A RevenueCat Charts alternative that shows what happened before the sale

Apparent isn't a replacement for RevenueCat: it reads your RevenueCat account. It's an alternative to reading your numbers only in RevenueCat's Charts. Charts goes deep on subscriptions (ready-made charts for 40+ numbers: MRR, churn, trial conversion, cohorts, LTV) and works from purchase data alone. Apparent puts each sale next to the downloads, reviews and in-app steps around it, in a few plain sentences per app.

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The short version

Pick Apparent if

  • You want sales next to downloads, reviews and what people do in the app
  • You want to know what buyers did before paying, and where they came from
  • You want a push for every sale with the buyer's country, and a sentence instead of a chart

Pick RevenueCat Charts if

  • You track MRR, ARR, churn, cohorts and LTV and want every chart there is
  • You run paywall experiments and read paywall conversion
  • You only need subscription numbers, at no extra cost on top of RevenueCat

Apparent and RevenueCat Charts, side by side

TopicApparentRevenueCat Charts
Made foriOS and Android apps, and the people who make themSubscription apps that use RevenueCat for purchases
How you read itA few sentences in plain words first, then the numbers behind themReady-made charts for 40+ numbers, with filters and saved custom charts
Sales and subscriptionsFrom RevenueCat (the same data) and the stores, in sentences: who bought, from where, how soon after downloadingIn depth: MRR, ARR, revenue, refunds, active subscriptions and trials, churn, LTV
Downloads, ratings and reviewsBuilt in, from App Store Connect and Google PlayNot included; it counts customers RevenueCat has seen
What people do in the appOpens, screens, actions, purchases and crashes, from Apparent's SDKPaywall views and conversion; the charts work without in-app events
AlertsA push or email for every sale, trial, renewal and refund, plus milestones and new countriesA Slack message per purchase event, and webhooks
AI agents (MCP)Read-only MCP server across stores, RevenueCat and in-app useMCP server that reads charts and can also create and change apps, products and entitlements
SetupPaste a RevenueCat secret key (v2) on the Connect page; with write access to project configuration, sales arrive the minute they happenComes with RevenueCat
PriceFrom $10 a month, 14 days freePart of RevenueCat: free up to $2,500 in monthly tracked revenue, then 1% of it

Checked on against RevenueCat pricing, RevenueCat Charts docs, RevenueCat Slack integration, RevenueCat MCP. Something out of date about RevenueCat Charts? Tell us at hello@apparent.fyi and we'll fix it.

Where they overlap

Both show your subscription sales, trials and refunds from RevenueCat, for every app in your account.

Where Apparent is different

  • Downloads, ratings and reviews from App Store Connect and Google Play sit next to the sales.
  • Each purchase is tied to the person who made it, so you see what buyers did first and how soon they bought.
  • Every sale is a push within seconds, with the buyer's country.
  • It reads like a story: "9 people started a trial this week, 3 more than usual."

Where RevenueCat Charts goes further

  • Subscription depth: MRR movement, churn, cohort explorer, realized LTV and predictions.
  • Paywall charts and experiments.
  • Benchmarks against other apps, and saved custom charts.

Using it with RevenueCat

Keep RevenueCat for purchases and Charts for deep subscription questions. Connect it to Apparent with a secret key, and read sales next to everything else on one page.

Apparent's page for an example app: a sentence about how it did, the key numbers, and highlights like a first sale in Japan.
An example app on Apparent. Open the live demo: every button works.

Questions

Is Apparent a RevenueCat alternative?

No. Apparent reads RevenueCat; it doesn't handle purchases. It's an alternative to reading your numbers only in RevenueCat Charts.

Is RevenueCat Charts free?

Charts are part of RevenueCat, which is free up to $2,500 in monthly tracked revenue and then 1% of it.

Does RevenueCat show App Store downloads?

No. It counts customers it has seen; store downloads, ratings and reviews come from App Store Connect and Google Play, which Apparent reads.

Do I need Apparent's SDK to see RevenueCat sales?

No. Sales come from RevenueCat with a key. The SDK adds what buyers did in the app.

What does Apparent cost?

Plans start at $10 a month, with 14 days free and no card.

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