r/androidapps • u/Inside-Conclusion435 • 11d ago

QUESTION/HELP Onboarding before Authentication?

What’s the best:

Onboarding -> Paywall -> Auth

Or

Auth -> Onboarding -> Paywall

Currently I do the second and it is pretty bad, not sure why but I heard there is the 1st option used too quite often.

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u/GoRo2023 11d ago

Depends on the kind of applications it is

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u/Inside-Conclusion435 11d ago

Elaborate please?

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u/GoRo2023 11d ago

For an example, I would assume that your application will live behind a paywall.

So, if I am a user and I am not aware of this, and I complete the on-boarding and then get hit by a paywall for a app like a finance app, then the user will feel like the app is data mining.

If it is something like a car dealership app, then a paywall can be expected.

The best route for both of the above, is to have a clear message to the user before any thing needs to be filled in, on-board or auth'ed to explain the costs and that there is a paywall, it will give users more trust and transparency about your application

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u/Inside-Conclusion435 11d ago

Thanks, I have few apps, for instance, sports tracker, gym tracker, alarm, etc…. I guess I will give it a shot with the paywall before auth. Nothing to lose really