G Suite - How do you whitelist a pay for app from the Play Store?

[TwistedHelixis]

I have been asked to add an app to our 'Work Tab' in the school's Play Store. When I find the app (devices > app amangement > whitelist apps), it is missing the approve button, which I assume is because the app is not free.

 

So how do I add the app to the whitelisted apps?

[rogerdnixon]

You don't. There is no mechanism to deploy paid for apps atm. The app needs you to be able to download without paying and then licence per user when they sign into etc. Some apps have back end management for this sort of stuff.

[TwistedHelixis]

I wonder why the don't let you add paid apps to the whitelist of apps, that way we could pay for it from a pupils tablet using a voucher card or something.

 

So I will probably need to enable the entire app store just so they can use this app, great.