Patreon and Substack creators juggle membership tiers payouts and platform fee changes with no unified back office
Independent creators run paid memberships across Patreon, Substack and similar platforms, each with its own tier setup, payout schedule, fee structure and now platform mandated app store cuts. When Apple moved to take up to 30 percent from Patreon creators in iOS in early 2026 it broke creator pricing math overnight, and creators had no tooling to model the hit across tiers, reconcile payouts across platforms, or manage members in one place. The Hacker News thread on the Apple Patreon cut drew 1116 points and 917 comments, one of the largest creator economy threads of the year.
A web app that reconciles Patreon and Substack membership revenue against fees and payouts and models fee changes on a creator's tier structure
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No unified back office reconciles membership revenue, fees and payouts across Patreon and Substack or models fee changes like the Apple 30 percent cut against a creator tier structure. The 2026 fee shock made the pain acute and current.