Bunpro Mobile Apps

jalberg · June 24, 2021, 10:33am

I also cannot login through test flight.

gavia · June 24, 2021, 11:06am

Would second the app being published to the iOS App Store so that it doesn’t expire…

s1212z · June 24, 2021, 11:30am

Test flight expired here as well.

yannick · June 24, 2021, 4:38pm

I agree, while I love Bunpro I basically never use it on my phone because the Android app is just… not ideal :’) Using the mobile website would be an alternative I guess, but I usually prefer apps on phones because it’s just less clunky

Jake · June 24, 2021, 7:39pm

@jalberg @gavia @s1212z

The current build expired and we are working on releasing a new one so you can access it again. Sorry for the trouble.

Jake · June 24, 2021, 8:41pm

@onimitch @jalberg @gavia @s1212z New version should be on test flight now!

onimitch · June 24, 2021, 9:28pm

Got it, thanks for the quick turn around.

gavia · June 24, 2021, 10:29pm

Thank you! Any reason why it hasn’t been released on to the App Store official yet?

Jake · June 25, 2021, 12:04am

Apple won’t approve it until it offers in app purchases and that hasn’t been a priority to implement yet.

matt_in_mito · June 26, 2021, 2:01am

Hi guys, I know it’s probably something to do with the update but I’m not getting new reviews reminders from my iPhone app. I managed to redownload it no problem after the update but it’s just the reminders that I’m not getting. Cheers

Tornadoo · July 19, 2021, 3:57pm

Hi, first of all, ty for the app. That’s great, I’m going to use it a lot. Of course, Apple wants money … I did some research on mobile apps and IOS programming. What seems to be common is put ads, and pay to remove them … but that’s terrible from a user point of view. The other option is the subscription. Apple takes 30% (15% if it’s a subscription) as taxes. A few mobile apps friends basically put a price on their website and a higher price inside the app to compensate for the taxes.

I’m personally using my phone and iPad to study quite often, and probably not the only one. I’m sure releasing an app on the App Store can be beneficial for us consumers but also for you (more app downloads = more subscription). Hope to see you one day on the App Store

onimitch · July 21, 2021, 11:09am

I only just saw this message. For context, I work as a mobile app developer (amongst other things).

You actually don’t need to implement In app purchases to appease Apple’s rules, as long as you don’t directly link users to outside the app in order to ask for payment. See how Netflix does it for example.

Tornadoo · July 22, 2021, 10:22am

Hi,

Not sure Netflix is the best example … when the app was released at first, in-app purchases were available. In 2018, they tried to remove in-app purchases in some countries, not all of them. It was then removed everywhere, but I’m not sure Apple and Google were happy about that

But yes, it’s in-app payments are not mandatory. Some examples of apps some of us are using every day that are completely free: google maps, google chrome, Teams, Cisco webex meetings, slack …

onimitch · December 17, 2021, 6:50am

@Rion @Jake help! The iOS Beta app has stopped working because the TestFlight build has expired again. Could we please get an updated version?

Is it possible the app could just be published to the stores, so it doesn’t keep expiring? This isn’t the first time I haven’t been able to use Bunpro because the TestFlight build has expired, it’s really frustrating.

Alternatively any thoughts about just open sourcing the project so others can build it themselves, or possibly contribute to the project?

nablis · December 17, 2021, 6:06pm

It’s really disappointing that neither Android app gives me any notifications when I have reviews available. I even made sure that nothing obvious (like aggressive battery management) was preventing my notifications from arriving.
It’s one of the main things that helped me stay consistent with my WaniKani, and would be super important for me to be consistent with BunPro as well. Constant ~~nagging~~ reminders help!

evandcs · December 17, 2021, 7:49pm

I wish the creator of flaming durtles could also make a bunpro app.

Sully22 · December 18, 2021, 3:49am

I agree, it would be awesome if they would consider open sourcing the project.

marusia.side · December 18, 2021, 11:16am

I am also impacted and have to use web version since the test built expired couple days ago. This is not critical but is annoying as my daily routine is broken.
Has this happen before? How long does this usually take to fix?

Rion · December 18, 2021, 1:32pm

I’d love to release it actually. Unfortunately Apple only approves it if the subscriptions offered on the website are also offered from within the app via App Store Subscriptions and I can’t implement that. I may be possible once the legal battle is over and Apple has to open that up to other mechanisms as well, but that could take a while.

Right now there are some unfortunate technical difficulties and I wasn’t able to update the TestFlight version. I’ll do that as fast as possible and I’m really sorry I wasn’t able to do that in time

Megumin · December 18, 2021, 1:44pm

Just my 2 cents.

While the app makes sense on TestFlight, it doesn’t really make sense on the store until the payments are sorted out:

The new users discovering the app through TestFlight is unlikely, and they will already know what Bunpro is about.
If a new user would download the app from the AppStore and would be given a dry “Your account subscription is expired” without giving any hint on how to subscribe in order to appease Apple would be a terrible user experience.

At this point it might be better to just wait with TestFlights until the Apple dispute has ended and the rules are cleared up.