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SupremeGodzilla t1_jedo9el wrote

On your iPhone, go into settings, tap your name at the top, go to family sharing.

Create a child account for your son.

Erase the iPhone that will be your son’s, and then sign into it with his new Apple ID.

In his App Store app, Tap the profile icon in the top right and find the previously purchased apps from your account.

If the apps don’t appear then you may have to tweak the settings in your family sharing.

As others have mentioned, if the apps use some shady in-app purchases then these may not be transferable, but if it’s a ’paid app’ then this shouldn’t be a problem.

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Funny_Coconut OP t1_jef7xxc wrote

Thank you so much for this simple explanation! I really appreciate it :) I have tried to do it following your instructions and unfortunately I keep error messages; I cannot get past the identity verification.

For reference, the first page asks for the details of my son, like name and birthday and then in the next screen I need to verify my own identity. I cannot get past this screen.

I logged in online via web browser and corrected some of my data, which I saw was outdated (expired credit card). Then I restarted my phone. However, it’s still not working.

I contacted Apple via chat and they were not able to solve it, so they asked me to contact customer support via phone call.

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