Apple External Checkout Flow One SDK to Cut Fees

Yes, in the United States following the April 2025 Epic v. Apple ruling. The court permanently barred Apple from requiring developers to use its In-App Purchase system for US App Store users, meaning you can legally link out to an external checkout. The EU's Digital Markets Act creates a similar opening in Europe. Outside those jurisdictions, StoreKit remains required. Allocents handles this automatically with jurisdiction-aware routing so your app stays compliant globally without you managing a country list manually.

Apple has specific entitlement and guideline requirements developers must meet before enabling an external purchase flow — including approved UI copy wording and a signed addendum to your developer agreement. Allocents's UI flows are built with Apple-compliant copy baked in, reducing the risk of a guideline violation. You should review Apple's External Purchase Link entitlement documentation and ensure your account is enrolled before going live. Allocents does not submit the entitlement request on your behalf, but the SDK is designed to work within those requirements once approved.

The Allocents SDK supports Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin, Flutter, and React Native, and is designed for a 15-minute integration. It syncs your existing StoreKit products automatically from App Store Connect, so you are not rebuilding your product catalog from scratch. After integration, you can start with a 10% rollout to validate conversion and revenue impact before scaling up — so your first external checkout users can be live the same day you integrate.

Allocents offers two billing modes. With Allocents Billing (Merchant of Record), the fee is 5% + 50¢ per transaction. Allocents handles payments, tax remittance across 190+ countries, chargebacks, fraud protection, refunds, and customer support. With Bring Your Own Stripe (BYOS), the fee is 0.5% of the revenue Allocents's migration flows successfully move to direct billing — you remain the Merchant of Record and handle support and compliance. Both options are substantially lower than Apple's standard 15–30% commission.

Conversion risk is real, which is why Allocents's external checkout flow is designed to feel native rather than like a clunky third-party redirect. The checkout page supports Apple Pay and Google Pay, and the paywalls use native bottom sheet UI that users recognize. The gradual rollout feature lets you measure actual conversion impact on a small cohort before committing. The built-in A/B testing lets you optimize discount levels, copy, and timing to find the configuration that maximizes both migration rate and net revenue.