# 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

# SuperwallDelegate

A protocol that handles Superwall lifecycle events and analytics.

> **Note:** Set the delegate using `Superwall.shared.delegate = self` to receive these callbacks.

> **Tip:** Use `handleSuperwallEvent(withInfo:)` to track Superwall analytics events in your own analytics platform for a complete view of user behavior.

## Purpose

Provides callbacks for Superwall lifecycle events, analytics tracking, and custom paywall interactions.

## Signature

```swift
public protocol SuperwallDelegate: AnyObject {
  @MainActor
  func subscriptionStatusDidChange(
    from oldValue: SubscriptionStatus,
    to newValue: SubscriptionStatus
  )
  
  @MainActor
  func handleSuperwallEvent(withInfo eventInfo: SuperwallEventInfo)
  
  @MainActor
  func handleCustomPaywallAction(withName name: String)
  
  @MainActor
  func willDismissPaywall(withInfo paywallInfo: PaywallInfo)
  
  @MainActor
  func willPresentPaywall(withInfo paywallInfo: PaywallInfo)
  
  @MainActor
  func didDismissPaywall(withInfo paywallInfo: PaywallInfo)
  
  @MainActor
  func didPresentPaywall(withInfo paywallInfo: PaywallInfo)
  
  @MainActor
  func paywallWillOpenURL(url: URL)
  
  @MainActor
  func paywallWillOpenDeepLink(url: URL)
  
  @MainActor
  func handleLog(
    level: LogLevel,
    scope: LogScope,
    message: String,
    info: [String: Any]?,
    error: Error?
  )
  
  @MainActor
  func customerInfoDidChange(
    from oldValue: CustomerInfo,
    to newValue: CustomerInfo
  )

  @MainActor
  func userAttributesDidChange(newAttributes: [String: Any])
}
```

## Parameters

All methods are optional to implement. Key methods include:

<TypeTable
  type="{
  subscriptionStatusDidChange: {
    type: &#x22;oldValue: SubscriptionStatus, newValue: SubscriptionStatus&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called when subscription status changes.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  handleSuperwallEvent: {
    type: &#x22;eventInfo: SuperwallEventInfo&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called for all internal analytics events. Use for tracking in your own analytics.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  handleCustomPaywallAction: {
    type: &#x22;name: String&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called when user taps elements with `data-pw-custom` tags.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  willPresentPaywall: {
    type: &#x22;paywallInfo: PaywallInfo&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called before paywall presentation.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  didPresentPaywall: {
    type: &#x22;paywallInfo: PaywallInfo&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called after paywall presentation.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  willDismissPaywall: {
    type: &#x22;paywallInfo: PaywallInfo&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called before paywall dismissal.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  didDismissPaywall: {
    type: &#x22;paywallInfo: PaywallInfo&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called after paywall dismissal.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  customerInfoDidChange: {
    type: &#x22;oldValue: CustomerInfo, newValue: CustomerInfo&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called when customer info changes. Available in version 4.10.0+.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  userAttributesDidChange: {
    type: &#x22;newAttributes: [String: Any]&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Called when user attributes change outside your app (for example via the \u201cSet user attributes\u201d paywall action).&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
}"
/>

## Returns / State

All delegate methods return `Void`. They provide information about Superwall events and state changes.

## Usage

Basic delegate setup:

```swift
class ViewController: UIViewController, SuperwallDelegate {
  
  override func viewDidLoad() {
    super.viewDidLoad()
    Superwall.shared.delegate = self
  }
}
```

Track subscription status changes:

```swift
func subscriptionStatusDidChange(
  from oldValue: SubscriptionStatus,
  to newValue: SubscriptionStatus
) {
  print("Subscription changed from \(oldValue) to \(newValue)")
  updateUI(for: newValue)
}
```

Forward analytics events:

```swift
func handleSuperwallEvent(withInfo eventInfo: SuperwallEventInfo) {
  switch eventInfo.event {
  case .paywallOpen(let info):
    Analytics.track("paywall_opened", properties: [
      "paywall_id": info.id,
      "placement": info.placement
    ])
  case .transactionComplete(let transaction, let product, _, let info):
    Analytics.track("subscription_purchased", properties: [
      "product_id": product.id,
      "paywall_id": info.id
    ])
  case .permissionGranted(let permission, let paywallId):
    Analytics.track("permission_granted", properties: [
      "permission": permission,
      "paywall_id": paywallId
    ])
  case .permissionDenied(let permission, let paywallId):
    Analytics.track("permission_denied", properties: [
      "permission": permission,
      "paywall_id": paywallId
    ])
  default:
    break
  }
}
```

Handle custom paywall actions:

```swift
func handleCustomPaywallAction(withName name: String) {
  switch name {
  case "help":
    presentHelpScreen()
  case "contact":
    presentContactForm()
  default:
    print("Unknown custom action: \(name)")
  }
}
```

Handle paywall lifecycle:

```swift
func willPresentPaywall(withInfo paywallInfo: PaywallInfo) {
  // Pause video, hide UI, etc.
  pauseBackgroundTasks()
}

func didDismissPaywall(withInfo paywallInfo: PaywallInfo) {
  // Resume video, show UI, etc.
  resumeBackgroundTasks()
}
```

Handle customer info changes:

```swift
func customerInfoDidChange(
  from oldValue: CustomerInfo,
  to newValue: CustomerInfo
) {
  // Check if user gained or lost subscriptions
  let oldSubscriptionCount = oldValue.subscriptions.count
  let newSubscriptionCount = newValue.subscriptions.count
  
  if newSubscriptionCount > oldSubscriptionCount {
    print("User gained a new subscription")
  }
  
  // Update purchase history UI
  updatePurchaseHistoryUI(with: newValue)
}

func userAttributesDidChange(newAttributes: [String: Any]) {
  // React to server-driven or paywall-triggered updates
  refreshProfileUI(with: newAttributes)
}
```