What payment methods are available?

On the website you pay with a credit or debit card, PayPal, Google Pay or Apple Pay. In the iOS and Android apps you pay through the App Store or Google Play, with the payment method your Apple or Google account uses.

Pay on the website

The checkout uses Braintree's payment form (Braintree is a PayPal service), and prices are shown in the currency of your account's country. With a card or PayPal you enter the details and click Continue. Google Pay and Apple Pay submit the purchase as soon as you confirm it in their own window. Google Pay accepts cards only, and bank transfer isn't an option in the checkout.

Your card issuer may ask you to confirm the payment. When your first payment is discounted, the checkout tells you that the issuer might ask you to authorize the full recurring subscription amount, because that is what the renewals will charge. Why does the final price differ from the listed price? explains the amount you see at checkout.

Pay in the apps

In the Inoreader app for iPhone, iPad or Android the purchase goes through the App Store or Google Play, and the store charges the payment method saved in your Apple or Google account. While a store subscription renews, you can't buy a plan on the website: the checkout says you have an active store subscription and asks you to cancel its auto-renewal first. See how to stop a subscription purchased through the App Store or Google Play.

See which method you used

Go to Preferences > Billing and usage. The Billing tab shows the saved method under Payment method, for example "Visa ending with 1234" or "PayPal (your email)", and Payment history names the method of every payment, such as "Credit card", "Debit card" or "PayPal". You can change the saved method at any time, see how to update your payment method. If you pay for a business, you can get an invoice for your payment, and what happens when you upgrade an existing subscription covers a change of plan.

Every paid plan bought on the website (Supporter, Pro and Team) takes these methods, and purchases made in the apps go through the stores only.