App Store External Payment Migrate IAP Profitably

Yes. The April 2025 Epic v. Apple ruling permanently barred Apple from forcing US developers to use its In-App Purchase system. US-distributed apps may now offer external payment options alongside or instead of StoreKit. Allocents is built specifically for this jurisdiction and routes users through the appropriate billing path based on their region using jurisdiction-aware routing.

No — if you use Allocents' gradual rollout feature. You start by exposing direct billing to 10% of your user base, monitor migration rates and revenue impact in the analytics dashboard, and scale up only when you are confident. Existing StoreKit subscribers continue uninterrupted until they actively switch via a Switch and Save campaign.

Under the Allocents Billing (Merchant of Record) plan, Allocents is the legal seller. It calculates, collects, and remits US sales tax, EU VAT, AU GST, and taxes across 190+ countries automatically. Your team does not touch tax compliance. If you use the Bring Your Own Stripe plan, you handle MoR responsibilities including tax.

Allocents is designed for a 15-minute integration. The SDK supports Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin, Flutter, and React Native. It auto-syncs your existing StoreKit products from App Store Connect, so you do not need to manually recreate your product catalog. The checkout UI, migration flows, and dashboard configuration are all included out of the box.

Allocents Billing makes Allocents the Merchant of Record at 5% + 50¢ per transaction. Allocents handles payments, taxes, chargebacks, fraud, refunds, and customer support. Bring Your Own Stripe (BYOS) lets you connect your existing Stripe account at 0.5% of migrated revenue — you keep full control over payment processing and customer data but take on MoR responsibilities yourself. Both options use the same SDK and migration UI flows.