Free trial implementation

Hi Senex – your approach will work well. Here’s a concise way to set it up in RevenueCat:

1. Create two Offerings in the RevenueCat dashboard:

   • “Trial” Offering: Include your Monthly and Yearly products that have a 7-day trial configured in App Store/Play Store.

   • “No-Trial” Offering: Include the Monthly and Yearly products but with no trial period.

2. Assign a Paywall to each Offering

3.  

   On first launch, show the Trial paywall.

   • If the user taps Subscribe, the App Store/Play Store will grant the 7-day trial automatically. After the purchase, use Purchases.shared.getCustomerInfo() (iOS/Android) to check for the entitlement and unlock all premium features.

   • If the user taps Cancel (i.e. they don’t start a trial), they will not be enrolled in a store-managed trial—trial periods only begin when a subscription is purchased.

4. What to do when they hit Cancel?

   • Simplest: Keep them in a limited/free mode (e.g. basic screens only) and don’t unlock premium features. You can show then show a paywall whenever the user might want to upgrade.

   • If you really want a 7-day grace period without a store trial: You’ll have to track install date yourself (e.g. save a timestamp in UserDefaults/SharedPrefs). On each launch, check if <7 days have elapsed. If yes, you can let them use your app; once 7 days are up (and they haven’t purchased), lock premium features and show the No-Trial paywall.

In most cases, it’s simpler (and fully compliant) to let the store handle the 7-day trial: show the Trial paywall at launch; if they cancel, treat them as a non-subscriber and show them a paywall later when they are trying to access a premium feature.

Hope this helps.

Best,

Hussain