Developers begin receiving final round of Small Developer Assistance Fund payments

In late 2022, initial payments for the Small Developer Assistance Fund started going out, with each eligible US developer receiving at least $1000 – up to 4x the projected minimum payout. A second round of payouts begun toward the end of 2023, and now the third and final round of payments started going out this week. Previous payouts As part of a settlement agreement, Apple established the Small Developer Assistance Fund in 2021. It offered payouts of $250 to $30,000 to any developer who had paid any commission to Apple between June 4, 2015 and April 26, 2021. The total settlement was over $100,000,000, benefiting over 99% of US app developers. The payment tiers broke down as follows: Under $100 in annual App Store proceeds: $250 minimum payout $100-$1,000 in annual App Store proceeds: $500 minimum payout $1,000-$5,000 in annual App Store proceeds: $1,000 minimum payout $5,000-$10,000 in annual App Store proceeds: $1,500 minimum payout $10,000-$50,000 in annual App Store procee ... Read full article.