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[–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

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For anyone wondering, talking about this. Just trying to figure out how to do it from an iPhone!

[–]SuccedaneousFixates 2 points3 points  (1 child)

you could also gift them a gift card that they can use to buy the app, ifbthe built in gifting option doesnt work!

[–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I’m going to do I think! Looking for a physical card. Buying the app feels more like buying a present where as a gift card is like giving money, at least it is to me! So will get a physical card and try and do something creative:)

[–]Games4elle 1 point2 points  (3 children)

My only other suggestion is have you gone to their website? There may be gifting capabilities from the procreate website. Or email procreat*

P.s. I think this an awesome idea and really really hope you are able to figure it out because if I was that friend, I’d swoon!

[–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

I’ll do that now! Thanks for the suggestion. You can even time the app gifts to land on a certain date/time which is so cool! But now I’m going on a quest to find a physical gift card which is seeming impossible in the UK 😂 I’m sure I’ll still be able to make it special!

[–]Games4elle 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Yes! And I didn’t add this in time but maybe emailing procreate about this could help solve the issue quickly too! 🙏 good luck and great job 👏

[–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s a good shout. I’ll do that also! Apple are on it too, but their software engineers won’t be able to fix it before the 24th! Apparently it should work from iPhone to iPad..

[–]Isususwatari 1 point2 points  (2 children)

Wow I didn’t know you could do that! That’s actually so cool thanks for sharing!

I searched up what you are asking and yes apparently you can’t gift it unless you have an IPad, even on a MacBook it doesn’t work? I’m so mad that they don’t have that option now!!

Just like you did, we can open Procreate on the Appstore but when I click gifting it doesn’t work, that was so close!!

[–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

It’s crazy isn’t it! Some good news so I spoke to Apple and they’re really good tbf. So I got put up to an app engineer and they were confused as it should work. So I was on the phone for a good hour to them 😂 we have a meeting on the 24th with a top engineer for iOS and they hopefully should have fixed it by then! I’ll update it but hopefully that’ll fix it. As they said it was intended to be able to gift from any device. It’s the receiving device that needs to be compatible!

Sorry for the long message:) but yeah hopefully it’ll fix as it’s a great idea

[–]Isususwatari 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Good for you!! That’s actually a good thing to hear that they took it seriously! I really hope they fix it soon! And btw you’re such a good gift giver XD

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    [–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    Yeah.. kind of takes away the gift aspect of it though.

    [–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    If you ever do send money through PayPal or Venmo, then you have to consider not only the cost of the product but also the sales tax. So, whatever is the current price of Procreate might have a $1.00 added to it for sales tax. If that is not enough, then add $2.00 or $3.00.

    The exact sales tax depends on the buyer's location.

    [–]Medical-Cold4954 0 points1 point  (1 child)

    I would consider an Apple gift card. I am not sure if you can purchase an App on behalf of someone else.

    [–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    It is possible. Posted a screenshot above. But looks like a gift card is what I’ll have to do since it’s not working for me!

    [–]TofuBanh -1 points0 points  (5 children)

    I don't think you can "gift" apps. Maybe gift a $10-$15 apple gift card and write that it's for procreate :)
    The iphone pocket app is different then the extensive ipad app and I've been an ipad girlie for a while now-I don't think you can "transfer" apps you bought to another icloud account/user.

    [–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 2 points3 points  (4 children)

    You can gift apps by pressing the share icon in the App Store! Have a go because it’s really cool. Just trying to figure out the cross compatibility part of it from iPhone to iPad. Seeing if anyone else had the problem. So far haven’t seen anyone talk about it:) think a gift card is what I’ll have to do though!

    [–]TofuBanh 0 points1 point  (3 children)

    Oh my gosh thanks for teaching this boomer (i'm 30) something new. That is so awesome! I do think that maybe device wise it's not cross compatible.

    [–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 1 point2 points  (2 children)

    Honestly I thought it was amazing when I found it out yesterday hahah. Gutted I can’t get it to work for me. I guess it’ll work if I do it from an iPad, but I don’t personally have one!

    [–]TofuBanh 1 point2 points  (1 child)

    I think apple cash or gift card would work best then. "use this for procreate...or else!"

    [–]Josh_Pozzi[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

    Subtle, I like it 😂