Subscription setup
Grow your revenue with subscriptions and let Play take care of payment, notifications, and subscription management
Go to Play ConsoleMaximize acquisition
Attract new subscribers with free trials, introductory pricing, and promotions across Google
Retain your customers
Reduce subscriber churn by offering grace periods, account holds, pause, upgrades, and downgrades
Customize your subscriptions
Tailor your subscriptions to your needs with adjustable billing frequency, localized pricing, and price changes
Best practices
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Let users try your app before subscribing by offering a free trial for a duration of your choosing or specify an introductory price that applies to a set number of billing periods
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Customize the price for each locale and bill users in their local currency
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Allow your subscribers to update their payment method if a recurring payment is declined with grace periods
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Add the ability for users to switch from one plan to another (upgrade or downgrade) or to re-sign up to keep access
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To reduce voluntary churn and provide users an alternative to cancelling their subscription, you can enable users to pause their subscription
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How to create a subscription
Learn how to add a subscription to your app, including your responsibilities as a developer
Driving buyer behavior with subscriptions
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Developer documentation
Learn how to use Google Play Billing to enable subcription-specific features in your app
Subscription models for games
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Grow your revenue with subscriptions and let Play take care of payment, notifications, and subscription management