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Comparison · Finance
Adapty vs FastSpring
A side-by-side editorial comparison of Adapty and FastSpring — release velocity, themes, recent moves, and the top alternatives to consider.
Adapty vs FastSpring: at a glance
What is Adapty?
Adapty closes its old paywall builder and sells the annual plan as twelve payments
Adapty finished moving customers onto one builder. The old Paywall and Onboarding Builders were deprecated on October 1, Paywalls now sit inside Flows & Paywalls, and cross-placement A/B tests and Figma import now work with flows. The newest release is a pricing option: a yearly plan sold as 12 monthly payments that users cannot cancel mid-year, which Adapty says lifts revenue per subscriber by up to 50%. It works on native iOS only for now. Two new events, trial_active and subscription_active, send integrations a stronger signal about users who stayed.
What is FastSpring?
FastSpring keeps adding local payment methods and merchant controls, one small release at a time.
Recent releases concentrate on payment coverage and offer controls: OVO for Indonesia, PromptPay for Thailand, and purchase limits on offers. A Steer Safe option automatically reports Google Play purchases, and monthly refinement digests continue. The tracked entries are headlines only, so scope and pricing details are not visible.
Adapty vs FastSpring: editorial side-by-side
Adapty
5.0FINANCE
Adapty closes its old paywall builder and sells the annual plan as twelve payments
◆ Current state
Adapty finished moving customers onto one builder. The old Paywall and Onboarding Builders were deprecated on October 1, Paywalls now sit inside Flows & Paywalls, and cross-placement A/B tests and Figma import now work with flows. The newest release is a pricing option: a yearly plan sold as 12 monthly payments that users cannot cancel mid-year, which Adapty says lifts revenue per subscriber by up to 50%. It works on native iOS only for now. Two new events, trial_active and subscription_active, send integrations a stronger signal about users who stayed.
◆ Where it's heading
The August agent work now has a single target: flows are the one surface for agents, Figma import and A/B tests alike, with parity items closing the remaining gaps to the legacy builder. Monetization keeps broadening past plain subscriptions, from virtual currencies to committed monthly billing. Data work is moving the same way, with flow events exposing every screen and input, and revenue by flow listed as still to come.
◆ Prediction
Adapty says flows support and cross-platform SDKs for the 12-month plan are coming in November, and custom tags plus light and dark images are listed as coming to flows. Those are the next releases to expect.
FastSpring
2.5FINANCEE-COMM
FastSpring keeps adding local payment methods and merchant controls, one small release at a time.
◆ Current state
Recent releases concentrate on payment coverage and offer controls: OVO for Indonesia, PromptPay for Thailand, and purchase limits on offers. A Steer Safe option automatically reports Google Play purchases, and monthly refinement digests continue. The tracked entries are headlines only, so scope and pricing details are not visible.
◆ Where it's heading
The pattern from the older Pix, UPI and currency additions continues, now moving through Southeast Asia. Earlier-summer items such as Venmo, 1ClickPay for PayPal and self-serve payment method management show the same emphasis on checkout conversion. The Google Play reporting item is the one entry that points at mobile app sellers specifically.
◆ Prediction
Expect more regional wallets at a similar pace, with Southeast Asia the current focus. Whether Google Play reporting grows into wider app-store support is unclear from these headlines.
Alternatives to Adapty and FastSpring
Other Finance products tracked by Sparkpulse, ranked by recent ship velocity. Each card links to a full editorial trajectory and lets you pivot into a head-to-head comparison with either Adapty or FastSpring.
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OpenBB
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Recent activity from Adapty and FastSpring
Latest ship moves from both products, interleaved chronologically. ⚡ = editorial spark.
- 9d agoAdaptySell your yearly plan as 12 monthly payments
- 19d agoAdaptyWhat’s new in Adapty: Paywalls moved into Flows & Paywalls
- 25d agoFastSpringOVO is now available to your Indonesian buyers
- 1mo agoFastSpringReport Google Play purchases automatically with Steer Safe
- 1mo agoFastSpringSeptember 2026 monthly refinements digest
- 1mo agoFastSpringSet purchase limits to keep your offers under control
- 1mo agoAdaptyWhat's new in Adapty: cross-placement A/B tests for flows
- 1mo agoAdaptyTrial_active and subscription_active events are here
- 1mo agoAdaptyWhat's new in Adapty: Figma imports, flow events, and more.
- 1mo agoFastSpringAccept PromptPay from your Thai buyers
- 2mo agoFastSpringAugust 2026 monthly refinements digest
- 2mo agoAdaptyWhat's new in Adapty: your agent can build flows now ⚡
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between Adapty and FastSpring?
They serve adjacent needs but don't currently overlap on shipped themes. Adapty is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. See the at-a-glance table above for a side-by-side breakdown of velocity, recent sparks, and editorial themes.
Is Adapty better than FastSpring?
Sparkpulse doesn't pick a winner — we score release velocity, not feature parity. Adapty is currently shipping more aggressively (velocity 5.0 vs 2.5), with 0 editorial sparks in the last 30 days against 0. For your specific use case, the alternatives sections above list other Finance products to evaluate alongside.
What are the best alternatives to Adapty?
Top Adapty alternatives in Finance are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "Adapty alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/adapty for the full list with editorial commentary on each.
What are the best alternatives to FastSpring?
Top FastSpring alternatives in Finance are ranked by recent ship velocity. Browse the "FastSpring alternatives" section above for the current picks, or visit /alternatives/fastspring for the full list with editorial commentary on each.