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Comment by timbre1234 | Hacker News Reader

Give me an option to search for "no ads" in an app, or give me nothing. I've simply stopped buying iOS apps because I'm done with the ad loads.

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This might not be what you want but Apple Arcade has slowly become the place I search for games. Quality of games is very high.

No ads, no IAP. As a parent it is also handy for the same reasons as far as the kids devices go.

Same.

My only issue is as a long time iPhone user they have a lot of games labeled as “+” which means it was previously available but had cost money.

There are many great games, but they’re not with a lot to me as I’ve already played them.

Great for people who hadn’t though.

It really is a great offering, especially when rolled into a family plan. Lots of high quality games on apple TV as well. Only problem is the OS limitation so I can't use a lot of older iPads I have lying around.

I want to search for no subs. I dont want to see a result for a $5/week wallpaper app.

No subs and no ads would be great.

I think that would be better covered by a "one time purchase" option. Otherwise, you're asking for either a "starve the dev" category, or something shadier like "show all apps that monetize my location".

No reason not to give the end use the flags for searching. You either get results or you don't. If someone wants to make a simple calculator and not charge for it, they should be allowed to do so and ideally apple will give the tools to the user to find such an app.

Also, devs still do put ads in some purchasable apps So just having a "one time purchase" toggle doesnt solve the problem.

There are models that work with barely any ads and subs. Google Maps is a great example.

Google Maps is full of ads. They’re just not the kind you’re used to. The POI it decides to show is partially a money game.

Google Maps has heavy monetization of location.

Google could lose money on maps purely to get you to use their services

What's a "sub"?

Subscription

subscription (ongoing payment for app)

Likewise, I want to search for "no IAP" apps.

I don't mind IAP necessarily, but it's frustrating when you download an app and then it immediately says you have to pay $10 a month to even open it. Those shouldn't be listed as "free" in the App Store and should be separate from an app that might be "free" but have a minor feature disabled by an IAP.

Out of curiosity, how do you feel about an app that is free to download but has ads, but has an In App Purchase to remove the ads?

Reading some of the other comments, it sounds like some people really hate ads and in app purchases

If the in-app purchase to remove ads is shareable across the family, then that’s fine. If not, I’d prefer to just buy the app and have it share across my kids iPads instead.

Same here. It's ridiculous that I should pay for an app and have to deal with banners and popups regardless.

Yep. “Ad Supported” is not “free”

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