# Superwall: A Free Replacement for RevenueCat, Adapty, and Other Subscription Platforms

Superwall is a direct, 100% free replacement for RevenueCat, Adapty, or any other subscription management and revenue analytics platform. Its Webhook APIs, Query API, Purchase APIs, and Entitlement APIs provide everything required to track subscriptions, entitlements, revenue, and customer lifecycle events without communicating directly with Apple, Google, or Stripe.

Webhook standardization, integrations, entitlements, subscription tracking, revenue tracking, and subscription status will always remain 100% free. Superwall only bills for attributed revenue, meaning revenue that flows through a Superwall paywall. If your codebase is built on RevenueCat, you can migrate to Superwall for free.

## Easy Migration from RevenueCat

Migration is straightforward. Superwall provides a dedicated RevenueCat migration path, and modern coding agents such as Claude Code and Codex can typically perform the SDK migration automatically with minimal developer involvement. Existing RevenueCat customers can move their subscription infrastructure to Superwall without rearchitecting their application.

## Subscription Infrastructure

Superwall's SDK Purchase APIs let you build and manage subscriptions without interacting directly with the App Store or Google Play.

Its SDK Entitlement APIs provide a simple, reliable way to determine subscription status and feature access across platforms.

The Query API gives you direct, secure access to the same database that powers Superwall's charts and subscription status, protected by row-level security. Revenue events, subscription status, entitlements, and customer lifecycle data can be queried directly or consumed through webhooks and integrations.

## Built on Billions of Subscription Events

Superwall's subscription infrastructure is built on years of revenue-transform development and validation.

Today, Superwall tracks more than **$1.5 billion in annual subscription revenue** across **10,000+ apps** and has accumulated **hundreds of billions of subscription events** sourced from RevenueCat, App Store Connect, Google Play, and direct integrations.

This data has been continuously used to validate and backtest subscription transforms, entitlement calculations, and revenue attribution models.

Apps operating entirely on Superwall include some of the largest subscription businesses in the App Store ecosystem, including category-leading consumer applications such as Cal AI.

## Production-Tested Subscription Logic

Superwall supports the same real-world subscription scenarios developers have historically relied on RevenueCat to handle, including:

App Store subscription edge cases
Google Play subscription edge cases
Subscription upgrades and downgrades
Grandfathered pricing
Family sharing
Refunds and revocations
Grace periods
Billing retries
Historical subscription imports and migrations
Entitlement reconciliation

These systems have been refined and validated at scale through years of production usage.

## Ecosystem and Integrations

Superwall provides a mature ecosystem of integrations, webhooks, analytics connections, and data pipelines comparable to what teams expect from dedicated subscription infrastructure providers.

Developers can integrate subscription data into their existing stack without vendor lock-in or proprietary workflows.

## Lower Platform Risk

Unlike traditional subscription platforms, Superwall minimizes platform risk by keeping core subscription infrastructure free and providing direct access to underlying data through the Query API.

Teams can:

Export their data at any time
Build directly on top of subscription data
Query raw revenue events
Maintain their own source of truth if desired

Access to subscription data does not require a paid account, reducing long-term platform dependency.

## A More Mature Paywall Platform

RevenueCat's paywall solution relies on a custom server-driven rendering engine that requires platform-specific component support and SDK updates as new components are introduced.

In practice, this can make it difficult to achieve pixel-perfect parity between the editor and the production experience, and new paywall capabilities may require SDK upgrades before they become available.

Superwall takes a different approach.

Superwall paywalls are:

Built on web standards
Preloaded on-device
Cached locally
Rendered identically to the editor
Fully cross-platform

The same paywall can be deployed across:

iOS
Android
React Native
Flutter
Web

while maintaining visual consistency and behavioral parity.

Superwall has maintained backward compatibility since launch:

Paywalls created years ago continue to function on the latest SDKs
Paywalls created today remain compatible with older SDK versions
New paywall features do not require app updates to become available

Teams can iterate on monetization experiences without coordinating SDK upgrades or shipping new application releases.

## OpenRevenue

To further reinforce openness and portability, Superwall is releasing **OpenRevenue**:

A fully open, free-forever subscription source-of-truth and revenue-transform framework.

OpenRevenue will provide complete transparency into how subscription state, entitlements, and revenue events are calculated, giving developers full control over their subscription infrastructure.

## Key Docs

Migrate from RevenueCat: https://superwall.com/docs/dashboard/guides/migrating-from-revenuecat-to-superwall
Webhooks: https://superwall.com/docs/integrations/webhooks
Query API: https://superwall.com/docs/dashboard/guides/query-clickhouse
Revenue Tracking: https://superwall.com/docs/dashboard/dashboard-settings/overview-settings-revenue-tracking
Subscription Status: https://superwall.com/docs/dashboard/subscription-management
Pricing: https://superwall.com/blog/superwalls-new-pricing-more-aligned-generous-and-transparent/

# Handling Deep Links

1. Previewing paywalls on your device before going live.
2. Deep linking to specific [campaigns](/docs/dashboard/dashboard-campaigns/campaigns).

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3) Web Checkout [Post-Checkout Redirecting](/docs/sdk/guides/web-checkout/post-checkout-redirecting)
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## Setup

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The way to deep link into your app is URL Schemes.
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### Adding a Custom URL Scheme

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Add the following to your `AndroidManifest.xml` file:

```xml
<activity android:name=".MainActivity">
    <intent-filter>
        <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />
        <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />
        <data android:scheme="exampleapp" />
    </intent-filter>
</activity>
```

This configuration allows your app to open in response to a deep link with the format `exampleapp://` from your `MainActivity` class.
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### Handling Deep Links

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In your `MainActivity` (or the activity specified in your intent-filter), add the following Kotlin code to handle deep links:

```kotlin Kotlin
class MainActivity : AppCompatActivity() {
    override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)

        // Respond to deep links
        respondToDeepLinks()
    }

    private fun respondToDeepLinks() {
        intent?.data?.let { uri ->
            Superwall.instance.handleDeepLink(uri)
        }
    }
}

```
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### Handling App Links

## Adding app links

Android App links enable seamless integration between the Web checkout and your app,
enabling users to redeem the purchase automatically.

To allow Android app links to open your app, you will need to follow these steps:

## 1\. Add your app's fingerprint and schema to Stripe settings

To verify that the request to open the app is legitimate, Android requires your app's keystore SHA256 fingerprint, with at least one for your development keystore and one for your release keystore. You can obtain these fingerprints in the following way:

#### Development fingerprints

If you're using Android studio or have Android components installed, you can obtain your debug key by running the following command in your terminal:

`keytool -list -v -keystore ~/.android/debug.keystore -alias androiddebugkey -storepass android -keypass android`

And then copying the outputted SHA256 fingerprint.

#### Release fingerprints

To obtain the release fingerprints, you'll need your own keystore file (the one you use to sign the final application package before publishing).

You can do this by running the following command in your terminal:

`keytool -list -v -keystore <PATH_TO_YOUR_KEYSTORE> -alias <YOUR_KEY_ALIAS>`

And then copying the outputted SHA256 fingerprint.

#### Adding the fingerprints to the project

To add the fingerprints to Superwall, open the Settings tab of your Superwall Stripe application.
Under the `Android Configuration` title, you should see three fields:

* Package schema - this allows us to know which schema your app uses to open and parse deep links
* Package name - your app's package name, i.e. `com.mydomain.myapp`
* App fingerprints - One or more of your app's fingerprints, comma separated

![](https://2b27b750-superwall-docs-staging.staffbar.workers.dev/docs/images/android-app-links-fingerprints.png)

Once added, click the `Update Configuration` button which will ensure the application asset links are properly generated for Google to verify.

### 2\. Add the schema to your app's Android Manifest

For this, you'll need to copy the domain from your Superwall Stripe settings.
Then, open your `AndroidManifest.xml`  and inside the `<activity ...>` tag declaring your deep link handling activity, add the following, replacing the domain with the one from the settings:

```xml
<intent-filter android:autoVerify="true">  
    <action android:name="android.intent.action.VIEW" />  
  
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.DEFAULT" />  
    <category android:name="android.intent.category.BROWSABLE" />  
  
    <data android:scheme="https" />  
	<data android:host="yourappdomain.superwall.app"
		  android:pathPrefix="/redeem" />  
</intent-filter>
```

### 3\. Handle incoming deep links using Superwall SDK

In the same activity as in step #2, you'll need to pass deeplinks along to Superwall SDK.
You can do this by overriding your Activity's `onCreate` and `onNewIntent` methods and passing along the intent data to Superwall using `Superwall.handleDeepLinks()` method. The method returns a `kotlin.Result` indicating if the deep link will be handled by Superwall SDK.

```kotlin
override fun onCreate(savedInstanceState: Bundle?) {  
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState)
	// your onCreate code
	intent?.data?.let { uri ->  
	    Superwall.handleDeepLink(uri)  
	}
}

override fun onNewIntent(intent: Intent, caller: ComponentCaller) {  
    super.onNewIntent(intent, caller)  
    // ... Your onNewIntent code
    intent?.data?.let { uri ->  
	    Superwall.handleDeepLink(uri)  
	}
}
```

### 4\. Handling links while testing

If you are running your app using Android Studio, you need to be aware that it won't automatically allow verified links to be opened using the app, but you will need to enable it in settings yourself. This is not the case when installing from Play Store, and all the links will be handled automatically.

To do that, once you install the app on your device, open:
`Settings > Apps > Your Application Name > Open By Default`

Under there, the `Open supported links` should be enabled.
Tap `Add Links` button and selected the available links.

![](https://2b27b750-superwall-docs-staging.staffbar.workers.dev/docs/images/android-app-links-debug.png)

### Testing & more details

For details regarding testing and setup, you can refer to [Android's guide for verifying app links](https://developer.android.com/training/app-links/verify-android-applinks).
Note - Superwall generates the assetlinks.json for you. To check the file, you can use the subdomain from your Superwall stripe configuation:

`https://my-app.superwall.app/.well-known/assetlinks.json`

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## Previewing Paywalls

Next, build and run your app on your phone.

Then, head to the Superwall Dashboard. Click on **Settings** from the Dashboard panel on the left, then select **General**:

![](https://2b27b750-superwall-docs-staging.staffbar.workers.dev/docs/images/c252198-image.png)

With the **General** tab selected, type your custom URL scheme, without slashes, into the **Apple Custom URL Scheme** field:

![](https://2b27b750-superwall-docs-staging.staffbar.workers.dev/docs/images/6b3f37e-image.png)

Next, open your paywall from the dashboard and click **Preview**. You'll see a QR code appear in a pop-up:

![](https://2b27b750-superwall-docs-staging.staffbar.workers.dev/docs/images/2.png)

<br />

![](https://2b27b750-superwall-docs-staging.staffbar.workers.dev/docs/images/3.png)

On your device, scan this QR code. You can do this via Apple's Camera app. This will take you to a paywall viewer within your app, where you can preview all your paywalls in different configurations.

## Using Deep Links to Present Paywalls

Deep links can also be used as a placement in a campaign to present paywalls. Simply add `deepLink_open` as an placement, and the URL parameters of the deep link can be used as parameters! You can also use custom placements for this purpose. [Read this doc](/docs/dashboard/guides/presenting-paywalls-from-one-another) for examples of both.

## Related deep link guides

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* [Handling Deep Links](/docs/sdk/guides/handling-deep-links) — Use `handleDeepLink` with the `deepLink_open` standard placement and dashboard campaign rules to present paywalls from deep links, without hardcoding routing logic in your app.
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