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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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Annual subscriptions for apps: The pros and cons
Growth

Annual subscriptions for apps: The pros and cons

They boost cash flow and retention, but annual plans aren’t a universal win. Daphne Tideman explores when they help, and when they hurt.

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

June 06, 2025

How subscription apps can become painkillers
Growth

How subscription apps can become painkillers

A case study of Welltory and Mimo’s journey to becoming painkillers for their users

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

June 05, 2025

How to turn freemium users into loyal subscribers
Growth

How to turn freemium users into loyal subscribers

Why freemium can be your strongest growth engine, if you design it to convert

Alice Muir Kocourková
Why We’re Throwing $75K (and a Lot of Love) at Bolt’s World-Record Hackathon
Growth

Why We’re Throwing $75K (and a Lot of Love) at Bolt’s World-Record Hackathon

RevenueCat Joins Bolt’s World’s Largest Hackathon with $75K in Prizes

Rik Haandrikman

Rik Haandrikman

June 02, 2025

Why teaching.com swapped free trials for guarantees (and won)
Growth

Why teaching.com swapped free trials for guarantees (and won)

A 30-day guarantee turned out to be a smarter offer.

David Barnard

David Barnard

May 28, 2025

The Sub Club Podcast

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

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Growth

Why creative fatigue is killing your ROAS

Why ad algorithms punish slowness on creative testing and what you can do about it.

David Vargas

David Vargas

May 28, 2025

Google I/O 2025: Monetization & Play Console Highlights (and the case of the missing Billing Library 8)
Engineering

Google I/O 2025: Monetization & Play Console Highlights (and the case of the missing Billing Library 8)

Key monetization takeaways from Google I/O 2025: Play Console redesign, subscription bundles, churn‑busting tools, and a peek at Billing Library 8

Rik Haandrikman

Rik Haandrikman

May 22, 2025

Churn in subscription apps: top 5 cancelation reasons (and what to do about them)
Growth

Churn in subscription apps: top 5 cancelation reasons (and what to do about them)

SOSA 2025 benchmarks reveal where most apps lose users (and how to fix it)

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

May 21, 2025

chris hulls sub club podcast
Freemium at scale: How Life360 built trust and hit $1.8B
Growth

Freemium at scale: How Life360 built trust and hit $1.8B

Chris Hulls shares hard-won lessons from growing a multi-billion-dollar app — without sacrificing user trust.

David Barnard

David Barnard

May 15, 2025

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The behavioral design behind a 12% ARPU increase at ASL Bloom
Growth

The behavioral design behind a 12% ARPU increase at ASL Bloom

How Applica redesigned onboarding to bridge the gap between user goals and app value

Jason Gossett

Jason Gossett

May 08, 2025

How to pre-sell app subscriptions on the web before launch
Growth

How to pre-sell app subscriptions on the web before launch

Save on platform fees, capture early revenue, and set your app up for launch success.

Rik Haandrikman

Rik Haandrikman

May 07, 2025

How to communicate a price increase — and keep your best subscribers
Growth

How to communicate a price increase — and keep your best subscribers

Price hikes don’t have to mean mass churn. Here’s how to get timing, messaging, and customer trust right.

Daphne Tideman

Daphne Tideman

May 06, 2025

Want to see how RevenueCat can help?

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

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