Apple Developer membership renewal and cancellation

The Apple Developer subscription is your yearly membership in the Apple Developer Program: 99 USD a year, shown in your local currency when you pay. You can renew it yourself starting 30 days before it expires, or let automatic renewal handle it, either on the website or in the Apple Developer app. If it expires, your apps can no longer be downloaded from the App Store, but they keep working for people who already installed them.

This guide picks up after sign-up: to open your Apple developer account and choose your status, read the dedicated guide first. My iOS apps, like Solys and TradaZen, depend on this membership: if it expires, they leave the App Store. Everything here comes from Apple's official pages, reviewed on October 25, 2026.

How much the Apple Developer membership costs each year

According to Apple's purchase and activation page, the membership costs 99 USD a year, converted into your local currency where available. The price can vary by region, and the purchase is subject to your region's or state's tax rate where applicable.

For a price in euros, the simplest public reference is the Apple Developer app listing. On October 25, 2026, the French listing showed the Apple Developer Program in-app purchase at 98.99 euros, and the US listing at $98.99.

What you pay for each year is access to member-only tools. According to the membership comparison, that includes App Store Connect, used for beta testing and distributing your apps, and Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles.

Two rules in the Apple Developer Program License Agreement govern this payment:

• The fees are non-refundable (section 8), and taxes are on you. They must be current when you submit an app.
• The agreement runs for one year from your account's activation (section 11.1), then renews for one-year periods, subject to payment of the annual fee.

Automatic renewal: where to turn it on or off

It all depends on where you paid the first time.

Enrolled on	Renewal	To stop it
Apple Developer website	Option to turn on	Turn the option off
Apple Developer app	Automatic, by default	Cancel in Settings

Enrolled on the website

According to the renewal help page, turn on automatic renewal in the Membership details section of your account. Apple then charges the default card on your Apple Account on the expiration date. To stop, turn the same option off. This option is only available in some regions: if you don't see it, renew manually.

Enrolled in the app

Your membership is then an auto-renewable subscription, paid with the default payment method on your Apple Account. According to the app help page, you can cancel it in Settings up to the day before your annual renewal date. On iPhone, Apple Support gives the path: Settings, your name, Subscriptions, the subscription in question, then Cancel Subscription. You keep your benefits until the expiration date, shown in the Account tab of the app.

For an organization, only the Account Holder can renew and manage automatic renewal.

Renewing manually, and when you can start

Manual renewal opens 30 days before expiration, and stays available afterward. Sign in to the Apple Developer website with the Apple Account you enrolled with, then click Renew Membership.

• Before expiration: the renewal takes effect at the end of your current membership. Renewing early doesn't cost you a single day.
• After expiration: it takes effect once the new purchase is confirmed. Your free apps become available again within 24 hours. Your paid apps come back once you accept the paid apps agreement again in App Store Connect. You don't need to resubmit them.

That agreement is the Paid Apps Agreement. App Store Connect Help confirms it: after a late renewal, you have to accept it again, and it must be active to submit or update a paid app and its in-app purchases.

If your membership goes through the app and you canceled it, you can resubscribe up to one year after the expiration date.

What happens the day your membership expires

Here's each item, based on Apple's renewal page unless stated otherwise.

Item	What happens
Your apps on the App Store	No longer downloadable
New apps and updates	Can't be submitted
Users who already have the app	It keeps working
Certificates and profiles	No more access to manage them
App Store Connect	Some features only
Test devices	Removed after 180 days
Return of paid apps	Agreement must be re-accepted
Payments	Agreement in effect required
TestFlight	Not specified

Three rows need a bit more detail.

Certificates. You lose access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles: you can't create or manage them anymore. The page doesn't say existing certificates get revoked. To understand what they do, read the certificate and provisioning profile guide.

Payments. According to the payments help page, Apple only pays you if your Paid Apps Agreement is in effect. The renewal page doesn't say what happens to pending amounts. If you sell a subscription, renew before expiration, not after.

TestFlight. Apple's page doesn't mention it. Renew before starting a round of TestFlight testing, rather than finding out the answer with your testers.

For devices, 30 days before expiration, the Account Holder can download the list of their test devices or ask for them to be removed as soon as the membership expires. If they don't choose, the devices are removed after 180 days.

An expired membership doesn't break your users' app. It closes your storefront and blocks your updates.

Canceling the Apple Developer Program

Canceling means turning off renewal. On the website, turn off automatic renewal. In the app, cancel the subscription in Settings. Your membership runs until its expiration date, then the table above applies.

There's no refund. For the app, Apple writes that fees paid for the year you cancel are non-refundable. The license agreement says the same for the program's annual fees.

In the 30 days before expiration, download your test device list.

Changing your status or Account Holder

You started as an individual, then set up a company? Converting to an organization account is done on request to Apple, with your company's D-U-N-S number.

Don't file that request during a renewal. The renewal page is clear: converting an individual account to an organization waits until the renewal is complete. Same rule for transferring the Account Holder role. The page on updating your account adds that, for an individual, this transfer is only granted in limited cases, with Apple's involvement.

Invoice and VAT for a business

How you pay decides which document you get:

• Purchase on the online Apple Store: invoices are available in your online Apple Store account.
• Purchase through the card form, offered when your region doesn't have these products on the online Apple Store: ask Apple Developer Support for the invoice.
• Purchase in the app: a receipt arrives by email, and you can resend it from Purchase History, in Settings.

Apple applies your region's tax rate when there is one. To pay with your company card in the app, add it to the Apple Account signed in on the device settings. Have your accountant approve the document before you reclaim VAT: Apple's pages don't detail what's on the invoice.

Fee waivers: who qualifies

The fee waiver page limits it to organizations that meet four conditions:

1. be a nonprofit legal entity, an accredited educational institution, or a government entity;
2. not be an individual, or a sole proprietorship or single-person business;
3. not have signed the paid apps agreement, or have terminated it;
4. not sell any digital goods or services through its apps.

So a freelancer or a micro-entreprise doesn't qualify. The Account Holder must confirm eligibility at every annual renewal, and Apple doesn't refund, even partially, a membership already paid.

My renewal checklist

1. Write down your expiration date.
2. Thirty days before: renew, or check that automatic renewal is on and your card is valid.
3. Download your test device list.
4. Push any status conversion or Account Holder transfer until after renewal.
5. After a late renewal: accept the Paid Apps Agreement, then check that your paid apps are back.
6. File the invoice or receipt for your bookkeeping.

Staying published on the App Store

The iOS Kit includes the starter code from my apps and the four-step path to the App Store, at your own pace. Every publishing step is covered on the page publish an app on the App Store.

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Frequently asked questions

How much does the Apple Developer membership cost per year?

99 USD a year, converted into your currency, plus your region's tax where applicable. On October 25, 2026, the French listing of the Apple Developer app showed the membership at 98.99 euros.

How do I renew my Apple Developer membership?

On the website, click Renew Membership starting 30 days before expiration, or turn on automatic renewal in Membership details. In the app, the subscription renews on its own until you cancel it.

What happens if my Apple Developer membership expires?

Your apps can't be downloaded anymore, you can't submit apps or updates, and you lose access to Certificates, Identifiers & Profiles. Apps already installed keep working. If you renew later, free apps come back within 24 hours, paid ones after you accept the Paid Apps Agreement.

How do I cancel the Apple Developer Program?

On the website, turn off automatic renewal in Membership details. In the app, cancel the subscription in Settings, no later than the day before the renewal date. You keep your benefits until the expiration date.

Is the Apple Developer membership refundable?

No. The license agreement states that the program's annual fees are non-refundable, and Apple's help repeats it for the year in which you cancel.

Can I switch to an organization account during renewal?

No. Apple asks you to wait until renewal is complete before converting an individual account to an organization or transferring the Account Holder role. The conversion is then done on request, with your company's D-U-N-S number.