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title: "Android - how to make trial version of android app?"  
description: "Android - how to make trial version of android app?"  
author: "Samuel Fernandes"  
published: 2015-04-02  
updated: 2015-04-02  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23076/android-how-to-make-trial-version-of-android-app  
category: "android"  
tags: ["android"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Android - how to make trial version of android app?

In my [application](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12824/calculator-application-in-android) i want to implement a [trial](https://www.mindstick.com/news/1547/blackberry-trying-to-settle-shareholder-lawsuit-over-blackberry-10-to-avoid-trial) and [full](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12893/experience-the-full-power-of-suitecrm) [version](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12845/things-to-remember-while-migrating-odoo-to-a-better-version) [functionality](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/136/using-watermark-functionality-in-textbox-by-jquery) for my application. In this trial version will be available to all and full version will be available to [users](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2244/issue-preventing-users-from-accessing-facebook-s-social-networking-platforms-has-been-resolved) who paid the full version. So [please suggest](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43506/please-suggest-the-bathing-date-at-kumbh) me the ways by which i can implement such functionality?

## Replies

### Reply by Anonymous User

## There are two ways to do this, that I can think of:

Build 2 versions of apk files and publish twice to Android Market.

One will be trial version, with advertisements enabled OR with limited functinality

Second will be available as a paid app, with full functionality unlocked.

Release the app as a trial version, and add support for in app purchases that will unlock full functionality of the app. This is usually referred to as a Freemium ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemium)) type of App.

I recommend the second way as the user will have to download the app only once.

Refer to Android's In-App Billing Documentation here :http://developer.android.com/guide/market/billing/index.html

Hope, this helps. Cheers!


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