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You did a good job! Will try it later.

> The app is entirely free to use, has no ads, third party analytics, trackers, subscriptions or other junk. It does offer 5 options for tips (which are basically consumable in app purchases), portion of which I will share with the original developer. However, based on my past experiences with tips, they are rarely given by users.

I noticed the 'in app purchases' remark. Generally (not in this case) a little annoying, good that you explain. Because Apple does not seem to offer a more clear option to explain what these purchases may be, feature wise of price wise. Sorry for the rant :/

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Hm, I’m not sure from your comment if you’ve seen this: if you scroll down on an app’s App Store page, there’s an “Information” section with an “In-App Purchases” subsection that you can expand to see all In-App purchase names and their associated prices.

Even after you pointed it out, I really had to search the page for it and finally found it tucked away if the far bottom right corner of the page.. I can totally imagine that for those who do not know where to look specifically, that they'll never see this information.

Yes. Even though they are called tips (they do not unlock any features in the app), they are still mandatory to go through Apple and they take their 15-30% cut.

In-App Purchases

Godzilla Tip: $19.99

Amazing Tip: $9.99

Generous Tip: $5.99

Nice Tip: $1.99

Kind Tip: $3.99