IOS Apple Development Account

Q: What is the difference between a free account and a paid account?

A: The free account is for "ordinary users" download app, pay account is mainly for "Apple developer" development software on-line use.

Q: Can I develop a free personal account that I have registered with Apple?

Personal account can not develop test package, personal account is for users to download the app.

Q: Are all development accounts charged?

A: Yes, divided into an annual fee of 99 dollars, annual fee of 299 U.S. dollars, the difference is as follows

Q: Is it possible to publish to fir.im and dandelion test platforms without an account?

Publish to the platform, need packaging, packaging needs certificates, certificate is logged in the Development Account, the development platform download, no Development Account can not login development platform, not to mention the certificate.
Development platform https://developer.apple.com/xcode/Click Account

Q: What is the difference between a business account and a company account on-line?

Enterprise Account:

1 can be published to the three-party platform (fir.im dandelion, etc.) or their own development of the official web site, provide one or two-dimensional code for users to install.

Note: Let all users install, do not limit the number of installs, do not have to develop account to bind the device.

2 after the installation is complete, you will be prompted to trust this account, in the phone "settings-generic-profile" inside the trust (see my blog https://www.cnblogs.com/saytome/p/8378897.html)

3 Enterprise account can not be published to AppStore, enterprise account can not be published to AppStore, enterprise account can not be released to AppStore important things say three times

Company account:

1 You can publish your own beta (Beta) to the three-party platform (fir.im dandelion, etc.) or your own development of the official web site, provide one or two-dimensional code for users to install.

Note: The reason is the beta version is because: must be developed account binding test equipment Udid can be installed, up to 100 sets, not limit the number of installs, in fact, before the launch of 100 devices for you to authorize the test.

2. Can be published to AppStore, released after you can easily let users appstore search download installed.

1. Personal developer account (Apple will charge an annual fee).

Advantages: Fast application speed (the fastest 1 days to complete the application, the slowest 2-3 working days), can be shelves to AppStore for people around the world to download. You can request 100 iOS devices (iphone/ipad/ipod).
Cons: Shelves to AppStore need to be audited by Apple, and the information found in itunes can only be personal registration information. If it is a company or business, it will not play a propaganda role. You cannot create a team, add team members to a developer account, and have a limited number of devices.

2, the company developer account (Apple will charge an annual fee)
Advantages: Can be shelves to AppStore, for people around the world to download, itunes can be found in the company information and related products, propaganda effect is good. You can bind 100 iOS test QA devices (iphone/ipad/ipod). You can create your own development team and add members to this account so that developers can centrally manage them. After the successful application, the company can obtain the code, equivalent to your business of an English business card!
Cons: Shelves need to be audited by Apple, the application time is longer than the individual, the fastest only 2-4 working days, the slowest general 5-8 working days to ensure the completion. There are adhoc test (QA test mode) device quantity limit. Registration requires the code.

3. Enterprise Developer (Apple will charge an annual fee)
Advantages: For enterprise users, the development of the app can not be audited by Apple, directly on the shelves to the enterprise website (not shelves to AppStore), suitable for large team Agile Team development, iteration version fast. Without device restrictions, you can create your own development team and add members to this account, where developers can centrally manage. After the successful application, the enterprise can get the code, equivalent to your business of an English business card!

Cons: The application time is as long as the company's developer account, and it also needs to be encoded in the itunes Store to find the enterprise's app information and corporate information, suitable for internal use.

Developer Type	Description	Application Period	Annual fee	Other
Personal	Posted on AppStore	A week	US $99	1. Only one developer is required to provide personal credit card information. 2, can only be installed 100 machine debugging
Company	Posted on AppStore	Three weeks	US $99	1, can be developed collaboratively by multiple developers. In addition to the credit card is also required license, company address, the company only number. 2, can only be installed 100 machine debugging 3. Need to apply for the code
Enterprise	Intra-enterprise deployment	Three weeks	US $299	1, no limit number of units 2. Publish Internal app 3, no restrictions on equipment 4, code-level technical support 5. Need to apply for the code

IOS Apple Development Account