For productivity apps
Monetize the upgrade, the seat, and the unlock.
Productivity apps charge three ways — a freemium Pro subscription like Notion Plus or Bear Pro, per-seat team plans billed per member, and the pay-once unlock that indie apps like Things still sell. CashSDK ships all three from one integration, with paywalls you A/B over the air and revenue you can read the same afternoon you launch.
Pro subscriptions · per-seat teams · one-time unlocks — one SDK, both stores.
Upgrade to Pro
Go unlimited on every device
Unlimited notes, tasks & projects
Sync across all your devices
Version history & offline mode
AI capture, search & assist
AnnualSAVE 30%
/ mo · billed $49.99 / yr
$4.17
Monthly
/ mo · cancel anytime
$5.99
Start 14-day free trial
14-day free trial · Cancel anytime
How the category prices
Three revenue models, from free to forever.
The top productivity apps stack a freemium Pro subscription, a per-seat team tier, and — for the indie holdouts — a one-time pay-once unlock. Here is how the category really charges.
Recurring
Pro subscription
The dominant pattern: a permanent free tier hooks the user, then an individual Pro plan unlocks sync, history, and AI. Annual billing discounts monthly ~15–35%.
- Notion Plus ~$10/mo (annual); Todoist Pro ~$4/mo
- Bear Pro $2.99/mo or $29.99/yr; Ulysses $5.99/mo, $49.99/yr
- Fantastical Individual from ~$4.75/mo billed annually
- Free tier gates sync, version history, offline & AI
Notion · Todoist · Bear · Ulysses · Fantastical
Per-seat
Team & business plans
A higher tier billed per active member, adding admin, SSO, and the shared workspace. Per-seat scales linearly; Enterprise is contact-sales with volume discounts.
- Notion Business ~$20/seat/mo; Todoist Business $8/seat (annual)
- 1Password Business $8.99/seat; Teams flat $24.95 for 10
- Grammarly Pro $12/seat (annual); Superhuman $30–40/seat
- Gates SSO, roles, audit log, priority support
Notion · 1Password · Grammarly · Superhuman
One-time
Pay-once unlock
The indie/Apple-native holdout: buy the app once and own it, usually sold per platform with sync left free. Most of the category has migrated away from it toward recurring revenue.
- Things 3: Mac $49.99, iPad $19.99, iPhone $9.99 — one-time
- Sold per platform; Things Cloud sync stays free
- No subscription — you keep the version you buy
- Ulysses left one-time for subscription in 2017 (the shift)
Things · (historically Ulysses)
Market context only. Prices are representative US list prices for 2025–26 and vary by region, promotion, login state, and billing term (annual plans discount the monthly rate); app and tier names are trademarks of their owners and are cited to describe the category, not affiliation. On the stores, these apps file under the Apple App Store and Google Play “Productivity” categories.
Paywall shapes
Every productivity paywall, rendered from our own components.
Pro subscriptions, per-seat team plans, and one-time unlocks — the same primitives, themed for productivity. These are CashSDK’s unbranded chrome, never a copy of any app’s screen.
Upgrade to Pro
Go unlimited on every device
Unlimited notes, tasks & projects
Sync across all your devices
Version history & offline mode
AI capture, search & assist
AnnualSAVE 30%
/ mo · billed $49.99 / yr
$4.17
Monthly
/ mo · cancel anytime
$5.99
Start 14-day free trial
14-day free trial · Cancel anytime
Pro subscription
A freemium hook upgrades to an individual Pro plan — annual billing discounts the monthly rate ~15–35%.
For your team
One workspace for the whole team
Shared team workspace & guests
Admin controls, SSO & SCIM
Roles, permissions & audit log
Priority support
Pro
/ seat / mo
$8
TeamPOPULAR
/ seat / mo · billed annually
$10
Business
/ seat / mo
$20
Add your team
Billed per active member · annual saves ~20%
Team per-seat
A business tier billed per active member, gating admin, SSO, and the shared workspace — Enterprise is contact-sales.
Own it forever
Buy once. No subscription.
Pay once per platform and it's yours to keep — sync stays free.
MacFULL APP
one-time · full desktop app
iPad
one-time · universal
iPhone
one-time · Watch included
Unlock the app
One-time purchase · Free sync · Restore
One-time unlock
The indie holdout: pay once per platform and own it forever, with sync left free — the classic Things model.
Why CashSDK fits productivity
One SDK for the whole productivity money stack.
Paywalls, experiments, per-seat entitlements, and validated receipts — the pieces a productivity app needs to charge three different ways, without building billing infrastructure.
Paywalls you A/B over the air
Design the “Upgrade to Pro” screen in the dashboard, publish it without an app release, and change copy, tiers, and price for any cohort instantly.
Paywall canvasEditing · live
Unlimited projects
Advanced analytics
Annual · $59.99SAVE 40%
Blocks
Hero image
Headline
Feature list
Plan picker
Experiment on price & term
Run holdouts on monthly-vs-annual framing and trial length — measure conversion and revenue per install, not vibes.
Learn morePer-seat & team plans
Bill per active member with seat-based entitlements, and switch a user between individual Pro and a shared team workspace server-side.
Learn moreValidated receipts
Every Apple and Google receipt is verified server-side into a clean entitlement — no receipt server to run.
Learn moreSubscriptions & one-time unlocks
Sell a recurring Pro plan or a pay-once, own-it-forever unlock from the same catalog — non-consumable purchases restore cleanly across devices.
Localized pricing, both stores
One catalog prices in local currency across the App Store and Google Play, with trials and intro offers honored natively.
Built for the whole stack
Charge three ways from one integration.
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Models: Pro subscription, per-seat, one-time
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iOS, Android, React Native & Flutter
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Receipt servers to run
Ship a productivity paywall that pays off
A Pro subscription, per-seat team plans, one-time unlocks, validated receipts, and localized pricing — in one SDK. Start free and ship your first paywall this afternoon.