After my previous article on how to add payment gateway capabilities to your next Flutter app, I’m back today to show you how to add in-app purchases (IAP) to your iOS or Android application. In this tutorial, you will learn:

  • The difference between payment gateways and in-app purchases
  • The types of in-app purchases available to you
  • How to make a simple Flutter app with a recurring monthly subscription payment

There is so much you can do with IAP. In this article, I will show you how to use a few basic tools to quickly set up a demo app with IAP capabilities. This tutorial is not meant to explain everything about IAPs. Instead, think of it as a quick-start guide you can use to start experimenting with in-app purchases.

In this tutorial, you’ll create an Android and iOS app that allows users to purchase a monthly subscription to your app. We’ll set up a parental gate before the in-app payments screen and a few alert dialogs that require the user to confirm the purchase before finalizing payment.

In this tutorial, you’ll create an Android and iOS app that allows users to purchase a monthly subscription to your app. We’ll set up a parental gate before the in-app payments screen and a few alert dialogs that require the user to confirm the purchase before finalizing payment.

This article is organized into 3 sections:

  • Part 1: What Are In-App Purchases?
  • Part 2: How to Set Up In-App Purchases with Apple & Google
  • Part 3: How to Add In-App Purchases to Your Flutter App

Why is it important to understand in-app purchases? The bottom line is that you and/or your sponsor probably want to make money with your app.

Did you know that revenue from mobile stores reached a whopping $83.5b in 2019?

$54.2b (65%) of the total comes from the App Store and $29.3b (35%) comes from the Play Store. Although the share between in-app purchases and paid apps is not publicly available, it is estimated that in-app purchases account for the majority of app revenues. Moreover, 75% of the total revenues are linked to mobile games.

So here’s my suggestion for your next project: a mobile game with in-app purchases in Flutter! Although it would be awesome to create the entire game in this tutorial, to keep the article short and focused, I will instead create a single-screen app which you can use as a framework to implement IAP capabilities in your app.

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In-App Purchases with Flutter: A Comprehensive Step-by-Step tutorial
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