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Web vs in-app subscriptions: Web subscriptions result in 6% drop in takehome revenue

🚨 Update (May 28 2025): New trial completion data for our big IAP vs web experiment

Jacob Eiting
Rik Haandrikman
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Converting a Paid App to Subscriptions
Converting a Paid App to In-App Subscriptions
Engineering

Converting a Paid App to In-App Subscriptions

Your guide to making the switch

Cody Kerns

Cody Kerns

August 25, 2020

SKAdNetwork and iOS 14 Privacy Changes
SKAdNetwork and iOS 14 Privacy Changes
Engineering

SKAdNetwork and iOS 14 Privacy Changes

What we currently know and preparing for what’s to come.

David Barnard

David Barnard

August 04, 2020

StoreKit Testing Improvements in iOS 14
StoreKit Testing Improvements in iOS 14
Engineering

StoreKit Testing Improvements in iOS 14

A TLDR of the new StoreKit testing features announced at WWDC 2020

Jacob Eiting

Jacob Eiting

June 23, 2020

StoreKit With and Without RevenueCat
StoreKit With and Without RevenueCat
Engineering

StoreKit With and Without RevenueCat

StoreKit isn’t fun, but don’t take it from us – let Tyler tell you.

David Barnard

David Barnard

June 01, 2020

The Ultimate Guide to iOS Subscription Testing
The ultimate guide to iOS subscription testing
Engineering

The ultimate guide to iOS subscription testing

Find and fix bugs so you don’t lose money due to issues in your subscription code.

David Barnard

David Barnard

March 31, 2020

The Sub Club Podcast

Interviews and deep dives with the experts behind the biggest apps in the world.

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Automated Cancellation Surveys using Zapier + RevenueCat
Engineering

Send a subscription cancelation email to app users

Email users a customized feedback survey when they unsubscribe from a free trial.

Ryan Kotzebue

Ryan Kotzebue

March 18, 2020

In-app Purchases on watchOS
Apple Watch In-App Purchases
Engineering

Apple Watch In-App Purchases

A first look at Apple's StoreKit support on watchOS 6.2

Jacob Eiting

Jacob Eiting

February 12, 2020

The Types of In-App Purchases
Business Models for Your Mobile App
Engineering

Business Models for Your Mobile App

Entitlements, offerings, and products, OH MY!

Sharif Moustafa

Sharif Moustafa

January 30, 2020

2020
Post Mortem: App Store Outage on January 24th, 2020
Engineering

Post Mortem: App Store Outage on January 24th, 2020

A breakdown of the outage and steps we're taking at RevenueCat to respond better next time.

Jacob Eiting

Jacob Eiting

January 27, 2020

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Supporting iOS Billing Grace Period
Implementing iOS Subscription Grace Periods
Engineering

Implementing iOS Subscription Grace Periods

Extend a subscriber’s access to your app while they are in a billing issue state.

Jacob Eiting

Jacob Eiting

September 13, 2019

How we migrated from RDS to Aurora with zero downtime
How We Migrated From RDS to Aurora With Zero Downtime
Engineering

How We Migrated From RDS to Aurora With Zero Downtime

Follow along with our zero-downtime migration.

Miguel Carranza

Miguel Carranza

July 19, 2019

RevenueCat Jacob Eiting Altconf
How to Build a Great iOS In-app Purchase Subscription Server – AltConf 2019
Engineering

How to Build a Great iOS In-app Purchase Subscription Server – AltConf 2019

A deep dive on in-app subscription infrastructure.

Jacob Eiting

Jacob Eiting

July 16, 2019

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RevenueCat enables us to have one single source of truth for subscriptions and revenue data.

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