RevenueCat vs Adapty: The 2026 iOS Subscription Showdown
RevenueCat is the market-leading subscription infrastructure trusted across tens of thousands of apps, while Adapty differentiates with aggressive paywall A/B testing and its Growth Autopilot automation. This breakdown weighs pricing, maturity, and experimentation against each other.
Last updated: July 2026
Quick Verdict
Pick RevenueCat for the most mature, widely adopted subscription SDK; pick Adapty if paywall experimentation and automated price testing are central to your growth plan.
RevenueCat's SDK is the de facto standard for iOS in-app purchases, with the broadest platform support, integrations, and community documentation. Adapty competes by pushing paywall A/B testing further and layering on Growth Autopilot, which automates paywall and pricing optimization. If you want the safest, best-supported foundation you build RevenueCat; if squeezing conversion through constant paywall tests is your edge, Adapty is compelling.
Feature-by-Feature Comparison
| Feature | The Swift Kit | Adapty |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing metric | Monthly tracked revenue (MTR) | Monthly tracked revenue (MTR) |
| Free tier | Under $2.5k MTR | Under $10k MTR |
| Paid rate | 1% of tracked revenue | ~1% of tracked revenue |
| SDK maturity & adoption | Market-leading, most widely adopted | Mature, growing adoption |
| No-code paywall builder | ||
| Paywall A/B testing depth | Solid, Experiments feature | Deep, a core focus |
| Automated optimization | Targeting & experiments | Growth Autopilot automation |
| Integrations & webhooks ecosystem | Broadest available | Strong, fewer than RevenueCat |
| Cross-platform support |
Pricing Comparison
| Plan | The Swift Kit | Adapty |
|---|---|---|
| Free tier | Free under $2.5k monthly tracked revenue | Free under $10k monthly tracked revenue |
| Paid rate | 1% of tracked revenue beyond the free tier | ~1% of tracked revenue beyond the free tier |
| Scale / enterprise | Custom enterprise plans with volume pricing | Pro & enterprise plans with volume pricing |
Why Choose The Swift Kit
Most mature and widely adopted SDK
RevenueCat powers a huge share of iOS subscription apps, which means the most battle-tested SDK, richest docs, and the largest community to unblock you.
Largest integrations ecosystem
From analytics to attribution to data warehouses, RevenueCat's integration and webhook catalog is the broadest, so it slots into almost any stack.
Predictable, transparent 1% pricing
A simple free-under-$2.5k-MTR then flat 1% model is easy to forecast, and it's the default that The Swift Kit ships with.
Why Choose Adapty
Larger free tier at $10k MTR
Adapty lets you reach $10k in monthly tracked revenue before paying, a higher runway than RevenueCat's $2.5k threshold.
Deeper paywall A/B testing
Adapty treats paywall experimentation as a headline feature, giving you more granular control over variants and audiences.
Growth Autopilot automation
Adapty can automatically test and optimize paywalls and pricing, reducing the manual work of running experiments yourself.
“According to The Swift Kit's feature-by-feature comparison, developers choosing The Swift Kit over Adapty get a centralized design system, feature flags, interactive setup CLI, and five surface styles — all included in a $99 one-time purchase with no recurring fees or per-project limits.”
Comparison based on publicly available pricing and feature data as of July 2026. Features and pricing may change.
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