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The State of Subscription Apps in 10 minutes: lessons, trends, and benchmarks for 2026

Essential insights from the world’s largest subscription app dataset

Lorelei Whitman

Lorelei Whitman

March 19, 2026

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Testing subscriptions on Compose Multiplatform: one test suite for iOS and Android
Engineering

Testing subscriptions on Compose Multiplatform: one test suite for iOS and Android

In this article, you'll work through a complete subscription testing setup for a Compose Multiplatform app.

Jaewoong Eum

Jaewoong Eum

May 12, 2026

Revenge of the brand manager: why ‘pretty’ ads fail at direct response
Growth

Revenge of the brand manager: why ‘pretty’ ads fail at direct response

Why you should be optimizing for live experience over aesthetics

Shamanth Rao

Shamanth Rao

May 11, 2026

Meet the subscription app pre-mortem: how to plan for failure before you ship
Growth

Meet the subscription app pre-mortem: how to plan for failure before you ship

Why pessimistic planning leads to optimistic launches

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

May 08, 2026

A complete guide to migrating from Google Play Billing v7 to v8 (and preparing for v9)
Engineering

A complete guide to migrating from Google Play Billing v7 to v8 (and preparing for v9)

This article covers the Google Play Billing Library v7 to v8 migration timeline, removed APIs and replacements, updated connection/query/purchase flows, new v8–v8.3 behaviors, and how to prepare for v9.

Jaewoong Eum

Jaewoong Eum

May 08, 2026

Rico - App Groth Advisor
Meet Rico: Your tireless app growth advisor
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Meet Rico: Your tireless app growth advisor

Ask Rico what changed, what it means, and what to do next, right from RevenueCat or Slack.

Niklas Winkels

Niklas Winkels

May 06, 2026

The Sub Club Podcast

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

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Build a paywall by describing what you want

Build and refine production-ready paywalls in seconds with RevenueCat’s Paywalls AI Editor.

Niklas Winkels

Niklas Winkels

May 06, 2026

The Hail Mary pitch that launched a #1 App Store hit
Growth

The Hail Mary pitch that launched a #1 App Store hit

Bria Sullivan pitched a focus timer to Hank Green at the end of a meeting that was already over — and it hit #1 on the App Store.

Charlie Chapman

Charlie Chapman

May 06, 2026

AI-generated ads: balancing attention and trust in user-generated content
Growth

AI-generated ads: balancing attention and trust in user-generated content

What actually works in synthetic ads, and how to juggle the boundary between algorithmic success and brand trust

Anthony Morcillo

Anthony Morcillo

May 06, 2026

The post-purchase screen: how to stop Day 0 cancellations
Growth

The post-purchase screen: how to stop Day 0 cancellations

How to stop losing subscribers before they even start the trial

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

May 05, 2026

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Compose Multiplatform subscriptions: single codebase for iOS and Android
Engineering

Compose Multiplatform subscriptions: single codebase for iOS and Android

This article walks through building a Kotlin Multiplatform app with the RevenueCat KMP SDK, covering setup, purchases, entitlement gating, and server-driven paywalls using the official cat-paywalls-kmp demo structure.

Jaewoong Eum

Jaewoong Eum

April 30, 2026

How a switch from hard paywall to freemium led to a 75% LTV lift and a 50% conversion drop
Growth

How a switch from hard paywall to freemium led to a 75% LTV lift and a 50% conversion drop

Moving from a hard paywall to freemium is like switching from checkers to chess

David Barnard

David Barnard

April 29, 2026

The counterintuitive freemium strategy that scaled Opal to 1M daily active users
Growth

The counterintuitive freemium strategy that scaled Opal to 1M daily active users

Kenneth Schlenker dropped Opal’s paid conversion rate from 20% to 9% — and it resulted in an explosion of daily active users and compounding revenue.

David Barnard

David Barnard

April 29, 2026

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