Ask HN: Is RevenueCat the best service for handling IAPs/subscriptions?
Also, are there any issues with using their free plan?
4 comments
I think it is but I'm the CEO so don't trust me.
There are handful of competitors out there; I've heard mixed things and am obviously very biased. They do handle some things better than us, but on balance I think our product is more battle tested and reliable.
We are also getting ready to roll out a very significant update to our underlying abstractions with the release of our developer API sometime in early 2023 that I think will put us far out and ahead.
If you're at the just getting started stage, I have no hesitation saying to go with us, we've got 20k other apps using RC today and another 200 going live every week. We won't charge you anything until your app makes $10k/mo.
There are handful of competitors out there; I've heard mixed things and am obviously very biased. They do handle some things better than us, but on balance I think our product is more battle tested and reliable.
We are also getting ready to roll out a very significant update to our underlying abstractions with the release of our developer API sometime in early 2023 that I think will put us far out and ahead.
If you're at the just getting started stage, I have no hesitation saying to go with us, we've got 20k other apps using RC today and another 200 going live every week. We won't charge you anything until your app makes $10k/mo.
Do you handle IAP/subscription refunds? Apparently a server is required to handle them on iOS. Is that so?
Yeah, we do. Doing it without a server is a lot of work. We'll automatically revoke entitlement when someone gets a refund from Apple.
How would the app know that an IAP/subscription should be disabled due to a refund? Will the app contact your server on launch and/or periodically to check?