{ "name": "appdevelopmentcost.co.uk App Store Publishing Fees", "title": "App Store Publishing Fees", "url": "https://appdevelopmentcost.co.uk/datasets/app-store-publishing-fees/", "csv": "https://appdevelopmentcost.co.uk/datasets/app-store-publishing-fees.csv", "markdown": "https://appdevelopmentcost.co.uk/datasets/app-store-publishing-fees/index.md", "computed_at": "2026-10-28", "license": "https://appdevelopmentcost.co.uk/terms", "headline": "The App Store Publishing Fees carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 15 to 30 percent, read 27 October 2026.", "quotes": [ "The App Store Publishing Fees carries 4 published figures read from 2 sources' own pages, from 15 to 30 percent, read 27 October 2026.", "3 of the 4 named sources read in full publish a figure; 1 publish none, read 27 October 2026.", "App Store Publishing Fees, fee Apple annual membership: median 99 USD across 1 source, read 27 October 2026.", "App Store Publishing Fees, fee Apple small business commission: median 15 percent across 1 source, read 27 October 2026.", "App Store Publishing Fees, fee Google Play commission first $1M: median 15 percent across 1 source, read 27 October 2026.", "App Store Publishing Fees, fee Google Play commission above $1M: median 30 percent across 1 source, read 27 October 2026.", "App Store Publishing Fees, fee Google Play subscriptions commission: median 15 percent across 1 source, read 27 October 2026." ], "citation": "\"appdevelopmentcost.co.uk App Store Publishing Fees\", updated 2026-10-28, https://appdevelopmentcost.co.uk/datasets/app-store-publishing-fees/.", "changed_since": null, "national": { "unit": "%", "n": 4, "median": 15, "min": 15, "max": 30, "p25": 15, "p75": 26.25, "mean": 18.75, "units": { "%": 4, "USD": 1 }, "published_sources": 3, "named_sources": 4, "read_sources": 4, "not_published": 1, "published_share": 0.75 }, "by_axis": { "fee": { "Apple annual membership": { "USD": { "n": 1, "median": 99, "min": 99, "max": 99, "p25": 99, "p75": 99, "mean": 99 } }, "Apple small business commission": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 15, "min": 15, "max": 15, "p25": 15, "p75": 15, "mean": 15 } }, "Google Play commission first $1M": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 15, "min": 15, "max": 15, "p25": 15, "p75": 15, "mean": 15 } }, "Google Play commission above $1M": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 30, "min": 30, "max": 30, "p25": 30, "p75": 30, "mean": 30 } }, "Google Play subscriptions commission": { "%": { "n": 1, "median": 15, "min": 15, "max": 15, "p25": 15, "p75": 15, "mean": 15 } } } }, "rows": [ { "source": "Apple Developer Program", "url": "https://developer.apple.com/programs/", "figure": "$99 ", "value": 99, "unit": "USD", "vat": null, "axis": { "fee": "Apple annual membership" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "$99 annual membership", "source_class": "first-party-index", "text_sha256": "776926365338f7bea6ea9a6d27909debc966166670df81eee8bb7432a9a71d35" }, { "source": "Apple App Store Small Business Program", "url": "https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/", "figure": "15%", "value": 15, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "fee": "Apple small business commission" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "It features a reduced commission rate of 15% on paid apps and Apple In-App Purchases, so you can invest more resources into your business to continue building quality apps that customers love.", "source_class": "first-party-index", "text_sha256": "ee4ad135a2934fd2ccd26d2418b63e01777de3ef51c0e5ee7e6088e04709a494" }, { "source": "Google Play Console: service fees", "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622", "figure": "15%", "value": 15, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "fee": "Google Play commission first $1M" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "15% for the first $1M (USD) revenue earned by the developer each year", "source_class": "first-party-index", "text_sha256": "0574ae5585dcbf21f5e3716e333c1f63a8daa604f3c5a6fc845a64c858bd9b75" }, { "source": "Google Play Console: service fees", "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622", "figure": "30%", "value": 30, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "fee": "Google Play commission above $1M" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "30% for earnings in excess of $1M (USD) revenue earned by the developer each year", "source_class": "first-party-index", "text_sha256": "0574ae5585dcbf21f5e3716e333c1f63a8daa604f3c5a6fc845a64c858bd9b75" }, { "source": "Google Play Console: service fees", "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622", "figure": "15%", "value": 15, "unit": "%", "vat": null, "axis": { "fee": "Google Play subscriptions commission" }, "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "quote": "15% for automatically renewing subscription products purchased by subscribers, regardless of revenue earned by the developer each year", "source_class": "first-party-index", "text_sha256": "0574ae5585dcbf21f5e3716e333c1f63a8daa604f3c5a6fc845a64c858bd9b75" } ], "not_published": [ { "source": "Google Play Console: get started (registration fee)", "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6112435", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-27", "reason": "every candidate on the page was refused" } ], "sources": [ { "url": "https://developer.apple.com/programs/", "label": "Apple Developer Program", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/", "label": "Apple App Store Small Business Program", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622", "label": "Google Play Console: service fees", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" }, { "url": "https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6112435", "label": "Google Play Console: get started (registration fee)", "license": "the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment" } ], "methodology": "Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2). 3 of the 4 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 1 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere. The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in % (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 4 figures, never sentences; 33 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded. The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the developer membership and registration fees and the commission tiers from each store's own page, and the first-year and yearly publishing cost on both stores.", "embed": "

15 to 30 percent

4 published figures, App Store Publishing Fees, across 2 sources, read 27 October 2026

Source: appdevelopmentcost.co.uk App Store Publishing Fees
" }