App registration and installing content

Registering your Affinity app requires an Affinity ID, an account that's used to manage your purchases from the Affinity Store. You can create a new Affinity ID when registering your app, or sign in to an existing one.

Registration is not compulsory to use the app but for V2 Universal Licenses you won't be able to link multiple apps across platforms without registering.

As a bonus for registering, a license for specially selected content is added to your account free of charge. You do not have to register payment information to create an Affinity ID and claim the free content.

Content purchased from the store, such as Brushes and Asset packs, is easily installed—manually or automatically—and available to use at all times. A persistent Internet connection is not required.

Initial screen

An Activate, Try or Buy screen is presented the first time your Affinity app is opened.

Activate, Try or Buy screen.

Purchasing your app

If you've already purchased a single app license or an Affinity V2 Universal License from the Affinity Store you just need to activate your license by selecting ACTIVATE on the Activate, Try or Buy screen displayed on app launch, then enter your Affinity ID.

If you're purchasing from the iPad App Store as an in-app purchase you can register your app by creating an Affinity ID on the Affinity Store and linking this single or Universal License to your app. Tap the BUY NOW option on the same Activate, Try or Buy screen.

Registering your app

After installation and purchase of your app, you’ll need to register your purchased license to an Affinity ID, or else you can’t receive any of the multi-app cross-platform benefits. You register using an existing or new Affinity ID.

Registration screen.

From the screen, you can sign in using an existing Affinity ID or create a new one by selecting CREATE FREE ACCOUNT. This completes registration, activates your license and lets you link (and sign into) to your Affinity Store account.

Managing your Affinity ID

With your app signed in to your account, you can manage your Affinity ID, choose which content is installed, and customize the app's installation behavior. The default behavior is never to automatically download content, which avoids unwanted consumption of any metered data allowance.

Account To access your Affinity account in-app:
  1. Select Account at the bottom left of the app's Home screen.

Use the dialog to review your purchases and download your add-ons.

To access your account on the Affinity Store website:

Do one of the following:

  1. Select Account at the bottom left of the app's Home screen, then tap the ellipsis on the My add-ons tab, then tap Go to My Account from the pop-up menu.
  2. Go to the Affinity Store directly from your web browser, signing in with your Affinity ID.

Use the website to review your order history, downloads (licenses, apps and add-ons) and account details.

To automatically install Affinity Store purchases:

You might do this if your Internet connection is unmetered or your device is only ever online via Wi-Fi.

  1. Below the My add-ons list, open the left-hand menu and select Download available content on Wi-Fi or Always download available content.
  2. From the adjacent menu, choose the maximum size for each piece of auto-installed content.
To manually install content:
  1. (Optional) Select View license next to each required item to review its usage terms.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • Select each required item's adjacent cloud icon to download the item.
    • Select the ellipsis at the top right of My add-ons and then select Download all.

A green tick indicates the adjacent item is installed and available for use in your app.

A red cross indicates the adjacent item failed to download. Tap it to retry.

To uninstall content:
  1. Do one of the following:
    • Select each unwanted item's adjacent green tick.
    • Select the ellipsis at the top right of My add-ons and then Uninstall All.
  2. Select Yes on the confirmation dialog.

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