A glow-up app for women · B2C · guest's paywall client
Put a short video of the app in use on the paywall
Won its A/B test; no numbers given
What they did
What happened
In their words
Jonathan Parra - I made 4,000 app paywalls and learned this
Jonathan ParraYeah, I like to use video paywalls a lot. So let me give you another example. This one is a good one that works across the board as well, or like at least this type of design. I have Rotato templates that just kind of show the app in action, and you get like a clear value prop by seeing what the app does. And then if you have other people already using your app, it's nice to have that social proof here and some simple bullets.
Jonathan ParraSo, this paywall was the winner in a test. Uh it's it's just simple social proof with a video and bullets, so you see what you get, and you're comparing the monthly and the yearly here, right? And then you do have that copy to "You're starting my glow up," right? So very uh good targeted copy for a largely female um demographic for this app.
Jonathan ParraUh so this is also one that works well across the board with this type of format, and this actually was inspired by Mojo. But for the most part, like you're you're putting some components down here, and then you're swapping out those components, and the either the video changes, you add a slider, you add some text in that slider, there's a lot that you can do with also this type of paywall. But this one works pretty well usually, too, because …
Joseph ChoiThat's That's really cool. I I like that a lot, actually. It kind of reminds me of like the when you promote the app on TikTok and then you show like the phone-in-hand demo, and it just It's a It's a nice, like, engaging way to look at the app. Do you use a software to build the video for this?
Jonathan ParraYeah, Rotato is uh the only one that I know of right now that can do something like this, and you can control a lot of uh the keyframes uh in Rotato to just move around like in the presentation for whatever you're doing. But typically what I do is, I just record uh myself using the phone uh or the app on my phone, and then I just drop in that recording, and it just creates this uh video pretty pretty seamlessly.
Joseph ChoiYeah. That's really cool. The other thing I noticed about this is those yellow circle check marks on this paywall look like the iPhone Notes app. Like was that intentional? Like do you use UI-
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- Show two plans, hide the rest behind 'View all plans', preselect annualGuest's standard setup; no numbers given
- When users close the paywall, show cheaper plans, then a 33%-off yearly dealNo result given; guest's go-to for apps that already test a lot
- For week- or month-long programs, show step by step how users will changeWorks across categories for journey-style apps, per the guest; no numbers
- Keep one-time offers at 25-33% off; save big sales for Black Friday
- Swap the feature table for 'Try it for 50% off' and a big screenshot+111% conversion; revenue per user also rose
- Make the paywall button about 65 points tall, with big text and an arrowGuest says bigger buttons and the arrow bump conversions; no numbers
- Start with a one-page paywall: headline, bullet list, reviews, buttonOne of the few layouts that performs well across categories, per the guest
- Test paywall design and plan mix first; leave price tests for laterGuest says design tests give the most mileage; no numbers
- Make the paywall look like a plain Apple settings screenBeat more custom designs 'by quite a long shot'; worked again for a second app
- Give the top plan a dark, premium look that switches when users pick itMore users chose the top plan; no numbers
- Show the free trial as a timeline: today, day-5 reminder, day-7 billingStill a very high performer after years of copying, per the guest
- Charge about $20 a month for an AI chat app tuned to one nicheUsers pay for it, per the guest; no revenue shared
Tags: ios, video-paywall, social-proof, bullet-list, cta, mojo-style