The latest launcher version (1.3.4) allows players who have not yet bought Minecraft to play the game's demo. During the snapshot releases, minecraft.jar must be launched directly with the -demo parameter. Multiplayer was available, but only through LAN.ĭemo mode added.However, on iOS devices the app refuses to open on iOS 11 or later, due to lack of a 64-bit binary. The demo can be downloaded again if the same account is used in the App Store/Google Play Store if it was previously deleted from the device.For example, the player was able to use the shovel, the pickaxe and the axe, but not the sword. Only 28 of the 49 items in the inventory could be selected.
Seeds could not be used, as they could in the full version of v0.2.1.Upon quitting, the world data would not be saved.
Upon clicking Play, players would be asked if they wanted to play in Creative or Survival without any world list shown whatsoever. The Pocket Edition demo had the following restrictions:
There are also trial versions for Windows and the PlayStation 4. However, restrictions still apply for example, some blocks and items are removed, including barriers and command blocks (all types).
On November 1, 2018, a trial version for Android titled Minecraft Trial was released in most countries.