I am trying to download the app for my iphone, but it won’t allow me to pay using the money in my apple pay account or switch to my own credit card. It is trying to force me to use the credit card of the “family manager”.
Is it not possible for me to buy this app using my own money?
Maybe you can’t add a payment method if you are using Family Sharing? I think if you ask the family manager to purchase AnkiMobile and share it you can share it with your family.
that’s not an issue with Anki itself, it’s just the normal way apple families work…
if you setup a family with other apple users you get the benefits of shared purchases but you always have the constraint of only one payment method shared between them (I guess this may be a way for Apple to avoid “fake families” that just share purchased items?)
I have purchased many things using my own apple account and not my organizer’s credit card. I have to fund the account with gift cards I purchase elsewhere and then can buy anything I want using those apple funds. Except Anki.
What ever this might be, only Apple can help regarding such issues.
Family Sharing may not be able to purchase in these cases.
Payment can be made with gift cards, prepaid cards and store credit, personal credit cards are not supported.
However even if the account is fully funded and the family manager has authorized the purchase it may not be possible to make the purchase. Apple is making it difficult for non family users to share apps, so it seems they are not being very kind about this problem.
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