In-app payments
Maximize your in-app revenue
Build a high-converting checkout experience that costs less than traditional app store payments.
Why Stripe
A complete solution for the new era of app monetization
You have options when it comes to in-app payments. Design your ideal setup with a flexible, developer-first integration—use Stripe just for payments, or simplify operations by making Stripe your merchant of record.
Build a better checkout
Accept payments with a mobile-optimized checkout for iOS and native integration for Android. Increase conversion in every market with local payment methods and currencies.
Customize your setup
Take full ownership of your payment stack or use Stripe as your merchant of record—across your entire business or only for specific markets, products, or transactions.
Simplify subscription management
Set up and manage recurring payments, test pricing to improve conversion, and track results—all through a single integration.
Launch and scale quickly
Implement a new in-app checkout experience with minimal code and scale confidently on infrastructure trusted by millions of businesses.
Who we help
Built for developers in any industry
Gaming
Sell in-game currencies, unlocks, or passes with pricing and terms that work for your game.
Media and entertainment
Create flexible subscription options for your content—from ad-free access to premium bundles.
AI
Let users buy tokens and credits, or upgrade to premium models with secure, flexible billing.
Checkout customization
Lower payment costs and increase conversion
Reduce payment fees by up to 90% compared to app store commissions, and retain more revenue with a customizable checkout that’s built to convert.
- Launch in minutes with a low-code, mobile-optimized UI
- Customize your checkout page to match your brand
- Offer popular one-click payment methods
- Maintain login state and save cart items across redirects
Customer retention
Monetize more efficiently
Design the pricing and promotional strategies your business needs to acquire and retain customers more effectively. Businesses using Stripe Billing recover an average of $12 for every $1 spent.
Design your own subscription models
Set up flexible trial periods, introductory offers, and pricing tiers with pre-built checkout UIs and 15+ out-of-the-box pricing models.
Recover failed payments automatically
Reduce involuntary churn with recovery tools like AI-powered Smart Retries. Businesses on Stripe recover 56% of failed recurring payments on average.
Boost conversion with promotions
Easily create promo codes, discounts, and special offers. Give customers options to upgrade or add features as their needs grow.
Optimize monetization strategies
Test different prices, trial lengths, and subscription tiers to find what works best—all from your Dashboard.
Merchant of record
Offload the complexity of payments
Sell in 195 countries with no additional setup—Stripe Managed Payments handles tax, fraud, disputes, and more as your merchant of record.
Global tax compliance and management
Automate tax calculation, collection, and remittance in all supported countries, and offload tax compliance for 35+ digital goods product categories.
Fraud and dispute prevention
Automatically detect and block fraudulent transactions with real-time fraud prevention. Reduce time spent on dispute management by letting Stripe counter disputes on your behalf.
Global payouts
Access funds 6 times faster and get paid within 5–7 days of a transaction, improving your cash flow and working capital as you expand into new markets.
Customer support
Maintain high customer satisfaction with post-purchase support powered by Link. Serve your customers with 24/7 chat and email support in 19 languages.
Our partnership with Stripe will help put developers in control of their success. With Stripe, developers will have more flexibility and choice in how they manage payments across mobile, web, and PC. The seamless way Stripe handles fraud, disputes, and taxes behind the scenes will deliver the kind of developer-first experience we’re committed to providing.
We are committed to having a best-in-class payments infrastructure as we look to grow our reach in the US. With Stripe handling our payments, we can focus on building more iconic apps and games that delight customers.
Best practices for creating an optimized web-based checkout
Stripe has helped dozens of apps start accepting payments, with many reporting double-digit savings on payment processing fees. Learn how Stripe can help you create your own seamless payments experience in-app and on the web.
Ready to get started?
Create an account to instantly get started accepting payments for your app. Or, contact us to design a custom package for your business.
Build an in-app integration
Use Stripe to build a customized payments integration and checkout flows for your iOS, Android, and React Native apps.