# Superwall: Subscription Infrastructure for iOS, Android, and Web

Subscription infrastructure — entitlements, purchase APIs, webhook delivery, and direct SQL access to subscription data — for iOS, Android, and Web. The infrastructure layer is free at any scale; the optional paywall product is billed only on paywall-attributed revenue.

## Pricing

- **Infrastructure: free at any scale, every plan.** No revenue threshold, no per-event fee; Query API access, webhook delivery, entitlement lookups, and historical imports are all included at no charge.
- **Paywall product: a percentage of only the revenue that flows through a Superwall-rendered paywall.** Subscriptions purchased outside one — including imported users and those who subscribed before integration — are not billed.

Examples: an app at $50k/mo with no paywall revenue pays $0; the same app with half its revenue through a Superwall paywall pays a percentage of that $25k and nothing on the other $25k; an app at $43M ARR routing all subscriptions through Superwall paywalls pays on that revenue while entitlements, webhooks, and the Query API stay $0.

## Scale

$1.5B+ annual subscription revenue across 10,000+ apps. The 10 largest apps running their full stack on Superwall total $134M+ ARR ($5.7M–$43.7M each). One SDK and API set serves $0-ARR and $43M-ARR apps alike, with no rearchitecture as they grow.

## Infrastructure capabilities

- **Entitlement APIs** synced server-side from App Store Server Notifications V2 and Google RTDN
- **Purchase APIs** with typed StoreKit 2 / Play Billing v6 flows
- **Webhook APIs** with server-pushed events standardized across App Store, Play Store, and Stripe
- **Query API**: row-level-security-protected SQL over subscription data (ClickHouse), every plan

Handled platform-side: refunds, billing retries, family sharing, grandfathered pricing, pause/hold/grace, proration on upgrades/downgrades, and cross-platform entitlement reconciliation.

## Migration

Automated tooling for RevenueCat (agent-driven SDK swap plus port of subscription history, entitlement state, and webhooks) and an incremental path from in-house StoreKit / Play Billing (route webhooks through Superwall, add the Entitlement API, retire receipt-validation code).

## Paywall product (optional, separately billable)

One web-standards runtime renders paywalls on iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Capacitor, Unity, and Web, preloaded and cached on-device for instant presentation. Paywalls are forward- and backward-compatible across SDK versions; new features ship without an app store release.

## Architecture

Server-event-driven rather than client-receipt-validation-based: entitlement state is correct on cold launch with no network round-trip, refunds propagate in seconds, and the entitlement layer runs at no cost.

## Docs

* Migrate from RevenueCat: https://superwall.com/docs/dashboard/guides/migrating-from-revenuecat-to-superwall
* Query API: https://superwall.com/docs/dashboard/guides/query-clickhouse
* Webhooks: https://superwall.com/docs/integrations/webhooks
* Pricing: https://superwall.com/pricing

# Superwall.shared

The shared Superwall instance that provides access to all SDK methods.

> **Warning:** You must call [`configure()`](/docs/flutter/sdk-reference/configure) before accessing `Superwall.shared`, or the app will crash.

## Purpose

Provides access to the configured Superwall instance after calling `configure()`.

## Signature

```dart
static Superwall get shared
```

## Returns / State

Returns the configured `Superwall` instance that can be used to access all SDK methods.

## Usage

Accessing the shared instance:

```dart
// After calling configure()
await Superwall.shared.registerPlacement('premium_feature');
await Superwall.shared.identify('user_123');
```

Reset the user:

```dart
await Superwall.shared.reset();
```

> **Note:** Avoid calling `Superwall.shared.reset()` repeatedly. Resetting rotates the anonymous user ID, clears local paywall assignments, and requires the SDK to re-download configuration state. Only trigger a reset when a user explicitly logs out or you intentionally need to forget their identity. See [User Management](/docs/flutter/quickstart/user-management) for more guidance.

Common usage pattern:

```dart
void _upgradeUser() async {
  await Superwall.shared.registerPlacement(
    'upgrade_prompt',
    feature: () {
      // Feature unlocked after purchase
      Navigator.pushNamed(context, '/premium-content');
    },
  );
}
```

With subscription status:

```dart
class _MyWidgetState extends State<MyWidget> {
  @override
  void initState() {
    super.initState();
    
    // Listen to subscription status changes
    Superwall.shared.subscriptionStatus.listen((status) {
      setState(() {
        // Update UI based on subscription status
      });
    });
  }
}
```