App Store guideline 4.9: Apple Pay
Apps using Apple Pay must give users all material purchase information before the sale and use Apple Pay branding and interface elements correctly. Unofficial explanation, not affiliated with Apple. Apple's text prevails.
- Guideline
- 4.9 Apple Pay
- Section
- 4. Design
- This page
- Unofficial explanation, not affiliated with Apple. Apple's text prevails.
- Version
- Guidelines last updated October 16, 2026
- Official source
- Apple's App Review Guidelines
What it means
- The correct use is described in the Apple Pay Marketing Guidelines and the Human Interface Guidelines.
- Apps that use Apple Pay for recurring payments must, at a minimum, disclose the length of the renewal term and that it continues until canceled, what is provided in each period, the actual charges billed to the customer, and how to cancel.
Apple's text
This page is an unofficial explanation in our own words. Unofficial explanation, not affiliated with Apple. Apple's text prevails. Apple's wording is on its page, linked below.
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