Testing Purchases
You can read more about testing and setting up auto-renewable subscriptions in our blog.
To test in app purchases you need to create sandbox user. Go to App Store Connect and open "Users and Access", then – "Sandbox Testers":
You can read more about creating sandbox testers here.
You can sign in to Sandbox account separately from your App Store account since iOS 12. Sign in to sandbox here:
Purchasing process is the same as real in-app purchases. The only difference is accelerated time and impossibility to cancel subscription manually. Subscriptions in sandbox renew 6 times per day maximum.
Real duration | Duration in sandbox |
1 week | 3 minutes |
1 month | 5 minutes |
2 months | 10 minutes |
3 months | 15 minutes |
6 months | 30 minutes |
1 year | 1 hour |
If after purchase in Apphud you can see a user with active subscription, it means that payment process work correctly.
You can test following events in sandbox:
Trial Started
Trial Converted
Intro Started
Intro Converted
Intro Renewed
Intro Expired (if payment mode is "Pay as you go" and number of introductory periods is at least six)
Promo Started
Promo Converted
Promo Renewed
Promo Expired
Subscription Started
Subscription Renewed
Subscription Expired
Autorenew Disabled
Autorenew Enabled
You can read more about events here.
