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Show HN: Trialy, an Android library to create a free trial period

3 pointsby niko001almost 8 years ago

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niko001almost 8 years ago
Adding a free trial period to your app increases IAP conversion rates [0], but I&#x27;ve always found it a lot of work to implement a trial - once you&#x27;re done developing the core of your app, you want to publish it as soon as possible, not spend 1+ days adding the code needed to implement a trial period. Using a low-tech solution like storing the installation date in the SharedPreferences works, but can be very easily circumvented even by non-technical users via uninstalling and reinstalling the app.<p>That&#x27;s why I&#x27;ve developed a server-side solution that&#x27;s very flexible (using offline grace periods, for example) and customizable - you can implement &quot;try once per device&quot; or &quot;try once per Google account&quot; trials, set custom trial periods, and even add multiple trials to a single app (one for each IAP, for example). I&#x27;ve decided to publish this as a library and open it up to everyone - you can check out the Android sample here [1].<p>Please let me know what you think and if there are any other features you&#x27;d like to see.<p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;android-developers.googleblog.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;11&#x2F;learn-tips-from-memrise-to-increase-in-app-conversions-with-pricing-experiments.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;android-developers.googleblog.com&#x2F;2016&#x2F;11&#x2F;learn-tips...</a><p>[1]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;trialy&#x2F;trialy-android-sample" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;trialy&#x2F;trialy-android-sample</a>