How To Download App Family Sharing

If you want to view and download iphone or ipad apps that one of your family members has purchased you ll need to use the app store app.

How to download app family sharing. Launch the app store app and tap on updates in the bottom navigation. You can t share in app purchases and free apps with your family members. To access your family s shared content head to the store that you want to download content from and find the purchased tab.

For example if a child wants to buy an app the family approver can see the app and decide whether to allow it. Other family members can access your collection in the same way. On your iphone ipad or ipod touch go to settings your name family sharing.

You can find out. Apps games sharing with family library may be limited in some countries. Tap a category for example tv shows or movies or a genre tap a purchased item then tap to download it.

With purchase sharing you can give your family members access to each other s apps music movies tv shows and books. Open the app store app. With ask to buy when kids want to buy or download a new item they send a request to the family organizer.

The family organizer can use their own device to approve or decline the request. Just select the family member whose collection you d like to browse then download or play the content you choose. If you purchased the app or game before july 2 2016 it s eligible for family library if the developer has made past purchases available.

Tap the profile icon on the top right. New purchases appear in the purchased tab in apple books the app store or itunes for each family member. For the app store.