## Apple In-App Purchase pricing

Pricing page: https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/. Verified 2026-10-22.
Lock-in: High: subscriptions belong to the Apple ID and can't be moved to another processor.

### App Store Small Business Program (`small-business`): $0/month base
- Commission on sales: 0 included; then: $0.15
- Limit: 83,333 revenue_usd (upgrade)
- Includes: commercial_use, payments.in_app, payments.subscriptions, payments.one_off, payments.merchant_of_record
- Not yet priced: rules for US external purchase links (check Apple's current US guidance)
- Note: 15% commission for developers with up to $1M in proceeds the prior calendar year (modelled as about $83,333 a month). Apple is the merchant of record and handles sales tax and VAT. Enrol in the program; it is not automatic.

### App Store standard commission (`standard`): $0/month base
- Commission on sales: 0 included; then: $0.3
- Includes: commercial_use, payments.in_app, payments.subscriptions, payments.one_off, payments.merchant_of_record
- Not yet priced: 15% rate on subscriptions after a subscriber's first year, rules for US external purchase links (check Apple's current US guidance)
- Note: 30% commission. For auto-renewing subscriptions, Apple takes 15% once a subscriber has a year of paid service.

**Sources**
- Apple In-App Purchase: verified 2026-10-22 (https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/)

Confidence: high.

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