My 10-year-old son is set up as a family member with his own Apple account. His iPad, it's set to "Ask To Buy." So, when he wants to download an app from the App Store, I get a notification on my iPhone.
This works great for free apps… but for a paid app (or in-app purchase), after I approve it via the iPhone notification, it asks him to put in a credit card on his iPad.
For obvious reasons, I'm wary of putting my credit card info onto his iPad. But I do want to buy this app for him. I would have expected the "Ask To Buy" notification to go the next step and give me the option to purchase it on his behalf.
How do I do this? I feel like I'm missing something obvious here.
I Googled around for an answer, but to no avail. Lots of info on sharing purchases. But not purchasing initiated on the child's device. If I'm just a bad Googler, point me in the right direction!
Best Answer
Enable Purchase Sharing
In addition to Family Sharing, Purchase Sharing needs to be enabled to share purchases (redundant, I know) and to have the family organizer billed for all purchases.
You as the organizer must have a payment method saved to your account for purchases to made seamlessly.