Subscriptions

Overview

You can put your app behind a monthly subscription. Users pay in USDC through Elata’s checkout, and revenue is paid to the app owner’s wallet after the platform fee. Unlike in-app purchases, subscriptions need no code in your app. Elata gates the whole app: users without access see a subscribe screen instead of your app.

Set up a plan

From your app’s Edit page, open the subscription settings and set:

Setting	Rules
Monthly price	Amount in USDC
Free trial	0 to 365 days. 0 means no trial.
Active	Turn the plan on or off. Turning it off makes the app free.

Each app has one plan. Changing the price only affects future months; past payments keep the price they were made at.

Who gets access

Person	Access
The app owner and team members	Always. You’re never gated out of your own app.
Users with a paid month or an active trial	Yes
Elata members	Yes. Membership unlocks every gated app.
Everyone else	Sees the subscribe screen

Apps without an active plan are free to play.

The user opens your app and sees the subscribe screen with your price and trial.
They start a trial or pay for the month through Elata’s checkout.
They manage their subscriptions at app.elata.bio/profile/subscriptions.

Users can pay for several apps in a single checkout.

Subscriptions or in-app items?

Model	Use it for
Subscription	Ongoing access to the whole app
In-app items	One-time unlocks inside an otherwise free app

You can use both.

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Who gets access

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