Apple had originally told Patreon that creators must make the move to the App Store’s in-app purchase system by November 2025, or risk removal of the app from the App Store. Only 4% of Patreon creators are still using the platform’s legacy billing system, with the rest having already switched over. Patreon creators have the option to either increase subscription prices in the iOS app, or they can absorb the fee to keep the prices the same across all platforms. As you might expect, Patreon is taking issue with Apple’s new mandate that forces all creators to move to a subscription billing model. Instead, creators using legacy billing will now have to endure the whiplash of another policy reversal — the third such change from Apple in the past 18 months.