Indie Dev Radar

2026-11-02 · 2

7.5 · Recommended Growth · Adapty Blog · AI: DeepSeek 7.5 ✓

What State of Paywalls taught me about the tests subscription apps skip

Adapty analyzed 78,000+ paywalls across 30,000+ App Store apps and dissected 100 top subscription paywalls screen by screen. Visual and copy tests raised LTV in only about 35% of cases, while localization, trial, and plan-duration offer tests won in 59–62%; most apps show every user the same paywall, and only 2% personalize headlines.
What this means for indie developers:Indie developers should prioritize testing paywall timing, offer structure, localized pricing, and post-dismissal second offers over visual polish.
6.5 · Okay Growth · RevenueCat Blog · AI: DeepSeek 6.5 ✓

6 App Growth Annual workshops you can watch for free (+ presenter slides)

RevenueCat has made all six virtual workshops from App Growth Annual 2026 free to watch, with presenter slide decks, handouts and further reading. Highlights include Lisa Kennelly (Klarna) on building a verbatim 'language bank' from reviews and support tickets to write converting copy, and Bria Sullivan (Honey B Games) on the survey-plus-interview research funnel behind 23 million organic downloads.
What this means for indie developers:Free, actionable playbooks — mining user language for paywall copy and a survey/interview funnel for organic growth — that indie developers can apply directly.