Gifting Apps and getting them on your class set of iPads

Ok,

So a way of getting the apps you want for your students onto the iPads is to 'gift' them.

Legally, you need to purchase 1:1, so in my case, iRealb an app I want to use in my music class is $8.95.

To get it onto a bank I have 'gifted' it to the iPad 'Bank' account.

One hitch - to do this, I opted to use my personal account by using iTunes gift cards to purchase the licences - then gift them.

Do not use this method!


The problem is that when you gift - it does not use 'iTunes credit' but uses the linked credit card account!

So - at the moment I'm $100 down (on my CC), but have $100 of iTunes credit!

If you never bought music / apps / et al on the iTunes store, this would really be bad - luckily I do purchase this way (but was trying to cut back).

So.

More on this later. I suspect a better way is around the corner, but will have to think it through-

Any ideas?

(USA has volume licensing - doesn't help us now but is the best long term solution)