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How can I distribute my iOS app to only few select...

Heya!

I developed an app to make 3D animation and got customers, right now everything looks super unprofessional through TestFlight invite lists.

Is anyone familiar with this issue:

  • I want to invite 10-20 people to use my app, but I don't want them to install TestFlight

  • I just want to give them a link and they can install it from like an "unlisted" app-store section.

Is that possible? How else can I achieve this?
I don't mind paying a service if it makes it easy, I just can't scale the idea of having customers have to go through TestFlight...

Can anyone shed some light on how others achieve this?

Thanks

on November 16, 2021
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    You can distribute the builds with an Enterprise profile.

    This can be delivered in many ways, you have lots of options, few examples:

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    I don't know what I'm talking about but I have this idea that's a little bonkers:

    • set a very high price for your application so it's guaranteed that nobody will buy it.
    • gift your application via a promotion code or some other scheme. I don't know what the app store has available or perhaps it could be an in-app feature.

    It's a pretty stupid idea but it's worth what you've paid.

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      This is not a bad idea altogether but unfortunately it's still not as a professional approach as I would feel confident doing

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        True, it's more of a workaround. TestFlight is the only official way I know of to do what you're asking.