Over the years, I’ve noticed more Android apps now require monthly or yearly subscriptions instead of one-time purchases. Developers have started moving towards subscription-based pricing since it ...

How many of our readers pay for app subscriptions each month? We asked this question in a recent survey, and the results are now in.

Mobile app developers are expected to push subscriptions more aggressively over the next year. Numbers that RevenueCat recently shared examining over 30,000 apps suggest why: Most apps struggle to ...

A report surrounding mobile app subscriptions provides in-depth data from across 2023, which shows how most struggle to make enough to get by. It's no secret that working as an app developer isn't a ...

The in-app subscription market continues to grow, according to a new report, despite increasing consumer fatigue with the trend to turn everything into a recurring payment. Surprisingly, the most ...

It's not my problem that most app developers can't make money with yet another social media/video player/note taking/whatever app, and I'm certainly not going to pay them a subscription to make them ...

Growing concerns have been expressed that the Sonos app might in future require a subscription, as the company reported revenue down for the second year running – and a former employee has now added ...

Apple wants developers to stop selling iOS applications and start renting them instead. The reason is simple: this forces users to pay more for software. Apple held a secret meeting in New York City ...

Payments and subscription infrastructure providers Paddle and RevenueCat have teamed up to launch an alternative to Apple’s in-app purchases in the wake of a U.S. App Store policy change that now ...

I have a lot of apps on my phone. Many of these are there because I want them to be; some are there because I test them out for work; and others are a total mystery. What's worse, some of those—and ...

Anu is a Features author at Android Police. You'll find her writing in-depth pieces about automation tools, productivity apps, and explainers. Before joining AP, she used to write for prominent tech ...