaresF Apr 10 '17 at 15:35

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