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Built a subscription system with Google Play and App Store

I’ve been thinking about integrating RevenueCat for subscriptions as a replacement for my current payment system. Instead, I decided to learn (through building in @levelsio style) - how subscriptions work with Google Play and the App Store, and I ended up building a fully integrated subscription system myself.

After just a few prompts with Fable, I was able to build the foundation surprisingly easily. Of course, you still need to tweak things here and there and adding missing features, but overall, it works pretty well!

As a bonus, I now get real-time purchase notifications in Telegram. Next step is rolling it out across my other apps.

It’s amazing how fast you can move nowadays!

Subscription data from RevenueBot shows trial and renewal details for the app "pianocompanion," including various currencies and regions.

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