RevenueCat's AI Paywall Editor can use an app screenshot or design system to generate a paywall, including assets and descriptions. Lähteenlahti also describes Rico, a dashboard assistant that can analyze app performance, suggest pricing and experiments, and help troubleshoot SDK errors.
What AI Changes for Paywalls and Monetization
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Perttu Lähteenlahti of RevenueCat talks with Callstack about AI tools for paywalls and subscription revenue, developer SDKs, and the Ship-a-ton hackathon.
RevenueCat supports native Android and iOS SDKs, along with React Native, Kotlin Multiplatform, and Unity. Lähteenlahti says the company aims to provide an SDK wherever developers are working, and hopes to add Godot support.
Ship-a-ton asks participants to build a mobile app and release it for the first time during a two-month period. This year, RevenueCat expects prizes to approach half a million dollars and aims for 3,000 app releases. Students can enter without submitting to an app store by providing a working app, video, and code for review.
Lähteenlahti points to multi-page paywalls that can form part of an onboarding flow, plus more support for ads and ad revenue data. He also says RevenueCat plans to expand virtual currencies and put more emphasis on React Native Web, web billing, and web purchases.
Takeaways
- A screenshot or design system can serve as input for generating a paywall, including its supporting assets and copy.
- RevenueCat's SDK coverage spans native mobile and several cross-platform frameworks, with Godot support described as a possibility.
- Rico is intended to connect revenue analysis with experiment suggestions and SDK troubleshooting in one dashboard assistant.
- A first-release requirement and a two-month window give Ship-a-ton a concrete goal: help developers publish apps they have been building.
- Paywalls, ads, virtual currencies, and web purchasing are all part of RevenueCat's stated monetization direction.
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- featureRevenueCat: SDK plannedSDK planned
“hopefully one for Godot very soon”
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- featureRevenueCat: Offers SDKsOffers SDKs
“We also have ... Unity SDKs”
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- featureRevenueCat: Offers an SDKOffers an SDK
“We also have Kotlin Multiplatform”
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- featureRevenueCat: Offers a native SDKOffers a native SDK
“All of those are mostly based on the two native SDKs, Android and iOS.”
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- featureRevenueCat: Offers a native SDKOffers a native SDK
“All of those are mostly based on the two native SDKs, Android and iOS.”
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- featureRevenueCat: Offers a React Native SDKOffers a React Native SDK
“We also have, for example, the React Native SDK”
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- usesRevenueCat uses MCPAdopted MCP tooling quickly
“We got into the MCP stuff really quickly last year.”
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- featureRevenueCat: AI generation from a design system or app screenshot, including assets and descriptionsAI generation from a design system or app screenshot, including assets and descriptions
“You can give it your design system or a screenshot of your app, and it will generate everything for the paywall.”
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- featureRevenueCat: Answers revenue and SDK questions and suggests experiments and pricing levels to testAnswers revenue and SDK questions and suggests experiments and pricing levels to test
“You can also ask what experiments you should run.”
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- metricShip-a-ton: Closer to half a million in prizes, possibly more
“closer to half a million in prizes, maybe even more”
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- metricShip-a-ton: 3,000 apps targeted for release during the hackathon period
“we're aiming for 3,000 apps to be released during that period.”
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- featureRevenueCat: Hackathon requires a first-time mobile app release during a two-month periodHackathon requires a first-time mobile app release during a two-month period
“The only requirement is that you build a mobile app and release it for the first time during the two-month hackathon period.”
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- featureRevenueCat: Plans to emphasize React Native Web, web billing, and web purchasing
“We're going to put more emphasis on that because web billing and web purchasing are going to be big things.”
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- featureRevenueCat: Plans more support for ads and visibility into ad monetization data
“We're going more in that direction, with more support for ads and actually showing your ad data”
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- usesPrefers Claude
“Claude, all the way.”
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