Recently, Apple's updated App Store review guide stipulates that "the app can use the in-app purchase currency to help users' reward' in the app". This means that the news that Apple will charge a handling fee for the "reward" function in the APP has been officially confirmed.

On the 9th, Zhihu column, the account of Zhihu, a domestic question-and-answer platform, announced that, at APPle's request, after the update of iOS3.5.3, the column appreciation function of Zhihu App will be involved in the IAP payment mechanism, and Apple will deduct 32% from it as the handling fee, that is to say, users can only get the remaining 68% appreciation share.

Zhihu said that Android phone users are not affected. At the same time, Zhihu also revised the settlement rules of Appreciation Function. The user will complete the review and make payment within ten natural days after receiving the appreciation amount, and the user can withdraw it on the "My Balance" page. Zhihu also said that in the future, the appreciation function of answering will be introduced.

From Zhihu's announcement, we can see that Zhihu said that Apple would charge 32% handling fee for "appreciation", which is 2% more than the 30% charged by Apple. As for the reason, it is not known for the time being.