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Refund Sensor vs Apphud

Apphud handles refunds through its Win Back Refunds add-on, which charges a 7% commission on every refund the store declines. Refund Sensor is built only for refund defense. It covers the same Apple and Google Play cases for a flat monthly fee, so your cost doesn't rise as it saves you more.

Built for this

Refund Sensor

Dedicated refund-defense engine

Compared

Apphud

Refund add-on, commission-priced

Overview

The short answer

Refund Sensor

Both stores, one flat fee, no commission.

Refund Sensor answers Apple's CONSUMPTION_REQUEST and Google Play chargeback reviews inside each store's window, using the signals from each purchase. It's dedicated refund defense, priced as a flat monthly plan with no share of what it recovers and no per-refund fee.

Apphud

A capable add-on, priced as a cut of what it saves.

Win Back Refunds is a paid add-on for Apphud's Pro plan and above. It answers Apple refund requests and Google Play chargebacks automatically, and its Auto mode picks a recommendation from usage patterns. Apphud then charges 7% of the value of every refund the store declines, on top of your Apphud plan.

Scorecard

Feature by feature

Where Apphud is stronger, we say so right below.

Capability	Refund Sensor	Apphud
Purpose-built for refund defense	Yes, defending refunds is the whole product	No, a paid add-on to a subscription platform
Apple refund defense (CONSUMPTION_REQUEST)	Yes, automatic	Yes, Win Back Refunds add-on
Google Play chargeback defense	Yes, through Google's Review Refund API	Yes, answers Google's chargeback reviews
Per-case decisions	Yes, from each purchase's own signals	Yes, "Auto" mode picks from usage patterns
Refund analytics by country	Yes, built-in geography map	No, not documented
Refund breakdown by reason	Yes, by Apple refund reason	Yes, refund charts can be segmented by reason
Team members and roles	Yes	Yes
Refund ledger across both stores	Yes, both stores in one ledger	No, not documented as a single view
Deadline-safety fallback	Yes, replies inside each store's window	No, not documented
Flat pricing, no revenue cut	Yes, flat monthly, with a free tier	No, 7% of the value of refunds the store declines

Purpose-built for refund defense

Refund Sensor

Yes, defending refunds is the whole product

Apphud

No, a paid add-on to a subscription platform

Apple refund defense (CONSUMPTION_REQUEST)

Refund Sensor

Yes, automatic

Apphud

Yes, Win Back Refunds add-on

Google Play chargeback defense

Refund Sensor

Yes, through Google's Review Refund API

Apphud

Yes, answers Google's chargeback reviews

Per-case decisions

Refund Sensor

Yes, from each purchase's own signals

Apphud

Yes, "Auto" mode picks from usage patterns

Refund analytics by country

Refund Sensor

Yes, built-in geography map

Apphud

No, not documented

Refund breakdown by reason

Refund Sensor

Yes, by Apple refund reason

Apphud

Yes, refund charts can be segmented by reason

Team members and roles

Refund Sensor

Yes

Apphud

Yes

Refund ledger across both stores

Refund Sensor

Yes, both stores in one ledger

Apphud

No, not documented as a single view

Deadline-safety fallback

Refund Sensor

Yes, replies inside each store's window

Apphud

No, not documented

Flat pricing, no revenue cut

Refund Sensor

Yes, flat monthly, with a free tier

Apphud

No, 7% of the value of refunds the store declines

The difference

How Refund Sensor compares

Where Apphud stops short

It charges a 7% commission on the value of every declined refund, so the better it performs, the more you pay.
It's a paid add-on that needs Apphud's Pro plan or above, so it comes with the full Apphud platform.
We found no documented fallback for replying when a case's usage data is thin, and no combined ledger across both stores.

Why Refund Sensor

It's refund defense and nothing else, covering Apple refund requests and Google Play chargeback reviews.
Each case is answered from its own purchase signals, inside the store's window.
Flat monthly pricing with no commission, so the bill stays predictable as recovered revenue grows.
A single ledger covers both stores. It adds to any setup, Apphud included, with no migration.

Better together

Add Refund Sensor to your Apphud stack

Keep Apphud for subscriptions, paywalls, and analytics. Apphud can proxy Apple's server notifications to another URL, so point that proxy at your Refund Sensor webhook. For Google Play chargebacks, Google's notification topic can feed more than one subscriber. Then switch off Win Back Refunds, so only one tool answers each case and no commission applies to the cases Refund Sensor handles.

Your app

Sends store events

Apphud

Subscriptions

Refund Sensor

Runs the defense

Cost

What each one costs

Refund Sensor

Best value

Flat monthly pricing with a free tier. Both stores are included, with no percentage cut and no per-refund fee.

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Apphud

Win Back Refunds requires an Apphud Pro plan or above, then charges 7% of the value of refunds the store declines, billed each period. For example, if $5,000 in refunds were declined in a month, the commission would be $350, on top of the plan.

FAQ

Questions, answered

A flat monthly fee, with a free tier to start. There's no commission and no per-refund fee, so your cost stays the same however much it saves.

Yes. On Apple, it answers every CONSUMPTION_REQUEST. On Google Play, it replies to each chargeback review through Google's Review Refund API within the 24-hour window. Every Google Play chargeback it handles is recorded alongside your Apple cases.

No. It connects at the store and server level. There's no SDK and no app update, and it can run alongside Apphud.

The next refund request is already on its way.

Connect once and let Refund Sensor answer every Apple refund request and Google Play chargeback with real evidence, inside the window. You get refund defense at a flat price, however much it wins back.

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