--- title: Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew — a lesson of Mova's school · trees and pragmatics description: «Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew», a lesson of the money course of Mova's primary school, sentence by sentence with dependency trees and pragmatics. It begins: The "buy" button in a game or app on a family tablet is not pretend: it usually uses a real bank card saved on the acco --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/) / [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/) / Mum's card, in-app buys and subscripti… # Mum's card, in-app buys and subscriptions that renew Lesson 18 of the money course of Mova's primary school: 14 sentences, each with its syntax tree and pragmatics. The lessons are written for Mova, and their agreed trees are part of Mova corpus 0.4 (CC BY-SA 4.0). How Mova does on its tests: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/). - [0](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/0/) — The "buy" button in a game or app on a family tablet is not pretend: it usually uses a real bank card saved on the account, so every tap spends real money, and Sophie's 6 taps at £4.99 cost £29.94. - [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/1/) — Using someone's card without asking is not okay, even in a family: Tyler's £50 of game coins is what his mum spends on food for three or four days, and the shop does not always give money back. - [2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/2/) — A free trial often turns into a paid subscription if nobody cancels it: Leo forgot a cartoon app, so £5.99 left Dad's account every month, £11.98 in two months for an app nobody opened. - [3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/3/) — Simple habits keep money safe: ask before you buy, read every pop-up before pressing, turn off "remember card", use a gift card with a set limit, and if you do get it wrong, own up quickly and pay it back. - [4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/4/) — An in-app purchase is buying something inside a game or app with real money. - [5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/5/) — Tablets and consoles often have a parent's card saved, so a tap on "buy" spends real money. - [6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/6/) — Spending money from someone's card without permission is called an unauthorised payment; it is not okay, even in a family. - [7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/7/) — App shops sometimes refund mistakes made by children, but not always. - [8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/8/) — Parental controls are settings that stop children buying, for example by asking for a password. - [9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/9/) — A subscription is paying regularly, often every month, for something like music, videos or a game. - [10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/10/) — A free trial often renews into a paid subscription automatically unless you cancel it in time; companies count on people forgetting. - [11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/11/) — Small monthly subscriptions add up to big amounts over a year, so it is worth checking and cancelling unused ones. - [12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/12/) — A gift card or top-up has a set amount, so you cannot spend more than is on it. - [13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/18-mum-s-card-in-app-buys-and-subscriptions-that-renew/13/) — Turning off a saved card means the full card number must be typed in, which stops accidental buys. - ← previous: [Loot boxes and "free" skins](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/17-loot-boxes-and-free-skins/) - next →: [Scams: free V-Bucks, fake giveaways, phishing texts](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/19-scams-free-v-bucks-fake-giveaways-phishing-texts/) - ↑ back to [Money](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/money/)