--- title: State of Subscription Apps - What's working in 2026 description: A walkthrough of RevenueCat's 2026 State of Subscription Apps report, covering key data points for indie mobile developers. Key findings include: hard paywalls... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/state-of-subscription-apps---what-s-working-in-2026-qgzcqpetb twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: State of Subscription Apps - What's working in 2026 | daily.dev og:description: A walkthrough of RevenueCat's 2026 State of Subscription Apps report, covering key data points for indie mobile developers. Key findings include: hard paywalls... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/state-of-subscription-apps---what-s-working-in-2026-qgzcqpetb og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/QgzCqPeTB.png og:image:alt: State of Subscription Apps - What's working in 2026 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # State of Subscription Apps - What's working in 2026 **[notJust.dev](https://daily.dev/sources/notjustdev)** · 100 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A walkthrough of RevenueCat's 2026 State of Subscription Apps report, covering key data points for indie mobile developers. Key findings include: hard paywalls convert 5x better than premium models; longer trials (17+ days) convert 70% better than short ones despite the market trending toward 3-day trials; apps launched before 2020 still generate 69% of all subscription revenue; AI-powered apps earn 41% more revenue per payer but churn 30% faster; annual plans generate 2x higher revenue per install vs monthly; higher-priced apps convert downloads to trials at nearly 2x the rate of lower-priced apps; and 41% of top-performing apps have web revenue streams. Benchmark data is provided for MRR growth, LTV, conversion rates, and pricing by category and geography. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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