I have an Apple gift certificate with a balance on it. I would like to use some of that balance to purchase an app from the App Store, but I don't want to fully redeem the gift certificate for iTunes credit (so I could, for example, use the gift certificate in an Apple store for actual physical products in the future). Is there any way to do this?
IOS – Using a gift certificate for an app without fully redeeming it
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There are a couple of gotchas I'm aware of.
- If you buy apps on both iTunes accounts, they all get listed together when updates become available, not just the ones on the account you're currently signed into. So if you click 'download all free updates' iTunes will only download the updates for the account which is signed in. This can be confusing because you've told it to download all free updates and it doesn't tell you why it hasn't downloaded the others.
- If you have an Apple TV and you want to use Home Sharing, then you can only share the content for one account at a time.
The gift function is embedded in the small triangle control to the right of the Buy|Download text - almost looking like it's the same button on iTunes for a computer.
Just click the square button and select Gift This App. On iOS you will want to press the rectangle with the arrow key and select Gift.
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Best Answer
There are two different types of Apple gift cards. iTunes cards can only be redeemed on iTunes, and conversely, Apple gift cards can only be redeemed at an Apple Store, the online Apple Store, or 1-800-MY-APPLE. What you are asking is not possible since Apple gift cards cannot be redeemed for apps. (Or if you have an iTunes gift card, it cannot be redeemed for physical goods.)