App Store Publishing Fees
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.
By fee
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| feeApple annual membership | 99USD | 99 to 99USD | 1 |
| feeApple small business commission | 15% | 15 to 15% | 1 |
| feeGoogle Play commission first $1M | 15% | 15 to 15% | 1 |
| feeGoogle Play commission above $1M | 30% | 30 to 30% | 1 |
| feeGoogle Play subscriptions commission | 15% | 15 to 15% | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple Developer Program | 99USD | Apple annual membership | 2026-10-27 |
| Google Play Console: service fees | 30% | Google Play commission above $1M | 2026-10-27 |
| Apple App Store Small Business Program | 15% | Apple small business commission | 2026-10-27 |
| Google Play Console: service fees | 15% | Google Play commission first $1M | 2026-10-27 |
| Google Play Console: service fees | 15% | Google Play subscriptions commission | 2026-10-27 |
The sentence each figure was read from (5)
- Apple Developer Program, read 2026-10-27:
$99 annual membership
- Google Play Console: service fees, read 2026-10-27:
30% for earnings in excess of $1M (USD) revenue earned by the developer each year
- Apple App Store Small Business Program, read 2026-10-27:
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.
- Google Play Console: service fees, read 2026-10-27:
15% for the first $1M (USD) revenue earned by the developer each year
- Google Play Console: service fees, read 2026-10-27:
15% for automatically renewing subscription products purchased by subscribers, regardless of revenue earned by the developer each year
Read in full, publishes no figure
1 named source were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- Google Play Console: get started (registration fee), read 2026-10-27: every candidate on the page was refused
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.
33 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (4)
- Apple Developer Program(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Apple App Store Small Business Program(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Google Play Console: service fees(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Google Play Console: get started (registration fee)(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
Cite or embed this figure
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.
Cite as: "appdevelopmentcost.co.uk App Store Publishing Fees", updated 2026-10-28, https://appdevelopmentcost.co.uk/datasets/app-store-publishing-fees/.
Download the CSV (5 rows, computed 2026-10-28)