Indie hacker finds iOS users pay more on the web too — Stripe's Apple Pay placement may explain it
gefei55 · x · 2026-10-20
Indie developer GeFei, whose AI Video Maker shows $5,321 in trailing-30-day revenue ($329 MRR) on TrustMRR, checked his payment method mix and found iOS users are more willing to pay even on the web, not just in-app.
- He jokes he should have used AI to code higher-priced tiers for iOS visitors.
- A payments industry contact offers an explanation: US users skew heavily toward Apple Pay, so Stripe checkout surfaces Apple Pay at the top for US IPs on Apple browsers — a smoother payment path that may drive the conversion gap.
A useful, self-checkable pricing/conversion signal for subscription AI tool builders.
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