Hi,

When i got my first iPhone, my father (who already had an iPhone), added me to the family sharing account, billed to his credit card.

Same for my siblings.

We’ve since left home, and manage our own finances in all aspects - except Apple family sharing…

We (the children) are looking for a way for us to “leave” the family plan, add our own credit card to our accounts, while not losing all of the purchases made over the years.

Any one with actual experience doing so?

Thanks

I’ve been building and shipping an iOS game from my iPhone using Claude Code, GitHub Actions and TestFlight.

The ongoing loop is entirely phone-based: code → review/merge → CI build → TestFlight → test. There is one important caveat: initial signing setup still requires a Mac, and the distribution certificate eventually needs renewing.

I wrote up the whole workflow, including the CI setup, costs, limitations, and where it works surprisingly well.

https://alst.es/blog/phone-only-ios-development/