Some paid applications on iphone 5 are free for iphone 5s. Is it really like that?

My sister's phone is iPhone 5s while mine's iPhone 5. She downloaded a free app on her phone, when I searched on mine it's not free. Can someone explain?

They are all the same apps from the same App Store. You will often find a free version which has advertising displayed in the app and a paid for version that does not have the advertising.

Sometimes app makers will run a promotion and offer an app for free for a short period of time. She probably purchased it during the promotion.

There's in instance where you can download the Pages, Number, Keynote apps from Apple for free on a new iPhone but not an older one.

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