Ads and Premium
"I paid, but the ads are still there" is a common question — here is how it actually works.
There are two kinds of ads
The ads you see while using the app come from two different places, and Premium removes only one of them. That distinction is easy to miss, and it is the usual source of confusion.
Ads shown by the app
Removed by Premium
These appear around a download or when switching screens. They cover the cost of offering the app for free, and they stop once you buy Premium.
Ads on the page you are viewing
Not removed by Premium
These are part of the web page you opened in the app's browser. They are served by whoever runs that page and have nothing to do with your purchase. The app does include ad blocking, which works for everyone regardless of purchase, but it cannot catch everything.
What Premium gives you
- The app stops showing its own ads (all apps)
- iDig — deep-dive search, bulk fetch of numbered sequences, PDF export, ZIP compression, and combining images
- iCap — trimming a video, and picking a different thumbnail
- ConcatImg — PDF export of selected images
- For the remaining apps, Premium simply removes the ads
There is no limit on how much you can save. You can keep using the free version without watching a counter (a daily limit used to apply to free users, but it has been removed).
Pricing and available plans differ per app. Only iCap and iDig offer a monthly plan; the others are one-time purchases. Please check the current price on each app's purchase screen.
If Premium does not come back after buying
Please try these in order.
- Quit the app completely and start it again
- Tap Restore Purchases on the purchase screen
- If nothing comes back, tap Verify Receipt on the same screen — because of its product type, iDig's one-time purchase is not covered by Apple's Restore Purchases. For an older iDig one-time purchase, receipt verification can bring it back in some cases, but iDig 11.18 still has a confirmed failure case, so this is not guaranteed
- If that does not work, do not repeat the purchase action; follow the detailed purchase restoration checks
Repeating a purchase before the purchase state is understood can result in buying a different product or plan, or purchasing under a different Apple Account. First follow the purchase restoration checks and confirm the Apple Account and the exact message shown. If Premium still does not return, contact support.
Please note that I cannot enable Premium for an individual user from my side. Purchases are verified only from the receipt stored on your device; I keep no per-user purchase data on a server.
Cancelling
To cancel a monthly plan, open the iPhone Settings app, tap your name at the top, then Subscriptions. Deleting the app does not cancel the subscription. One-time purchases never renew, so there is nothing to cancel.
Frequently asked
Does Premium also remove ads on the pages I browse?
No. Premium removes only the ads the app itself shows. Ads inside a web page you open in the app's browser belong to that page's owner and are unrelated to Premium.
"Restore Purchases" does not bring my Premium back.
Try Verify Receipt on the same screen first. Because of its product type, iDig's older one-time purchase may not return through Restore Purchases alone and can sometimes be recovered through receipt verification. However, iDig 11.18 still has a confirmed case where another device using the same Apple Account reports that Premium does not appear to have been purchased, so receipt verification is not guaranteed to restore it. If that changes nothing, do not keep repeating the purchase action. Check that Settings > your name > Media & Purchases uses the same Apple Account as the original purchase, then follow the detailed purchase restoration checks and contact support.
What is the difference between the one-time and monthly plans?
The features are identical. The one-time purchase keeps working after a single payment, with no auto-renewal. The monthly plan is an auto-renewing subscription you can cancel at any time from your Apple ID settings. Only iCap and iDig offer a monthly plan.
Can you enable Premium on my account from your side?
I can't. Purchases are verified only from the receipt stored on your device — I don't keep any per-user purchase data on a server. Please try the steps above instead.
Anything not covered here — please contact me. For purchase questions, mentioning the app name and roughly when you bought it makes it much quicker to look into.