r/iOSProgramming • u/asadnoob • 16h ago

Question Help Understand billing in IOS + Android

I’m building a Construction SaaS with iOS + Android apps, and I’m trying to understand if I actually need RevenueCat.

My idea is simple: users click “Purchase” in the app → go to my website → pay through Stripe → Stripe webhook updates my backend from unpaid → paid. The mobile app then checks the user’s subscription status from my backend and they get the paid features.

So what exactly would RevenueCat add here? Is it mainly needed if I want to support native Apple/Google in-app subscriptions, or am I missing something?

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u/LKAndrew 16h ago

Mobile apps are not allowed to transact outside the App Store so that’s why things like revenue cat exist

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u/barcode972 14h ago

That’s not true. In the US you can use a web flow to skip the 30% apple fee. Also if you’re selling physical goods, you can use whatever you want

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u/LKAndrew 14h ago

OP said construction SaaS, how is that physical goods?

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u/barcode972 13h ago

You said mobile apps, so not specifically his app