Why am I prompted to pay twice for an app?

We now have a second ipad in the house. When I use my existing apple I.d. on it to buy an app that I have already bought for the first ipad I'm presented with the price. I thought paying twice was meant to be unnecessary when using the same account. What am I doing wrong?

The problem with syncing through itunes is that the backup options are then either throgh icloud (not keen) or through this particular computer. I can't see a way round that but may be mistaken. I'd rather the backups were on my partner's computer, as it's her ipad. Hence my preference for using the App store instead of an itunes sync.

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