11.13.2025
Following Apple's moves to get much more cash from apps embedded in China's WeChat, the company has issued a Mini Apps program for the App Store worldwide.Mini Apps within WeChat
Mini Apps within WeChat can now get Apple to handle their payment processing, for a fee
A Mini App is a game or any other small app that isn't sold on its own, but instead is accessed via a so-called super-app. In theory this could be any super-app, and Elon Musk wants to turn Twitter into one, but in practice it means China's WeChat. Up to now, Apple has not been able to charge Mini App developers anything because they aren't on the App Store.
Apple has subsequently issued new developer guidance for what it is calling its Mini Apps Partner Program. The documentation stresses that Apple has supported such apps since 2017, but it's all about how developers can now opt in to the new system.
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