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Adapty growth playbook

Diagnosis

Adapty is a fast-growing subscription platform (30,000+ apps on its homepage, $5B revenue tracked) whose hiring shows the next phase: Growth PMs who act as monetization partners for portfolios of 30-40 apps, a Product Lead to make predictions accurate and dashboards fast, and a Head of Product to turn many products into one RevenueOS.

Its public assets are strong but uneven: the Paywall Library's screenshots stop in late 2024, its category pages are blocked from Google, headline numbers disagree, and Apphud has no comparison page.

This playbook refreshes the library into teardowns, fixes the crawl block and the numbers, then builds Growth PM programs (threshold reviews, adoption scores, add-on triggers), proof for predictions, and longer bets on finance and agent distribution.

Growth Score

8/10

Biggest Opportunity

Turn the paywall data Adapty already owns, in the library, the report and the teardown skill, into fresh, personal recommendations that lead straight to a Growth PM.

Biggest Risk

RevenueCat is much larger, and Superwall, Qonversion and Apphud are adding AI, predictions and attribution, so stale public assets and conflicting claims make Adapty look less current than it is.

01

Start here

The three moves to make first. Each one is written up in full below.

  1. 1

    Refresh the Paywall Library and turn every page into a paywall teardown, the work the new Growth PM is hired to do

    Re-capture the 50 highest-revenue apps in the library and compare their current paywalls with the stored screenshots.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  2. 2

    Let search engines crawl the 25 Paywall Library category pages that robots.txt blocks

    Test the category URLs in the Search Console robots.txt tester.

    High impact First result in 1 month
  3. 3

    Pick one set of headline numbers and use it everywhere

    List every public figure and where it appears.

    Medium impact First result in 2 weeks

02

Your idea portfolio

21 ideas, grouped by when to run them. Open any idea for how to run it: the steps, who to approach, copy you can use, and how to measure it.

  • 7 ideas are marked Unexpected: plays you are unlikely to have tried.

Every idea placed by the effort it takes against the impact it could have. Quick wins sit top left; select a number to open that idea. The filters below narrow the list by status, timing, category and what Programmable can build.

Effort vs impactEach number is an idea. Select one to open it.
Impact →
Quick wins · 2Big bets · 12Fill-ins · 6Reconsider · 1
Effort →

Showing 21 of 21 ideas

This week 6

Quick wins with a clear first action.

  • 01

    Adapty is hiring a Growth Product Manager to bring apps "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests". Its biggest public asset for that conversation, the Paywall Library of roughly 9,000 app pages, has gone stale: in a sample of 32 pages the newest screenshot was captured on November 3, 2024, and the oldest in December 2021. The sitemaps still date almost every page to October 2024, the index claims 8,900+ paywalls in one place and 10,000+ in another, and each page ends with a generic Paywall Builder button instead of the teardown skill and 2026 benchmarks Adapty already has.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 month Content Marketing Lead

    First action

    Re-capture the 50 highest-revenue apps in the library and compare their current paywalls with the stored screenshots.

    How to measure it

    Library-sourced teardown and demo requests

    Now
    –
    Target
    300 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Rank pages

      Library pages by traffic and app revenue estimate.

      SEO Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Re-capture

      New screenshots for the top 1,000 apps, oldest first.

      Content Marketing Lead 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Add the test block

      Three test ideas per paywall from the teardown method.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Link benchmarks

      Category conversion medians from State of Paywalls 2026.

      Content Marketing Lead 3 days

    5. 5

      Swap the call to action

      "Tear down my paywall" next to Paywall Builder.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    6. 6

      Fix dates and counts

      True lastmod values and one library count.

      SEO Manager 1 day

    7. 7

      Measure

      Requests, sign-ups and Growth PM conversations by page.

      Data Analyst monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Capture tooling and writing time
    Owner
    Content Marketing Lead

    Smallest test

    Refresh 50 pages, add the test block and compare their requests with 50 untouched pages for a month.

    Why it works

    Re-capture the top 1,000 apps by estimated revenue first (they get the most traffic), show the capture date prominently, and add a "What we would test on this paywall" block generated with the Paywall Teardown method and checked by a Growth PM. Link each page to its category's 2026 benchmark from State of Paywalls and to a "Tear down my paywall" call to action. Update sitemap lastmod when a page really changes, and make the library count one number.

    Teams browsing competitors' paywalls are exactly the growth managers the Growth PM team serves. Fresh screens plus a concrete test idea turn a reference site into a demo of Adapty's judgement, and accurate lastmod dates get the refreshed pages re-crawled.

    Ready to use

    ChecklistLibrary page refresh list

    [ ] New screenshot with visible capture date
    [ ] Price and plan data match the screenshot
    [ ] One review or rating count
    [ ] "What we would test" block (3 ideas)
    [ ] Category benchmark from State of Paywalls 2026
    [ ] "Tear down my paywall" call to action
    [ ] Sitemap lastmod updated

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Recapturing 9,000 pages is slow

      Start with the top 1,000 and refresh the rest on a rolling schedule.

    • Test ideas look generic

      Have a Growth PM approve each block for the top 200 apps.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
    • Your websiteA sample of 32 Paywall Library app pages (every 60th URL in two library sitemaps, checked October 22, 2026): screenshot "Captured" dates run from December 2021 to November 3, 2024; none is from 2025 or 2026. In the two sitemap files, 1,900 of 1,903 entries carry an October 2024 lastmod and the newest is February 2025. The Anatomy Learning page shows "Latest info update October 19, 2026" next to screenshots captured in 2023 and 2024, and gives "1,375 reviews" in one block and "487 ratings" in another.Source
    • Your websitePaywall Library index: the meta description says "Explore 8,900+ real-world mobile paywall screens" while the page heading says "Get inspired by 10,000+ app paywalls"; apps are sorted by estimated monthly revenue (YouTube, TikTok, Disney+ first); each app page ends with "Create paywalls in a few clicks with Paywall Builder" and does not link to the Paywall Teardown skill.Source
    • Your websitePaywall Optimization Skill for Claude: "Upload a paywall screenshot and get 5-8 A/B test hypotheses ranked by expected impact", "built on 105K+ paywalls", "30K+ apps", "40+ paywall patterns"; gated by the same app form.Source
    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
  • 02

    robots.txt blocks every URL containing /category/ except blog categories, so Google cannot crawl the 25 library category pages, even though the sitemap lists them and each says "index, follow". AI crawlers, which have their own rule group, are allowed in. Category pages such as "Health & Fitness paywalls" are the natural entry point for searches like "fitness app paywall examples".

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month SEO Manager

    First action

    Test the category URLs in the Search Console robots.txt tester.

    How to measure it

    Category page impressions

    Now
    –
    Target
    +50,000 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Confirm the block

      robots.txt tester for three category URLs.

      SEO Manager 1 hour

    2. 2

      Edit robots.txt

      Allow the library category path.

      Web Developer 1 hour

    3. 3

      Keep facets out

      Query-string URLs stay disallowed.

      Web Developer 1 hour

    4. 4

      Write intros

      Two paragraphs and the benchmark per category.

      Content Marketing Lead 1 week

    5. 5

      Request crawl

      Search Console for all 25.

      SEO Manager 1 day

    6. 6

      Monitor

      Impressions and clicks by category.

      SEO Manager weekly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    SEO Manager

    Smallest test

    Unblock one category and compare its impressions after four weeks.

    Why it works

    Add "Allow: /paywall-library/category/" to the main group, keep the faceted URLs with query strings blocked, and give each category page a short intro with that category's 2026 conversion benchmark. Request re-crawl in Search Console and watch impressions.

    One line unlocks 25 pages that link to thousands of app pages, which also helps the app pages get crawled.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Other /category/ paths open up

      Allow only the library path.

    Evidence

    • Your websiterobots.txt has "Disallow: */category/" with an exception only for "*/blog/category/", so the 25 Paywall Library category pages (Books, Business, Health & Fitness and so on) are blocked for search engines, although the app-category sitemap lists all 25 and each page says "index, follow". A separate group for AI crawlers such as GPTBot and ClaudeBot has no category rule.Source
    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
    • Your websitePaywall Library index: the meta description says "Explore 8,900+ real-world mobile paywall screens" while the page heading says "Get inspired by 10,000+ app paywalls"; apps are sorted by estimated monthly revenue (YouTube, TikTok, Disney+ first); each app page ends with "Create paywalls in a few clicks with Paywall Builder" and does not link to the Paywall Teardown skill.Source
  • 03

    The homepage says 30,000+ apps and $5B revenue tracked; the job posts say 20K+ apps and $3B+ (and $2B+) a year; State of Paywalls says 78,000 paywalls and the teardown skill says 105K+; the library says both 8,900+ and 10,000+. Each may be right for its own definition, but buyers, journalists and AI assistants see contradictions.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    List every public figure and where it appears.

    How to measure it

    Pages on the agreed figures

    Now
    –
    Target
    100% of top 50
    By
    1 month

    Steps

    1. 1

      Inventory

      Every figure on site, job posts and decks.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Define

      What each number counts and its date.

      Data Analyst 1 day

    3. 3

      Publish

      "Adapty in numbers" page.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    4. 4

      Update pages

      Homepage, library, reports, careers.

      Web Developer 2 days

    5. 5

      Update job template

      Shared company paragraph.

      Talent Acquisition 1 hour

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Every quarter.

      Product Marketing Manager quarterly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Fix the library count and the job-post paragraph today.

    Why it works

    Write a one-page "Adapty in numbers" with a definition and date for each figure, update it quarterly, and point the homepage, job posts, reports, library and sales decks at it.

    Consistent numbers read as credible, and a dated source page is what AI assistants quote.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Smaller numbers look worse

      Keep the biggest true figure with its definition.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "RevenueOS for subscription apps", "Built for humans and their agents" (an agent builds a three-screen flow on request); "Trusted by 30,000+ apps", "4.8/5.0 with 250+ reviews"; "$5B Revenue tracked", "4B Users served", "80B API calls / month", "600K Paywalls created"; AI Growth Autopilot "analyzes your app, competitors and past results to recommend what to test next".Source
    • HiringHead of Product (Belgrade or London, posted July 8, 2026): "RevenueOS is a long-term vision", "a one-stop shop for app developers" from subscriptions "all the way to calculating ROAS and ad performance"; will "Work closely with sales and marketing to define and track shared metrics (pipeline, conversion, LTV/CAC)". The job posts describe Adapty as powering "20K+ apps", processing "$3B+ in subscriptions every year" (the Product Lead post says "$2B+"), with "210+" people.Source
    • HiringProduct Lead (Analytics & ML), posted September 14, 2026: owns "Predictions, Analytics and A/B testing"; "Our goal is to build the best LTV predictor on the market, which lets us build more on top of it, like embedded finance"; predictions should be the most accurate on the market, "It doesn't yet. That's the job"; owns "how we prove that to a customer"; "Our dashboards are slow, so people stop opening them"; "We have ML capability that hasn't shipped into anything".Source
    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
    • Your websitePaywall Optimization Skill for Claude: "Upload a paywall screenshot and get 5-8 A/B test hypotheses ranked by expected impact", "built on 105K+ paywalls", "30K+ apps", "40+ paywall patterns"; gated by the same app form.Source
    • Your websitePaywall Library index: the meta description says "Explore 8,900+ real-world mobile paywall screens" while the page heading says "Get inspired by 10,000+ app paywalls"; apps are sorted by estimated monthly revenue (YouTube, TikTok, Disney+ first); each app page ends with "Create paywalls in a few clicks with Paywall Builder" and does not link to the Paywall Teardown skill.Source
  • 04

    Adapty has comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion and Purchasely, but /compare/apphud/ returns 404. Apphud's homepage now leads with "Apphud Attribution. No per-install fees", which competes with Adapty Attribution and Ads Manager.

    High impactLow effort First result in 1 month Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Check Apphud's current pricing and attribution features.

    How to measure it

    Apphud comparison sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    40 a month
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Research

      Apphud features and pricing from its own pages.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 days

    2. 2

      Write

      Fair table and switching section.

      Product Marketing Manager 3 days

    3. 3

      Review claims

      Every claim dated and sourced.

      Legal 2 days

    4. 4

      Publish

      English first.

      Web Developer 1 day

    5. 5

      Translate

      Same 12 languages as the others.

      Content Marketing Lead 2 weeks

    6. 6

      Refresh

      Quarterly.

      Product Marketing Manager quarterly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Staff and translation time
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish the English page and track sign-ups.

    Why it works

    Publish a fair Adapty vs Apphud page covering infrastructure, paywall builder, A/B tests, analytics, predictions, attribution and pricing, with the migration guide, and translate it like the others.

    Comparison searches are high intent, and the gap is the one rival making a new attribution pitch.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Claims go stale

      Date the table and review quarterly.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (checked October 22, 2026): comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion, Purchasely and in-house development (most in 12 languages); /compare/apphud/ returns 404; 33 case studies; 673 blog posts; 66 glossary entries; tools such as the subscription price radar, pricing index, refund calculator and LTV prediction model; past meetup pages in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Warsaw; a "Become a partner" page.Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: RevenueCat, "155K+ Apps supported", "$18B+ Revenue processed"; Superwall, "AI powered monetization for mobile apps" with paywall A/B testing and app-to-web checkout; Apphud, "New: Apphud Attribution. No per-install fees."; Qonversion, "Trusted by 5,000+ apps", with LTV Predictions, Refund Keeper and an AI Growth Assistant marked new.Source
    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
  • 05

    Adapty is free until $5K a month and then 1% of revenue, with add-ons priced on revenue, ad spend or extra revenue. The pricing page only calculates Refund Saver, so an app owner has to work out the full bill themselves.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Write the formulas for the core fee and three add-ons.

    How to measure it

    Pricing page sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    +10%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Agree formulas

      Core and add-ons.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    2. 2

      Design

      Two inputs, one bill.

      Product Designer 2 days

    3. 3

      Build

      On the existing calculator.

      Web Developer 3 days

    4. 4

      Route big apps

      Demo link above a revenue level.

      Head of Sales 1 day

    5. 5

      Test

      Against the current page.

      Data Analyst 3 weeks

    6. 6

      Use in sales

      Same math in calls.

      Head of Sales ongoing

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Development time
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Add a static table of the bill at four revenue levels.

    Why it works

    Extend the existing calculator: monthly revenue and ad spend in, the core fee, chosen add-ons and estimated Refund Saver savings out, with a "book a growth review" link above a set revenue level.

    Revenue-share pricing is simple but unfamiliar; showing the number removes a reason to delay.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Bill looks large for big apps

      Show Enterprise custom pricing above the threshold.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
  • 06

    Adapty has 33 case studies with strong numbers (Feeld doubled revenue after 42 tests; Pregnancy+ went from 1 to 9+ experiments a quarter; HubX moved 40+ apps). The new Growth PM will need the right proof for each of 30-40 apps; the index shows them as a flat list.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 2 weeks Growth Product Manager

    First action

    Tag ten stories by goal.

    How to measure it

    Sign-ups after a case study view

    Now
    –
    Target
    +15%
    By
    60 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Tag

      Goal, category, size.

      Content Marketing Lead 2 days

    2. 2

      Add filters

      On the index.

      Web Developer 2 days

    3. 3

      Write summaries

      One line each.

      Content Marketing Lead 1 day

    4. 4

      Give to CS

      In the CRM.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) 1 day

    5. 5

      Fill gaps

      Missing goals become new stories.

      Content Marketing Lead ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Views and sign-ups.

      Data Analyst monthly

    First result
    2 weeks
    Cost
    $0
    Owner
    Growth Product Manager (CS Team)

    Smallest test

    Tag the stories and send three to current accounts.

    Why it works

    Tag each story by goal (paywall tests, attribution, migration, refunds), category and size, add filters to the index, and give the CS team a one-line summary per story to paste into account notes.

    The closest peer story persuades best, and filters help visitors find it without a call.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too many tags

      Use four goals only.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteCustomer proof on the pricing and case-study pages: HubX "Migrated a portfolio of 40+ apps"; Feeld "2X revenue in one year, after 42 paywall A/B tests without engineering"; Pregnancy+ "+300% weekly revenue in 1 year. 1 -> 9+ experiments / quarter"; BibleChat "500K daily users. Switched in one week."Source
    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (checked October 22, 2026): comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion, Purchasely and in-house development (most in 12 languages); /compare/apphud/ returns 404; 33 case studies; 673 blog posts; 66 glossary entries; tools such as the subscription price radar, pricing index, refund calculator and LTV prediction model; past meetup pages in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Warsaw; a "Become a partner" page.Source

This quarter 9

The core plays for the next three months.

  • 07

    Adapty is free until $5K a month in revenue, then takes 1%. The month an app starts paying is when its team decides whether Adapty is worth it, and the Growth PM role exists to bring concrete paywall and pricing recommendations.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Product Manager

    First action

    List the apps that crossed $5K last month.

    How to measure it

    12-month retention of newly paying apps

    Now
    –
    Target
    +10 points
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find crossings

      Monthly list of apps crossing $5K.

      Data Analyst 1 week

    2. 2

      Template

      Benchmarks, three tests, one add-on.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) 1 week

    3. 3

      Send

      Within two weeks of crossing.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) monthly

    4. 4

      Follow up

      Call for apps that reply.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) ongoing

    5. 5

      Measure

      Retention vs a holdout.

      Data Analyst quarterly

    6. 6

      Scale

      Automate the benchmark part.

      Product Lead (Analytics & ML) 1 quarter

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Growth PM time
    Owner
    Growth Product Manager (CS Team)

    Smallest test

    Review the ten largest apps that crossed last month.

    Why it works

    When an app crosses the threshold, the Growth PM sends a short review: where it sits against State of Paywalls benchmarks, the three paywall tests to run, and which add-on would pay for itself. Track retention of reviewed versus unreviewed apps.

    The first bill is a churn moment; a review turns it into proof of value.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Too many apps to review by hand

      Automate the benchmark; review the top tier by hand.

    Evidence

    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
  • 08

    The Growth PM is asked to audit "underused features" and spot at-risk accounts early across 30-40 apps. Adapty has many features (paywall builder, A/B tests, Autopilot, predictions, Refund Saver, attribution) and usage data for each.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Product Manager

    First action

    Find the five features most used by retained accounts.

    How to measure it

    Accounts at target adoption

    Now
    –
    Target
    70%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Find features

      From retained cohorts.

      Data Analyst 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Build score

      In the CRM.

      RevOps 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Alerts

      Drops and inactivity.

      RevOps 1 week

    4. 4

      Use in calls

      Gaps as the agenda.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) ongoing

    5. 5

      Review

      Score vs churn.

      Data Analyst quarterly

    6. 6

      Refine

      Adjust weights.

      Data Analyst quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Growth Product Manager (CS Team)

    Smallest test

    Score one portfolio by hand.

    Why it works

    Score each account on the features that predict retention, show it in the CRM, and alert when it drops. Use the gaps as the agenda for each check-in.

    A score makes 30-40 accounts manageable and points every call at something concrete.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Score games

      Tie it to revenue outcomes, not clicks.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "RevenueOS for subscription apps", "Built for humans and their agents" (an agent builds a three-screen flow on request); "Trusted by 30,000+ apps", "4.8/5.0 with 250+ reviews"; "$5B Revenue tracked", "4B Users served", "80B API calls / month", "600K Paywalls created"; AI Growth Autopilot "analyzes your app, competitors and past results to recommend what to test next".Source
    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
  • 09

    The Growth PM is asked to "unlock and close cross-sells". Adapty's add-ons each fit a visible situation: Refund Saver for high refund rates, Adapty Finance for fast-growing apps waiting on store payouts, Ads Manager for Apple Ads spenders, Mail for churned users.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Growth Product Manager

    First action

    Pick refund rate as the first trigger.

    How to measure it

    Accounts with an add-on

    Now
    –
    Target
    +20%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define triggers

      One per add-on.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Estimate gain

      Per account.

      Data Analyst 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Show to CS

      CRM list.

      RevOps 1 week

    4. 4

      In-app prompt

      With the number.

      Head of Product 1 month

    5. 5

      Run

      Monthly lists.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Attach and revenue.

      Data Analyst monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Product and analyst time
    Owner
    Growth Product Manager (CS Team)

    Smallest test

    Email ten high-refund accounts the Refund Saver estimate.

    Why it works

    Define a trigger per add-on from account data, show it to the Growth PM with the estimated gain, and send an in-dashboard prompt with the same number.

    Offers tied to a measured problem convert better than general upsells.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Pushy prompts

      Show only when the gain is above the fee.

    Evidence

    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
  • 10

    The Product Lead post says plainly: "Our dashboards are slow, so people stop opening them." Dashboards are where customers see the value they pay 1% for.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Product Lead

    First action

    Measure p75 load time of the five top views.

    How to measure it

    Weekly dashboard users

    Now
    –
    Target
    +30%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Measure

      Load times by view.

      Product Lead (Analytics & ML) 1 week

    2. 2

      Set targets

      Per view.

      Product Lead (Analytics & ML) 1 week

    3. 3

      Fix

      Caching and query work.

      Backend Engineer 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Track use

      Weekly users per account.

      Data Analyst 2 weeks

    5. 5

      Share with CS

      Usage drops as alerts.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) ongoing

    6. 6

      Announce

      Changelog and email.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Product Lead (Analytics & ML)

    Smallest test

    Fix the slowest view first.

    Why it works

    Set a load-time target for the five most used views, cache common queries, and track weekly active dashboard users per account as a retention signal shared with CS.

    Customers who open analytics weekly see Adapty's value weekly.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Fast but wrong numbers

      Check results against the current queries.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct Lead (Analytics & ML), posted September 14, 2026: owns "Predictions, Analytics and A/B testing"; "Our goal is to build the best LTV predictor on the market, which lets us build more on top of it, like embedded finance"; predictions should be the most accurate on the market, "It doesn't yet. That's the job"; owns "how we prove that to a customer"; "Our dashboards are slow, so people stop opening them"; "We have ML capability that hasn't shipped into anything".Source
    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
  • 11

    The Product Lead role owns "how we prove that to a customer" that predictions are accurate, and Qonversion now also markets LTV predictions. A public, dated backtest (predicted vs actual for past cohorts) is proof a competitor's claim cannot match.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 2 quarters Product Lead

    First action

    Backtest one horizon on last year's cohorts.

    How to measure it

    Accounts using predicted LTV

    Now
    –
    Target
    +25%
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Backtest

      Matured cohorts.

      Product Lead (Analytics & ML) 1 month

    2. 2

      Set method

      Error measure and horizons.

      Product Lead (Analytics & ML) 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Publish

      Ranges by category.

      Product Marketing Manager 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Per-app view

      In the dashboard.

      Product Lead (Analytics & ML) 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Update

      Monthly.

      Data Analyst monthly

    6. 6

      Sell with it

      Demos and comparison pages.

      Head of Sales ongoing

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    ML team time
    Owner
    Product Lead (Analytics & ML)

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart of predicted vs actual.

    Why it works

    Backtest the model on matured cohorts, publish error ranges by category and horizon on the LTV prediction page, and show each customer the same backtest for their own app.

    Teams spend on ads based on predicted LTV only if they trust it; numbers earn that trust.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Errors look high

      Show improvement over time and against simple baselines.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct Lead (Analytics & ML), posted September 14, 2026: owns "Predictions, Analytics and A/B testing"; "Our goal is to build the best LTV predictor on the market, which lets us build more on top of it, like embedded finance"; predictions should be the most accurate on the market, "It doesn't yet. That's the job"; owns "how we prove that to a customer"; "Our dashboards are slow, so people stop opening them"; "We have ML capability that hasn't shipped into anything".Source
    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: RevenueCat, "155K+ Apps supported", "$18B+ Revenue processed"; Superwall, "AI powered monetization for mobile apps" with paywall A/B testing and app-to-web checkout; Apphud, "New: Apphud Attribution. No per-install fees."; Qonversion, "Trusted by 5,000+ apps", with LTV Predictions, Refund Keeper and an AI Growth Assistant marked new.Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (checked October 22, 2026): comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion, Purchasely and in-house development (most in 12 languages); /compare/apphud/ returns 404; 33 case studies; 673 blog posts; 66 glossary entries; tools such as the subscription price radar, pricing index, refund calculator and LTV prediction model; past meetup pages in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Warsaw; a "Become a partner" page.Source
  • 12

    The State of Paywalls 2026 form already asks for the visitor's app. Adapty knows the category and region medians (US 2.75%, Europe 1.38%) and can estimate where the app sits.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter Product Marketing Manager

    First action

    Build the page by hand for 20 sign-ups.

    How to measure it

    Report-to-call rate

    Now
    –
    Target
    5%
    By
    90 days

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define the fields

      Category, region, visible paywall facts.

      Data Analyst 1 week

    2. 2

      Design the page

      One page per app.

      Product Designer 1 week

    3. 3

      Build

      Generated after the form.

      Web Developer 1 month

    4. 4

      Add offers

      Skill and call.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 day

    5. 5

      Route

      Calls to Growth PMs.

      Head of Sales 1 week

    6. 6

      Measure

      Calls and sign-ups.

      Data Analyst monthly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Development time
    Owner
    Product Marketing Manager

    Smallest test

    Send 20 personal benchmarks by email.

    Why it works

    After the form, show a one-page "your app against the benchmark" with category, region, plan count and trial patterns compared with the top 10%, and offer the teardown skill and a Growth PM call.

    A personal result is more valuable than a PDF and turns a report download into a sales conversation.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Thin data for some apps

      Fall back to category benchmarks.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
    • Your websitePaywall Optimization Skill for Claude: "Upload a paywall screenshot and get 5-8 A/B test hypotheses ranked by expected impact", "built on 105K+ paywalls", "30K+ apps", "40+ paywall patterns"; gated by the same app form.Source
    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
  • 13

    State of Paywalls 2026 has conversion and trial benchmarks by region and category, but the figures live behind a form. Searches such as "paywall conversion rate health and fitness" have no Adapty page to land on.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 1 quarter SEO Manager

    First action

    Publish the Health & Fitness page first.

    How to measure it

    Benchmark page sessions

    Now
    –
    Target
    20,000 a month
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick pages

      Eight categories, five regions.

      SEO Manager 1 week

    2. 2

      Write

      Medians and one chart.

      Content Marketing Lead 1 month

    3. 3

      Link

      Report and library category.

      SEO Manager 1 week

    4. 4

      Structured data

      Dataset markup.

      Web Developer 1 week

    5. 5

      Promote

      Newsletter and LinkedIn.

      Content Marketing Lead ongoing

    6. 6

      Update

      Each new report.

      Content Marketing Lead yearly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Writing time
    Owner
    SEO Manager

    Smallest test

    Publish one category page.

    Why it works

    Publish open pages per category and region with the headline medians and one chart each, linking to the full report and the library category.

    Open benchmark pages earn search traffic and AI citations; the full report still captures leads.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Fewer report sign-ups

      Keep detailed charts gated.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
    • Your websiterobots.txt has "Disallow: */category/" with an exception only for "*/blog/category/", so the 25 Paywall Library category pages (Books, Business, Health & Fitness and so on) are blocked for search engines, although the app-category sitemap lists all 25 and each page says "index, follow". A separate group for AI crawlers such as GPTBot and ClaudeBot has no category rule.Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (checked October 22, 2026): comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion, Purchasely and in-house development (most in 12 languages); /compare/apphud/ returns 404; 33 case studies; 673 blog posts; 66 glossary entries; tools such as the subscription price radar, pricing index, refund calculator and LTV prediction model; past meetup pages in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Warsaw; a "Become a partner" page.Source
  • 14

    RevenueCat is the largest rival (155K+ apps). Adapty says migration takes a few days to a week, can run alongside the current setup, and has BibleChat (switched in one week) and HubX (40+ apps) as proof.

    High impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Head of Sales

    First action

    Define the offer terms.

    How to measure it

    RevenueCat migrations

    Now
    –
    Target
    30 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Set terms

      Help, overlap, review.

      Head of Sales 1 week

    2. 2

      Write page

      On the comparison page.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 week

    3. 3

      Train

      Solutions engineers.

      Head of Sales 1 week

    4. 4

      Outreach

      Apps on RevenueCat.

      Head of Sales ongoing

    5. 5

      Run migrations

      With a checklist.

      Solutions Engineer ongoing

    6. 6

      Report

      Before and after revenue.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) monthly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Migration support time
    Owner
    Head of Sales

    Smallest test

    Offer the program to ten apps.

    Why it works

    Package a switch offer: migration help, running both systems side by side for a month, a revenue comparison at the end, and a Growth PM review. Promote it on the comparison page and to apps known to use RevenueCat.

    The fear in switching is risk; side-by-side running and proof remove it.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Migration problems

      Run side by side before cutting over.

    Evidence

    • Competitor researchRivals' own homepages: RevenueCat, "155K+ Apps supported", "$18B+ Revenue processed"; Superwall, "AI powered monetization for mobile apps" with paywall A/B testing and app-to-web checkout; Apphud, "New: Apphud Attribution. No per-install fees."; Qonversion, "Trusted by 5,000+ apps", with LTV Predictions, Refund Keeper and an AI Growth Assistant marked new.Source
    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
    • Your websiteCustomer proof on the pricing and case-study pages: HubX "Migrated a portfolio of 40+ apps"; Feeld "2X revenue in one year, after 42 paywall A/B tests without engineering"; Pregnancy+ "+300% weekly revenue in 1 year. 1 -> 9+ experiments / quarter"; BibleChat "500K daily users. Switched in one week."Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (checked October 22, 2026): comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion, Purchasely and in-house development (most in 12 languages); /compare/apphud/ returns 404; 33 case studies; 673 blog posts; 66 glossary entries; tools such as the subscription price radar, pricing index, refund calculator and LTV prediction model; past meetup pages in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Warsaw; a "Become a partner" page.Source
  • 15

    Adapty integrates with Adjust, AppsFlyer, Branch, Singular, Tenjin and others and has a "Become a partner" page. UA agencies and MMPs talk to growth managers every day.

    Medium impactMedium effort First result in 2 quarters Partnerships Manager

    First action

    List 20 UA agencies working with subscription apps.

    How to measure it

    Partner sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    50 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      List partners

      Agencies and MMPs.

      Partnerships Manager 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Offer

      Fee and reporting.

      Partnerships Manager 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Sign five

      Agencies.

      Partnerships Manager 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Webinars

      Two MMPs.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 quarter

    5. 5

      Track

      Partner links.

      RevOps 1 week

    6. 6

      Review

      Revenue by partner.

      Partnerships Manager quarterly

    First result
    2 quarters
    Cost
    Referral fees
    Owner
    Partnerships Manager

    Smallest test

    Sign one agency.

    Why it works

    Sign five agencies with a referral fee and a shared revenue report for their clients, and run joint webinars with two MMPs on matching paywalls to ads.

    Partners bring trusted introductions to the same buyers the Growth PM team serves.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Partners send small apps

      Pay on paying apps only.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteSitemap (checked October 22, 2026): comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion, Purchasely and in-house development (most in 12 languages); /compare/apphud/ returns 404; 33 case studies; 673 blog posts; 66 glossary entries; tools such as the subscription price radar, pricing index, refund calculator and LTV prediction model; past meetup pages in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Warsaw; a "Become a partner" page.Source
    • Your websiteHomepage: "RevenueOS for subscription apps", "Built for humans and their agents" (an agent builds a three-screen flow on request); "Trusted by 30,000+ apps", "4.8/5.0 with 250+ reviews"; "$5B Revenue tracked", "4B Users served", "80B API calls / month", "600K Paywalls created"; AI Growth Autopilot "analyzes your app, competitors and past results to recommend what to test next".Source
    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source

Big bets 3

Larger plays that can change the trajectory.

  • 16

    The Product Lead post says better LTV predictions let Adapty "lend against subscription revenue that hasn't arrived", and Adapty Finance already advances up to 85% of store proceeds from 2.5%. Lending against future cohorts would fund apps' ad spend directly.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 4 quarters Head of Product

    First action

    Model three past cohorts as if they had been funded.

    How to measure it

    Pilot advances

    Now
    –
    Target
    20 apps
    By
    4 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Model

      Backtest funded cohorts.

      Product Lead (Analytics & ML) 1 quarter

    2. 2

      Partner

      Finance provider.

      Head of Product 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Legal

      Terms by country.

      Legal 1 quarter

    4. 4

      Pilot

      20 apps.

      Head of Product 2 quarters

    5. 5

      Monitor

      Repayment vs prediction.

      Data Analyst monthly

    6. 6

      Decide

      Scale or stop.

      Head of Product 1 month

    First result
    4 quarters
    Cost
    Capital partner and legal costs
    Owner
    Head of Product

    Smallest test

    Run the backtest.

    Why it works

    Pilot growth advances sized on predicted cohort LTV for apps with a long history, priced by prediction confidence, repaid from store payouts. Start small with a finance partner.

    It turns the prediction engine into revenue and makes Adapty hard to replace.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Predictions miss

      Small advances and conservative sizing.

    Evidence

    • HiringProduct Lead (Analytics & ML), posted September 14, 2026: owns "Predictions, Analytics and A/B testing"; "Our goal is to build the best LTV predictor on the market, which lets us build more on top of it, like embedded finance"; predictions should be the most accurate on the market, "It doesn't yet. That's the job"; owns "how we prove that to a customer"; "Our dashboards are slow, so people stop opening them"; "We have ML capability that hasn't shipped into anything".Source
    • Your websitePricing: "Free until you earn $5K/ month. Then 1% of revenue", "No tiers". Add-ons: Refund Saver 0.2% of monthly revenue, Ads Manager 3.5% of monthly ad spend, Attribution custom pricing (each free up to $5K/month), Adapty Finance "From 2.5% per advance" for "up to 85%" of store proceeds, Adapty Mail "20% of extra revenue", App Growth Team (custom pricing) to "run experiments, manage ads and help you scale". The page has a Refund Saver calculator only. Migration takes "a few days to a week" and can run "alongside your current setup".Source
    • HiringHead of Product (Belgrade or London, posted July 8, 2026): "RevenueOS is a long-term vision", "a one-stop shop for app developers" from subscriptions "all the way to calculating ROAS and ad performance"; will "Work closely with sales and marketing to define and track shared metrics (pipeline, conversion, LTV/CAC)". The job posts describe Adapty as powering "20K+ apps", processing "$3B+ in subscriptions every year" (the Product Lead post says "$2B+"), with "210+" people.Source
  • 17

    Adapty already says it is "built for humans and their agents" and offers Claude skills for paywall A/B testing and teardowns behind its forms. Growth managers increasingly ask assistants first.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Head of Product

    First action

    Count sign-ups from the two current skills.

    How to measure it

    Skill-sourced sign-ups

    Now
    –
    Target
    500 a quarter
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Measure today

      Skill downloads to sign-ups.

      Data Analyst 1 week

    2. 2

      Plan the set

      Ten tasks.

      Head of Product 2 weeks

    3. 3

      Build

      Skills and connection.

      Platform Engineer 2 quarters

    4. 4

      Directory

      Public page.

      Product Marketing Manager 1 month

    5. 5

      Promote

      Developers and community.

      Content Marketing Lead ongoing

    6. 6

      Measure

      Usage and conversion.

      Data Analyst monthly

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Engineering time
    Owner
    Head of Product

    Smallest test

    Release one more skill and track it.

    Why it works

    Publish a public skills directory and an agent connection that can read an app's Adapty data, propose tests and create paywalls, with each skill ending in a free account. Track sign-ups that start from a skill.

    Being the tool an assistant can actually operate is a distribution advantage rivals do not have yet.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Agents make bad changes

      Require approval before publishing.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteHomepage: "RevenueOS for subscription apps", "Built for humans and their agents" (an agent builds a three-screen flow on request); "Trusted by 30,000+ apps", "4.8/5.0 with 250+ reviews"; "$5B Revenue tracked", "4B Users served", "80B API calls / month", "600K Paywalls created"; AI Growth Autopilot "analyzes your app, competitors and past results to recommend what to test next".Source
    • Your websitePaywall Optimization Skill for Claude: "Upload a paywall screenshot and get 5-8 A/B test hypotheses ranked by expected impact", "built on 105K+ paywalls", "30K+ apps", "40+ paywall patterns"; gated by the same app form.Source
    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
  • 18

    State of Paywalls is yearly, and the price radar and pricing index already exist. A monthly index of conversion, trial and price movements by category would give press and growth teams a reason to come back each month.

    High impactHigh effort First result in 3 quarters Data Analyst

    First action

    Build one month of the index.

    How to measure it

    Index email subscribers

    Now
    –
    Target
    10,000
    By
    3 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick measures

      Five charts.

      Data Analyst 2 weeks

    2. 2

      Automate

      Monthly pipeline.

      Data Analyst 1 quarter

    3. 3

      Privacy review

      Aggregates only.

      Legal 1 month

    4. 4

      Publish

      Page and email.

      Content Marketing Lead monthly

    5. 5

      Pitch

      Press.

      Product Marketing Manager monthly

    6. 6

      Review

      Growth after six issues.

      Content Marketing Lead 2 quarters

    First result
    3 quarters
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Data Analyst

    Smallest test

    Publish one chart monthly.

    Why it works

    Publish a monthly index page and email with five charts, a short commentary and a call to run the teardown skill.

    Recurring data builds an audience and links that a yearly report cannot.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Small samples move numbers

      Show ranges and minimum sample sizes.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteState of Paywalls 2026 (gated by a form that asks for the app): "78,000+ paywalls analyzed", "30,000+ apps benchmarked", data from October 2025 to September 2026; "The median US app converts 2.75% of paywall viewers to paid within 30 days" (Europe 1.38%); US trial-to-paid median 26.2%; "83% mention the trial on the CTA button", "62% show exactly two plans", "67% pre-select the annual plan"; offers a Claude skill to "turn data into your next paywall test".Source
    • Your websiteSitemap (checked October 22, 2026): comparison pages for RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion, Purchasely and in-house development (most in 12 languages); /compare/apphud/ returns 404; 33 case studies; 673 blog posts; 66 glossary entries; tools such as the subscription price radar, pricing index, refund calculator and LTV prediction model; past meetup pages in Istanbul, Ankara, Izmir, London, Berlin, Barcelona and Warsaw; a "Become a partner" page.Source
    • Your websiteChannels: a YouTube channel (@SubhubEn) with about 1,390 subscribers, 120 videos and 85,000 views; a Discord "subscriptions hub" community; a paywall newsletter; podcasts and webinars.Source

Wildcards 3

Unexpected experiments, each with a cheap way to test it.

  • 19

    The @SubhubEn channel has about 1,390 subscribers and 120 videos, while the library has thousands of paywalls of famous apps. A 60-second "why this paywall works" is easy to make every week.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Content Marketing Lead

    First action

    Record one teardown.

    How to measure it

    Teardown views

    Now
    –
    Target
    50,000 a quarter
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Pick apps

      Top revenue in the library.

      Content Marketing Lead weekly

    2. 2

      Script

      Three test ideas.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) weekly

    3. 3

      Record

      Short video.

      Content Marketing Lead weekly

    4. 4

      Post

      YouTube, LinkedIn, newsletter.

      Content Marketing Lead weekly

    5. 5

      Link

      Library page and skill.

      Content Marketing Lead weekly

    6. 6

      Review

      After 12 episodes.

      Content Marketing Lead 1 quarter

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Video time
    Owner
    Content Marketing Lead

    Smallest test

    Post three teardowns.

    Why it works

    Record one short teardown a week of a high-revenue app from the library, with the three tests the teardown skill would suggest, and post it to YouTube, LinkedIn and the newsletter.

    Famous apps draw views, and every clip shows Adapty's expertise.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Apps object

      Comment only on public screens, fairly.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteChannels: a YouTube channel (@SubhubEn) with about 1,390 subscribers, 120 videos and 85,000 views; a Discord "subscriptions hub" community; a paywall newsletter; podcasts and webinars.Source
    • Your websitePaywall Library index: the meta description says "Explore 8,900+ real-world mobile paywall screens" while the page heading says "Get inspired by 10,000+ app paywalls"; apps are sorted by estimated monthly revenue (YouTube, TikTok, Disney+ first); each app page ends with "Create paywalls in a few clicks with Paywall Builder" and does not link to the Paywall Teardown skill.Source
    • Your websitePaywall Optimization Skill for Claude: "Upload a paywall screenshot and get 5-8 A/B test hypotheses ranked by expected impact", "built on 105K+ paywalls", "30K+ apps", "40+ paywall patterns"; gated by the same app form.Source
  • 20

    Adapty runs a Discord subscriptions hub and is hiring Growth PMs who know monetization well. Smaller apps that do not get a Growth PM still need advice.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 quarter Growth Product Manager

    First action

    Announce the first session.

    How to measure it

    Attendee upgrades

    Now
    –
    Target
    10%
    By
    2 quarters

    Steps

    1. 1

      Announce

      Discord and newsletter.

      Content Marketing Lead 1 week

    2. 2

      Collect

      Paywall submissions.

      Content Marketing Lead 1 week

    3. 3

      Run

      Live review.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) monthly

    4. 4

      Record

      Post clips.

      Content Marketing Lead monthly

    5. 5

      Follow up

      Attendees.

      Growth Product Manager (CS Team) monthly

    6. 6

      Measure

      Upgrades.

      Data Analyst quarterly

    First result
    1 quarter
    Cost
    Staff time
    Owner
    Growth Product Manager (CS Team)

    Smallest test

    Run one session.

    Why it works

    Hold a monthly live session where Growth PMs review submitted paywalls, and post the recordings.

    It scales the Growth PM team's knowledge to free accounts and feeds upgrades.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Low attendance

      Partner with a known app founder as guest.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteChannels: a YouTube channel (@SubhubEn) with about 1,390 subscribers, 120 videos and 85,000 views; a Discord "subscriptions hub" community; a paywall newsletter; podcasts and webinars.Source
    • HiringGrowth Product Manager (CS Team), remote, posted September 24, 2026: owns "a portfolio of 30-40 apps" as "their growth partner", "finding where money leaks out", bringing "concrete recommendations on paywalls, pricing, and A/B tests"; onboards new clients after Sales; audits "underused features"; "Unlock and close cross-sells" across the product line; "This isn't a ticket-answering job."Source
  • 21

    The Anatomy Learning page lists "1,375 reviews" in one block and "487 ratings" in another, and shows an October 2026 data update next to 2023 screenshots. Small contradictions undercut a library sold as real data.

    Medium impactLow effort First result in 1 month Data Analyst

    First action

    Run the check on 100 pages.

    How to measure it

    Pages with conflicts

    Now
    –
    Target
    0
    By
    1 quarter

    Steps

    1. 1

      Define checks

      Ratings, prices, dates.

      Data Analyst 1 week

    2. 2

      Run

      All pages.

      Data Analyst 1 week

    3. 3

      Fix source

      Data pipeline.

      Backend Engineer 2 weeks

    4. 4

      Add date

      One "last checked".

      Web Developer 2 days

    5. 5

      Rerun

      Monthly.

      Data Analyst monthly

    6. 6

      Report

      Issues found.

      Data Analyst monthly

    First result
    1 month
    Cost
    Analyst time
    Owner
    Data Analyst

    Smallest test

    Check 100 pages.

    Why it works

    Run automated checks for conflicting fields across all library pages, fix the source, and show one "last checked" date per page.

    Clean data is the premise of every Adapty benchmark.

    Risks and how to handle them

    • Store data changes often

      Check on each refresh.

    Evidence

    • Your websiteA sample of 32 Paywall Library app pages (every 60th URL in two library sitemaps, checked October 22, 2026): screenshot "Captured" dates run from December 2021 to November 3, 2024; none is from 2025 or 2026. In the two sitemap files, 1,900 of 1,903 entries carry an October 2024 lastmod and the newest is February 2025. The Anatomy Learning page shows "Latest info update October 19, 2026" next to screenshots captured in 2023 and 2024, and gives "1,375 reviews" in one block and "487 ratings" in another.Source
    • Your websitePaywall Library index: the meta description says "Explore 8,900+ real-world mobile paywall screens" while the page heading says "Get inspired by 10,000+ app paywalls"; apps are sorted by estimated monthly revenue (YouTube, TikTok, Disney+ first); each app page ends with "Create paywalls in a few clicks with Paywall Builder" and does not link to the Paywall Teardown skill.Source

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30/60/90 roadmap

What to focus on in each month, and the ideas that carry it.

  1. Days 1 to 307 ideas

    Library refresh, crawl fix, one set of numbers, the Apphud comparison, a full bill calculator and tagged case studies; start the library data check.

  2. Days 31 to 6011 ideas

    Growth PM programs (threshold reviews, adoption scores, add-on triggers), faster dashboards, published prediction accuracy, personal benchmarks, benchmark pages, the RevenueCat switch program and partners; teardown videos and office hours.

  3. Days 61 to 903 ideas

    Commit to the big bets: prediction-based advances, agent distribution and a monthly paywall index.

The research behind the plan

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Customers

What customers say

Customers value testing paywalls without app releases. The most cited problem: store billing changes.

  • Revenue analytics and predictions in one place
  • Refunds
  • In their words: “paywall”

Market

Competitive landscape

4 competitors compared: RevenueCat, Superwall, Qonversion and Apphud.

  • Gap to exploit: Current, public paywall benchmarks by category
  • RevenueCat: Larger apps may want more hands-on monetization help
  • Superwall: Narrower analytics and finance offer

Hiring signals

Adapty is shifting from a billing tool to a growth partner.

  • Growth Product Manager (CS Team): Paywall and pricing recommendations for 30-40 apps; cross-sells. Ideas 1, 7, 8, 9.
  • Product Lead (Analytics & ML): Accurate LTV predictions, fast dashboards, embedded finance. Ideas 10, 11, 16.
  • Head of Product: RevenueOS and shared pipeline, conversion and LTV/CAC metrics. Ideas 3, 17.

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