Gumroad vs Payhip
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Gumroad
Access and enjoy all your purchased digital products from creators directly on your iOS device. Stream videos, listen to music, or read books on the go. Creators can also monitor their sales data and performance.
- Access purchased digital products
- Stream videos, music, and books
- View sales data and charts
- Automatic library syncing
- AirPlay support
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Create a product from your phone. See today’s sales. Watch, read, or listen to everything you’ve bought. Gumroad is the simplest way to sell digital products — courses, ebooks, podcasts, music, software, and more. The app is for both sides: makers who sell, and people who buy. For creators • Create a new product, set a price, and publish • Edit products you already sell • See sales, revenue, and views • Get a ping when someone buys For buyers • Your Gumroad library, on the phone • Watch videos, listen to audio, read ebooks • Pick up where you left off • Download files to keep Sign in with the same Gumroad account you use on the web. What you create on your phone shows up on your store. What you buy shows up in your library. 10% + 50¢ per sale. No monthly fee.
Payhip
This platform empowers creators to sell various products and services online, including digital goods, courses, and memberships. It provides an all-in-one solution for managing sales and tracking business performance through integrated analytics.
- Sell digital products
- Sell courses
- Sell coaching
- Sell memberships
- Sell physical products
- Sales notifications
- Business analytics
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We help creators earn a living online doing what they love! Payhip is an e-commerce platform that enables anyone to sell digital products, courses, coaching, memberships or physical products directly to their fans and followers. We're an all-in-one ecommerce solution for creators and make selling online easy. Keep on top of your sales with our easy to use app. Get notified anytime you receive a new sale. The analytics stats also help you keep your finger on the pulse on your business.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: Gumroad at 4.7 against Payhip's 2.0. Gumroad also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs monthly) and ratings volume (37K vs 40). Payhip's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 36). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Gumroad sells 31 one-off in-app purchases. Payhip asks for nothing beyond the download.
Gumroad holds the better App Store score, 4.7 against 2.0. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: Gumroad has 37K ratings behind it against 40, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 27% of Gumroad's written reviews are positive against 14% of Payhip's.
Gumroad ships an update every 2 days, Payhip monthly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Gumroad | Payhip |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.7 (37K ratings) — better | 2.0 (40 ratings) |
| Positive reviews | 27.0% of reviews — better | 14.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 37K — better | 40 |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Monthly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free with in-app purchases | Free — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 42 MB | 35 MB |
| Age rating | 12+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Gumroad | Payhip |
Customer experience
Gumroad
Payhip
Bugs and requests
Gumroad
Reported bugs
4 issues- Inability to log in or create an account
- Purchased content not showing up in the app library
- Download and playback issues causing content to become inaccessible
- Orientation lock not respected, causing layout issues
Requested features
5 requests- Add ability to search and browse content within the app
- Implement better organization and sorting of purchased items
- Add option to save playback progress and resume from where you left off
- Improve audio and video player controls and functionality
- Introduce support for landscape mode and other device orientations
Payhip
Not enough reviews yet to summarise bugs or requests.
In-app purchases
Gumroad
- Gumroad Product2 variants$1.00
- Gumroad Product$2.00
- Gumroad Product2 variants$3.00
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- Gumroad Product2 variants$4.00
- Gumroad Product$5.00
- Gumroad Product$6.00
- Gumroad Product$7.00
- Gumroad Product$8.00
- Gumroad Product$10.00
- Gumroad Product$12.00
- Gumroad Product$13.00
- Gumroad Product$14.00
- Gumroad Product2 variants$15.00
- Gumroad Product$16.00
- Gumroad Product$20.00
- Gumroad Product$25.00
- Gumroad Product$26.00
- Gumroad Product2 variants$30.00
- Gumroad Product$35.00
- Gumroad Product$40.00
- Gumroad Product$50.00
- Gumroad Product$90.00
- Gumroad Product$91.00
- Gumroad Product$92.00
- Gumroad Product$93.00
- Gumroad Product$94.00
- Gumroad Product$95.00
- Gumroad Product$96.00
- Gumroad Product$97.00
- Gumroad Product$98.00
- Gumroad Product$99.00
Payhip
No in-app purchases
