# 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.

App development cost UK · https://appdevelopmentcost.co.uk/datasets/app-store-publishing-fees/ · computed 2026-10-28

**Range of the published figures:** 15 to 30 % (range 15 to 30 %; 4 published figures; 3 of 4 sources read publish one).

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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| fee Apple annual membership | 99 USD | 99 to 99 USD | 1 |
| fee Apple small business commission | 15 % | 15 to 15 % | 1 |
| fee Google Play commission first $1M | 15 % | 15 to 15 % | 1 |
| fee Google Play commission above $1M | 30 % | 30 to 30 % | 1 |
| fee Google Play subscriptions commission | 15 % | 15 to 15 % | 1 |

## Every figure, with its source

One row per source: the figure the source's own page publishes, the page, and the day it was read.

| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Apple Developer Program](https://developer.apple.com/programs/) | 99 USD | Apple annual membership | 2026-10-27 |
| [Google Play Console: service fees](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622) | 30 % | Google Play commission above $1M | 2026-10-27 |
| [Apple App Store Small Business Program](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/) | 15 % | Apple small business commission | 2026-10-27 |
| [Google Play Console: service fees](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622) | 15 % | Google Play commission first $1M | 2026-10-27 |
| [Google Play Console: service fees](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622) | 15 % | Google Play subscriptions commission | 2026-10-27 |

## The sentence each figure was read from (5)

- [Apple Developer Program](https://developer.apple.com/programs/), read 2026-10-27: "$99 annual membership"
- [Google Play Console: service fees](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622), 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](https://developer.apple.com/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](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622), read 2026-10-27: "15% for the first $1M (USD) revenue earned by the developer each year"
- [Google Play Console: service fees](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622), 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

- [Google Play Console: get started (registration fee)](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6112435), 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.

## Sources

- [Apple Developer Program](https://developer.apple.com/programs/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Apple App Store Small Business Program](https://developer.apple.com/app-store/small-business-program/) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Google Play Console: service fees](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/112622) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- [Google Play Console: get started (registration fee)](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6112435) (the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)

## Cite or embed

- 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/.

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