# 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

# PaywallPresentationHandler

Handles events related to paywall presentation.

> **Warning:** **Deprecated SDK**We strongly recommend migrating to the new [Superwall Expo SDK](/docs/expo), see our [migration guide](/docs/expo/guides/migrating-react-native) for details.

## Purpose

Handles events related to paywall presentation. Use this to receive callbacks about the paywall lifecycle when registering a placement.

## Signature

```typescript
export class PaywallPresentationHandler {
  onPresentHandler?: (info: PaywallInfo) => void
  onDismissHandler?: (info: PaywallInfo, result: PaywallResult) => void
  onErrorHandler?: (error: string) => void
  onSkipHandler?: (reason: PaywallSkippedReason) => void

  onPresent(handler: (info: PaywallInfo) => void): void
  onDismiss(handler: (info: PaywallInfo, result: PaywallResult) => void): void
  onError(handler: (error: string) => void): void
  onSkip(handler: (reason: PaywallSkippedReason) => void): void
}
```

## Methods

<TypeTable
  type="{
  onPresent: {
    type: &#x22;handler: (info: PaywallInfo) => void&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Sets a handler that is called when a paywall is presented.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  onDismiss: {
    type: &#x22;handler: (info: PaywallInfo, result: PaywallResult) => void&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Sets a handler that is called when a paywall is dismissed.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  onError: {
    type: &#x22;handler: (error: string) => void&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Sets a handler that is called when an error occurs during paywall presentation.&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
  onSkip: {
    type: &#x22;handler: (reason: PaywallSkippedReason) => void&#x22;,
    description: &#x22;Sets a handler that is called when a paywall is skipped (not shown).&#x22;,
    required: true,
  },
}"
/>

## Usage

Create a handler and use it when registering a placement:

```typescript
import { PaywallPresentationHandler, PaywallResult, PaywallSkippedReason } from "@superwall/react-native-superwall"

const handler = new PaywallPresentationHandler()

handler.onPresent((info) => {
  console.log("Paywall presented:", info.name)
  // Pause video, hide UI, etc.
  pauseBackgroundTasks()
})

handler.onDismiss((info, result: PaywallResult) => {
  console.log("Paywall dismissed with result:", result.type)
  // Resume video, show UI, etc.
  resumeBackgroundTasks()
  
  if (result.type === "purchased") {
    console.log("User purchased!")
  } else if (result.type === "declined") {
    console.log("User dismissed without purchasing")
  } else if (result.type === "restored") {
    console.log("User restored a purchase")
  }
})

handler.onError((error) => {
  console.error("Paywall error:", error)
  // Handle error
})

handler.onSkip((reason) => {
  console.log("Paywall skipped:", reason)
  // Handle skip reason
})

// Use the handler when registering
Superwall.shared.register({
  placement: "premium_feature",
  handler: handler,
  feature: () => {
    // Feature code
  }
})
```

## Handler Callbacks

* **onPresent**: Called when a paywall is successfully presented to the user.
* **onDismiss**: Called when a paywall is dismissed. The `result` parameter has a `type` of `purchased`, `declined`, or `restored`.
* **onError**: Called when an error occurs during paywall presentation or loading.
* **onSkip**: Called when a paywall is skipped (not shown) for various reasons (user already subscribed, no audience match, etc.).

## Related

* [`register()`](/docs/react-native/sdk-reference/register) - Register a placement with a handler
* [`PaywallResult`](/docs/react-native/sdk-reference/types) - Result types for paywall dismissal
* [`PaywallSkippedReason`](/docs/react-native/sdk-reference/types) - Reasons why a paywall might be skipped