There is no need to pay for publishing, but you need an Apple 299 account or a 99 account to publish! Members of these two accounts have to pay $99 and $299 \x0d\\x0d\ every year to issue certificates that need to be declared in the appstore and registered by developers. Then provide the software and \x0d\ related instructions, and officially release them after approval. \x0d\ You need to provide a bank account to publish the software, and the annual fee is 99 dollars. Developer certification is $99/year for personal edition and $299/year for enterprise edition.