Can users create their own subscription plans?

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Created Jan ’25

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I'm considering developing an app where users can create their own subscription plans by freely setting their prices, similar to YouTube's membership feature.

I understand that in-app purchases must be used to unlock features within the app. With that in mind, I searched for APIs to enable this functionality but couldn't find relevant information.

When I contacted Apple directly, they mentioned that they couldn't provide specific answers unless the app is under review.

If anyone has knowledge about the following points, I would greatly appreciate your response:

Is it possible to implement a feature similar to YouTube's membership using in-app purchase APIs? If it's not feasible with in-app purchases, is it allowed to use external payment services like Stripe?

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darkpaw OP

Jan ’25

AFAIK, all in-app purchases have to be set up in App Store Connect (or a StoreKit configuration file bundled with the app), and your first IAP has to be released with a build of your app.

i'd say it's not possible to implement this sort of subscription.

However, given you are almost asking for an honesty subscription - where the user chooses their own price - you could simply set up a number of IAPs at different prices, and let the users pick the one they want to pay for.

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