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John Gruber<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cUpdate My Phone & Apps: Guide\u201d is an iOS app from developer Tair Olzhasev. By default, the only thing it does for free is give you a \u201cCheck for Updates\u201d button that launches the system Settings app. It doesn\u2019t even take you to the General \u2192 Software Update screen. It just takes you to the root level of Settings.<\/p>\n

Everything else it purports to do requires a $15\/week subscription. That\u2019s $780 per year.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Jeff Johnson<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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You can tell it’s a scam without even downloading the app, because it has no website and hosts the privacy policy on sites.google.com, a dead giveaway.<\/p>\n

The 3-day trial with auto-renewing subscription is also a huge red flag. By no coincidence, 3 days is the minimum subscription trial length allowed by Apple. All the scams use it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Christian Tietze<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Being part of a team with a successful App Store app opens my eyes for how weird the app store is.<\/p>\n

This is not the Bear Notes<\/a> the Shiny Frog team is working on \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

This one seems to not be a scam\u2014and there\u2019s only a one-time $3.99 IAP\u2014but it sure is confusing.<\/p>\n

Previously:<\/p>\n

App Store<\/a> App Store Scams<\/a> App Subscriptions<\/a> Bear<\/a> iOS<\/a> iOS 27<\/a><\/p>\n

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