Shopify App Pricing Updates: Increased Plan Limits, No‑Charge Testing, and Enhanced App Events
Update your app billing logic to handle per‑unit discount calculations and support negative and fractional App Events values.
Update your app billing logic to calculate per‑unit discounts and adjust App Events API calls to include negative or fractional values as needed.
Summary
Shopify has rolled out several updates to its App Pricing system. Public plan limits have increased from 4 to 8, while private plan limits have risen from 10 to 15. The new no‑charge plan testing feature allows reviewers to select any existing plan during app review, lets developers subscribe to any plan at no cost in development stores, and lets partners mark a plan as free for testing.
The App Events API now accepts negative values for adjustments or credits and fractional values such as 1.5, expanding beyond the previous restriction to whole numbers greater than zero. These changes affect how billing and event reporting are handled in Shopify apps.
Developers should update their billing logic to calculate per‑unit discounts and adjust App Events API calls to include negative or fractional values as needed.
Key changes
- Public plans increased to 8 from 4
- Private plans increased to 15 from 10
- Reviewers can select any existing plan during app review
- Development stores can subscribe to any plan at no cost
- Mark a plan as free for partner testing
- App Events API now accepts negative values
- App Events API now accepts fractional values like 1.5
- Previously only whole numbers >0 were allowed