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I have an app that I want users to be able to pay a small fee to remove ads from. I figure the best way to do this (the app needs to remain free) is via an in-app purchase. I’m wondering however the best way to go about removing the ads and how to do it once the user has bought the upgrade. Any help or advice would be great thanks.
A boolean in NSUserDefaults seems like the right bet. You can check it on launch to see if ads should display, have the app hide or show ads accordingly, and set it to the appropriate value when the user pays to disable it.
Edited to add:
Just saw this on the dev forums. If you’re especially concerned about users on jailbroken devices fiddling with your NSUserDefaults boolean, you could alternatively store the data using keychain. Keychain can’t be meddled with in the same way NSUserDefaults can. More details at that link.
I don’t generally believe in expending much effort at all on anti-piracy stuff but this is an easy way to cover yourself that doesn’t cost terribly much more than using NSUserDefaults.