Our take
Pick Polar if indie / small product teams who will stay on Starter Free $0 (5% + 50¢, no Polar monthly fee) while they sell a first SKU, then buy Pro at $20/month when sales pass the ~$1,379/month breakeven and they want 3.8% + 40¢. Pick RevenueCat if mobile / subscription teams who will stay free up to $2,500 monthly tracked revenue while they open a first Overview, then pay 1% of MTR in months that cross $2,500
Best for
Polar Selling software you start on Starter at $0 (5% + 50¢)
RevenueCat MRR and active subs you start at $0
Free plan
Polar $0 · /month. 5% + 50¢ per transaction. Standard support. New orgs on or after 27 May 2026 start here
RevenueCat $0 · while MTR tracked is under $2,500 in the billing period. All features included on the page we fetched
Lowest paid
Polar Payouts $2/mo
RevenueCat Pro / usage $2
Next step up
Polar Extras $15
RevenueCat
Runs where
Polar
RevenueCat Local or hosted
Watch out
Polar Starter is 5% + 50¢
RevenueCat The 1% is of full MTR, not the dollars above $2,500
Last checked
Polar 2026-10-22 · polar.sh/resources/pricing
RevenueCat 2026-10-23 · revenuecat.com/pricing
indie / small product teams who will stay on Starter Free $0 (5% + 50¢, no Polar monthly fee) while they sell a first SKU, then buy Pro at $20/month when sales pass the ~$1,379/month breakeven and they want 3.8% + 40¢.
Read the Polar pagemobile / subscription teams who will stay free up to $2,500 monthly tracked revenue while they open a first Overview, then pay 1% of MTR in months that cross $2,500 (example on the billing docs: $2,600 MTR → $26).
Read the RevenueCat page
