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Try getting paid for ur app using ads instead. Making it free this way for the users would be a win-win situation for all. I don't know if this is possible on iPhone and iPad apps or not, but thats how some jar games on my Nokia phone work, so I'm guessing that should be an option for you too. You could post on your app's website (if u've any) that any interested advertisers can contact you if they wish to advertise using ur app :-)

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This app is probably good for showing ads, since my logs show a great average session length. Unfortunately, I've published other apps with free and paid variants (with the free version having ads and lacking some features) and users will still pirate the paid version.

Iff you can detect a pirated copy of the paid version with 100% certainty, have it show ads when it's detected piracy.

Would advertisers be happy paying for ads that'll only ever be seen by users with a track record of not paying for stuff?

Yes. People don't believe ads work on them

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