Apple App Store in 9 slides
Publish iPhone and iPad apps through the Apple Developer Program - 99 dollars a year, with commission of 15%-30% on sales.
- App store
- Game and app stores
- Based in Cupertino, United States
What you do on Apple App Store
How the money is made: selling digital products
- Make it once
- Upload and list it
- Buyers download it
- Royalties paid out
Publish iPhone and iPad apps through the Apple Developer Program - 99 dollars a year, with commission of 15%-30% on sales.
Founded 2008 · next to 13 other game and app stores
Work and topics
What Apple App Store takes
$99 per year, 15%-30% commission
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up$99/year
- Quick profile or ID reviewIncludes an ID check
- Do the work
- Earnings clearWithin 45 days after fiscal month end
- First payoutWithin 45 days of fiscal month end
Time to your first payout
Over $0.02 for US USD accounts, over $40 for unlisted bank and currency pairs, other thres…
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes.
You need a bank account and a tax ID number. Your profile and ID are reviewed before you start. First payout: Within 45 days of fiscal month end.
What you need
- A bank account
- A tax ID number
- An ID checkBefore you can work or withdraw
- $99/yearSign-up cost
- Quick profile or ID reviewHow sign-up works
What people actually earn
Apple says its App Store ecosystem facilitated $1.3 trillion in developer billings and sales worldwide in 2024, per an Apple-commissioned study - this is gross…
Source: apple.com ↗Apple says developers paid no commission to Apple on more than 90 percent of the 2024 App Store ecosystem billings and sales, mostly physical goods and ad reven…
Source: apple.com ↗How it scores
Strong on access and track record. Weaker on getting paid.
- Fees2.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access4.3
- Track record4.0
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Open worldwide
- Clear fees
- Top 10K website
- 10 years running
- Fully documented
How much we know
We have 10 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- Minimum payout
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts