Testing unity ios apps on device

hi , i just bought an imac to test my projects on my ipad . I thought it would be like testing apps on android , where you just connect your device and “build and run” your project and the icon will appear on the device and the app is installed on your device . but I learned that it’s not that easy in ios . and you should register as an apple developer . my question is that for just testing the app on the device and not publishing it on the appstore , do I need to buy a license of apple developer or the free one is enough ?

thanks

As I recall, you need to buy an Apple Developer.

Jue Wang

you dont need to purchase license for the testing purposes…u can create a free account and you are good to go whereas for publishing, you have to have a 99$ subscription