仅在应用商店中向某些选定用户显示我的应用

Question

I want to install my app only on selected user's iPhone (100k users). Sharing app with development certificate is not possible there. So, I want my app on app store should be visible to only selected users.

Is it possible to mail a unique link to user then those user can only download/see my app on app store?

Answer 1

Yes, it is possible.

If you have an entreprise account, that is even the only you can do. If you need to look it up I suggest you check "OTA" or "Over-The-Air" app publishing method. It's great and exactly for your situation. But if you're on the appstore that means you don't have an entreprise account, so I'll skip to the second solution straight away.

You need to have beta testers. In your iTunesConnect account, where you can manage all sorts of settings for your app, you should find a TestFlight tab. In this tab, you can set emails for people to beta test.

There are two types of testers,

Internal testers They're a part of your development team, and they must be set as Admin or Manager or Tester to access the app. This would be done in the People tab in your developer.apple.com account. 25 users max.

External testers This is what you most probably need You can simply add up to 10.000 email addresses (that are linked to itunes accounts), and organize them in to groups if you want. You can also publish specific versions to specific groups. In your case it might be simple "one app for all", so don't bother with groups yet.

All they have to do is install the testflight app, and they will be able to download the app from there. It's like a private appstore for them if you want. If they don't have testflight, they'll receive an email with a link that will do the same.