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by eps 4060 days ago
Any specifics on how they discourage this? Geniune question. There's plenty of high-ranking apps with both paid and free-ad-supported versions, e.g. Cut The Rope.
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Here is a discussion on the topic between a few developers with Apple's reason for rejection, from a few years ago. http://iphonedevsdk.com/forum/business-legal-app-store/93228...

I believe Cut The Rope pre-dated the push for keeping apps singular with IAP to unlock additional content.