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Notes from reading the App Store.
Notes on reading App Store Connect and Google Analytics: what the reports count, which API roles answer, and how to make a figure current. Everything here was measured against a real developer account before it was written down.
Dashboards5 min read
Your subscriber count is from two days ago
App Store Connect's reports close on a Pacific day boundary and publish hours later. Server notifications cover everything after it. Joining the two at one date is what makes a subscriber count current.
Read →Reports6 min read
What App Store Connect counts as a paid subscriber
Billing Retry and Grace Period subscribers still have access and are paying nothing. Trial starts arrive as sales rows worth 0.00. A walk through the report columns that quietly inflate a total.
Read →API7 min read
What each App Store Connect API key role can read
Four keys, one per role, aimed at every endpoint an analytics app touches. The measured table, plus the reason App Manager cannot read a single sales report.
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