Payments

How it works

1. Agree on an offer.Either side sends an offer in the chat (price, videos, deadline, revisions), the other accepts, counters or declines. Accepting signs it.
2. The developer pays as they sign.Sending an offer, or accepting the creator's, puts a hold on the developer's card for the agreed amount (the price per video times the number of videos, plus any revision add-on) plus our 5% fee, by card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Link. It's charged the moment both sides have signed; if the offer is declined, countered, withdrawn or expires, the hold is released and nothing is charged. Everything is in US dollars.
3. The money is held securely by Stripe.The creator can see the job is paid for before they start. Nobody gets it until the work is approved (and, where a post on the creator's channel was priced, until that post is confirmed).
4. The creator uploads the videos to Appcrush.The developer reviews a watermarked preview. The full-quality files stay locked for now.
5. Changes, as agreed in the offer.One revision is included, or more with a revision add-on. The developer asks within 30 days of the first delivery, for fixes that stay within the brief.
6. The developer approves.If they don't respond within 7 days of a delivery, it's approved automatically.
7. The creator is paid and the files unlock.We release the agreed amount minus our 10% cut to the creator by the payout method they chose, and the developer can download the originals and run them anywhere, organically or as paid ads.

A worked example

For one video with a $200 bounty:

A fee-free credit from an invite or promo code removes the 5% fee from one hire, or the 10% cut from one job. The payment window shows it before your card is held.

Revision add-ons

Whoever sends the offer picks the revision option. The add-on is a percentage of the price, set by the creator when they apply, from 0% to 100%, or switched off, and the creator can change it in any offer they send. It's part of the agreed amount, so it goes to the creator and our fee and cut apply as usual.

The $200 video above with 3 revisions comes to $230: the developer pays $241.50 and the creator gets $207.

Revisions stay within the original brief, and are asked for within 30 days of the first delivery. “Unlimited” means reasonable rounds of changes, not new work. After 2 rounds, either side can ask us to mediate.

For developers

• Posting is free. You only pay once you and a creator have both signed an offer.
• Pay in the app with a card, Apple Pay, Google Pay or Link. Stripe processes it; Appcrush never sees your card number. You get a receipt by email.
• Your payment is held securely by Stripe until you approve. You review watermarked previews first, and the full-quality files unlock once you approve.
• Only pay through Appcrush. If someone asks you to pay them directly, or to move the chat to another app, don't, and report the message.
• Sending an offer, or accepting a creator's, holds the total on your card. It's charged only once you have both signed. If the creator declines or counters, you withdraw it, or they don't answer within about 6 days, the hold is released and nothing is charged. Your bank may take a few days to show the release.
• An offer signed before card holds that you haven't paid yet? Nothing is charged, and the hire is cancelled after 24 hours. You can still pay later from the same offer, or agree on a new one.
• Tips: after you approve, you can tip the creator $5, $10, $20, $50, or any amount from $1 to $1,000.
• All of a tip goes to the creator; we pay the card fee. Tips can't be refunded.
• The creator's review shows that you tipped, never how much.

For creators

• Paid before you start: you're only hired once the developer's payment has gone through, so you know the money is there.
• Getting paid: choose how from Money. Stripe (recommended) sends your share to your Stripe account the day work is approved, usually in your bank in about 2 business days, supports bank accounts in 40+ countries, and keeps your bank details, not us. Or pick PayPal, Wise, Venmo or Zelle (Venmo and Zelle for US accounts only) and we send it by hand within 5 business days of approval.
• Revision add-ons: when you apply, set what 3 revisions and unlimited revisions cost on top of your price (15% and 35% by default), or switch them off. Whoever sends the offer picks the option, and you can change the price in any offer you send. The add-on is part of your pay.
• Tips: developers can tip you after they approve. You get all of it, with no cut, paid out the same way as your share. Your profile shows how many tips you've had, never the amounts.
• Currency and fees: we pay in US dollars. Conversion or transfer fees from your bank, Stripe, PayPal or Wise come out of what you receive.
• Your work is protected: developers only see a watermarked preview until they approve and you are paid.
• Tax info: most creators never need to do anything. If you're in the US and your payouts from us this calendar year, tips included, reach $1,500, we'll ask you to fill in a short online W-9. Nothing to print or upload. We file a 1099-NEC once your payouts reach $2,000 in a year (the IRS threshold for 2026). Outside the US you may be asked for an online W-8BEN instead. Stripe may also ask for tax details when you set up payouts.
• Your taxes: you're an independent contractor, so tax on what you earn is yours to handle.

When things go wrong

• Nothing delivered, or not what was agreed: press “Report a problem” on the order. That pauses automatic approval and the payout. We look at the job post, the messages on Appcrush and the delivery, and decide: pay the creator, refund the developer, split it, or send it back for another round.
• Still not right after 2 revision rounds: either side can press “Request mediation” on the order. It works the same way, and the money stays held meanwhile.
• The creator can't do the job: they can cancel before they deliver, or while a revision is pending, and the developer gets a full refund, fee included. Refunds usually arrive within 5 to 10 business days.
• After approval: the payment has been released to the creator (where a post on the creator's channel was priced, once that post is confirmed), so it can't be refunded through Appcrush.
• Questions: email hi@appcrush.app.
• Suspicious requests: Appcrush will never ask you to pay, or share a password, anywhere except the checkout on appcrush.app.