Free until your app earns real money, which is a fair deal for a first mobile launch. RevenueCat is a subscription backend and SDK layer for mobile apps that manages in-app purchases across the app stores. The Pro plan is free for up to $2,500 in monthly tracked revenue and charges 1% above that. Growth Tools, covering paywalls, web-to-app funnels and A/B/n testing, are listed with the same $2,500 threshold and 1% fee. Enterprise is custom. Reddit users in r/iOSProgramming describe it as smooth to integrate, one reporting over 10k purchases across about 1.5 years, and a commenter says it handles receipt validation, renewals, grace periods, refunds and upgrades. A G2 reviewer said it reduces development time and risk in managing subscriptions. A poster titled 'Regret using RevenueCat' complains that it charges on gross rather than net revenue. It suits mobile developers who want subscriptions without writing receipt logic.
Free tier quotas
Plan
Pro, free up to $2,500 in monthly tracked revenue
Fee above threshold
1% on revenue above $2,500
Growth Tools
Paywalls, web-to-app funnels and A/B/n testing
Growth Tools fee
Free up to $2,500 in monthly tracked revenue, then 1%
Enterprise
Custom pricing and usage, volume discounts, dedicated support
Last sniffed Oct 8, 2026. Always confirm on the official pricing page.
👍 Good boy
+Pro is free up to $2,500 in monthly tracked revenue, then 1% above that.
+A r/iOSProgramming user used RevenueCat for about 1.5 years across apps, called it super smooth with easy integration, and reported over 10k purchases.
+A r/iOSProgramming commenter said it handles the painful parts: receipt validation, renewals, grace periods, refunds and upgrades.
+A G2 reviewer said RevenueCat reduces development time and risk in managing subscriptions, and that the app store integrations work beautifully.
+A r/swift commenter said RevenueCat makes it far easier to work with Apple's payment system.
+Growth Tools add paywalls, web-to-app funnels and A/B/n testing.
+A poster in an r/iOSProgramming thread concluded that RevenueCat looks like the best solution for simplifying in-app purchase logic across platforms.
👎 Watch out
−A poster titled 'Regret using RevenueCat' said it charges on gross rather than net revenue: their dashboard showed $4.5k but the payout was about $3k.
−Pro and Growth Tools are each listed with a 1% fee above $2,500, and the extract did not say whether the two fees stack.
−A r/iOSProgramming thread asks if there is still a point to RevenueCat now that StoreKit has improved, so native options are a real alternative.
−Enterprise pricing is custom and not published.
−I found little negative G2 text for RevenueCat, so the evidence on weaknesses comes mostly from Reddit.
The catch
RevenueCat is free until your apps track $2,500 a month in revenue. Above that you pay 1% of the revenue it tracks. Growth Tools for paywalls, funnels and A/B/n testing show the same threshold and rate, and I could not tell from the page whether the two fees add up.
One r/iOSProgramming poster regrets the fee being calculated on gross revenue, which includes the store's cut. Their dashboard showed about $4.5k against a payout near $3k. That is one poster's account, but it shows how to check your own numbers before choosing.
Native StoreKit has improved, so some developers question whether they still need RevenueCat. Others say it removes a lot of maintenance around receipts and renewals. Both views appear in the threads I read.
What’s included
✓Subscription and in-app purchase backend
✓Receipt validation
✓Renewals and grace periods
✓Refund handling
✓Cross-platform subscription management
✓Paywalls
✓Web-to-app funnels
✓A/B/n testing
Free tier value
Generosity
A
Estimated value
1% above $2,500 monthly tracked revenue
Feature parity
All features free up to $2,500 monthly tracked revenue, then 1% above it.
Screenshots
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Paid plans
Pro, 1% above $2,500 monthly tracked revenue
All of RevenueCat's features and all of your data in one place.
