Overview

• New U.S. iOS subscriptions can now use an in‑app web-based checkout instead of Apple’s in‑app purchase system for payments.
• By default, Substack raises iOS prices to offset App Store fees so creators net the same as on the web, though writers can disable this adjustment.
• Substack is offering migration tools to move existing Apple-billed subscribers to web billing, and writers need not act unless they want to lower IAP prices.
• The company will continue to take a 10% platform fee based on the web price and reports that early tests of the expanded payment options increased paid sign-ups without sharing figures.
• Apple still requires offering IAP in the U.S., and Substack says it is evaluating Apple’s distinct EU and U.K. options that allow developers to forgo IAP.