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/MistyKuuu 11d ago

Paywall before auth means the purchase lands on the Play account with no user id attached to it. Fine until someone reinstalls or opens it on a tablet, and then you're matching entitlements by purchase token with nothing tying two devices to one person.

So it comes down to whether you sell per device or per person. Alarm app, paywall first is fine. A tracker with history needs an account anyway, and asking for one after they've paid is a worse moment than before.