MonoTouch and Mono for Android are delivered as digital downloads.  When you complete your purchase, you will be given an activation code for each license purchased, and will have access to the full version downloads of the latest releases of the software purchased.

 

On Windows, the evaluation software is the full version. The emulator-only limitations can be removed at any time by entering a valid activation code.  

 

On Mac, you will need to download the full version of the software.  The evaluation versions of MonoTouch and Mono for Android on Mac cannot be activated.

 

Yes. We allow each MonoTouch user to keep two active installations (i.e., a laptop and a desktop).

 

We allow each Mono for Android user to keep three active installations (i.e., a laptop, a desktop, and a bootcamp partition).

Yes, our Enterprise and Enterprise Priority products can be purchased by PO (purchase order). 

Contact us or email store@xamarin.com to purchase by PO.  If you need a quote, you can use your order summary from store.xamarin.com or you can contact us to request a quote.

 

Yes, we have both student and academic discount programs.

 

Student Discount

Students currently enrolled at an accredited institution can purchase a full MonoTouch Professional or Mono for Android Professional license for $79. Use your license to write great apps and games for iOS and Android, and deploy them to your friend's devices, or even publish to Apple's App Store or the Android Market.

 

Academic Discount

Instructors leading courses on mobile development can take advantage of our 90% academic discount to purchase MonoTouch Enterprise or Mono for Android Enterprise at $99/seat.

 

To apply for either of these educational discount programs, send proof of enrollment or course and lab details to student@xamarin.com

Professional and Enterprise licenses vary in both license usage and deployment options.

 

License Usage

MonoTouch Professional and Mono for Android Professional are both licensed for use by the original user of the tools.  This means that the first user to activate the tools is the only developer licensed to use the tools.

 

MonoTouch Enterprise and Mono for Android Enterprise are both seat licensed.  Seat licensing allows the owner of the license to change the named user of the tools as developers on a project change.

 

Deployment Options

Both Professional and Enterprise licenses allow for ad hoc deployments directly to fewer than one hundred devices, and deployment to an unlimited number of devices through a public app store (such as Apple's App Store, Android Market, Amazon Appstore, or Barnes and Noble NOOK Store).

 

Additionally, our Enterprise licenses support large deployments directly to end-user devices (i.e., deployments that do not go through a public app store).

 

On MonoTouch, this refers explicitly to Apple's In-House deployment option available to members of their Enterprise Developer program:

http://developer.apple.com/programs/ios/enterprise/

On Android, we define "large" to be direct deployment to more than one hundred devices. This is intended to mirror the distinction between Apple’s In-house and Ad hoc deployment options.

If you previously purchased MonoTouch or Mono for Android, from either Novell or Xamarin, then you can enter your activation code on our self-help pages to find information regarding your update subscription and currently activated workstations, as well as download the latest software releases for your subscription.

 

MonoTouch customers can visit: http://activation.monotouch.net/

Mono for Android customers can visit: http://activation.mono-android.net/

 

If you were a customer of Novell with a current upgrade subscription, Xamarin will be providing you with support and updates for your purchase until the end of your 12-month subscription period.  Additionally, we will credit your subscription for the 3 months of missing updates from May to July.