# Thunkable App with over 1,200,000 downloads **URL:** \ **Category:** Promote your App\ **Tags:** beginner\ **Created:** [September 28, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-with-over-1-200-000-downloads/854176 "2020-09-28T00:14:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 24
**Author:** ![domhnallohanlon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/community.thunkable.com/domhnallohanlon/32/29554_2.png) [@domhnallohanlon](https://community.thunkable.com/u/domhnallohanlon)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2020, 11:33am UTC](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-with-over-1-200-000-downloads/854176/24 "2020-10-01T11:33:55Z")
> [@Dean\_Artis](#): > > If you mean publishing an app, then you can’t do so on the free tier. @wwfan - I just want to reiterate what Ian has already mentioned, but _all_ Thunkable users can publish their apps to the App Store if they have an Apple Developer account. @Dean_Artis, just to clarify in relation to your screenshot above, free users can no publish apps with PRO components to Android _or_ iOS, but there is no restriction on App Store publishing in general. * * * > [@Dean\_Artis](#): > > I haven’t used iOS publishing but from reading topics on here it appears you will be sent a link from where you can get the ipa file. So when you click to publish, the Thunkable servers will create the ipa file in the background and once it’s ready you will get an email with a link to it. Again, just to clarify here we do not (i.e. are not permitted to) send you a .ipa file. The email that you get allows you to install you app on your own device and is for testing _only_. The publishing wizard takes the necessary mobile provisioning profiles and digital certificates and sends everything directly to Apple where you then go through the same review process as anyone else who tries to publish to the App Store. * * * > [@wwfan](#): > > what’s the point of being able to build and even test an app only to have a paywall for enabling the ability to publish? Again @wwfan , and I think Dean may have lead you astray somewhat here, there is no “paywall” on our side preventing any user from sending their app to the App Store. As others have mentioned, the app marketplaces themselves are walled-gardens so Google, Amazon, Apple etc ultimately have complete control over what gets published and how much it costs to access their market place. One main advantage of paying for a Thunkable PRO subscription is that you can [publish your project as a web app](http://community.thunkable.com/t/new-thunkable-pro-feature-publish-your-project-as-a-web-app-2020-03-11/500455), instantly and without review. The app link can be shared to anyone you like and will work on both Android and iOS devices, no developer accounts needed! * * * > [@Dean\_Artis](#): > > The paywall is how Thunkable makes money. Nope, we don’t have any prevent users with an Apple Developer account from publishing their projects. Let me know if you ever want a demo of Thunkable PRO @Dean_Artis - I’d be happy to arrange this for you. --- _[View the full topic](https://community.thunkable.com/t/thunkable-app-with-over-1-200-000-downloads/854176)._