Comparison
Winback vs FlyCode: which one fits your subscription app?
FlyCode is a failed payment recovery platform for Stripe and Shopify. It runs adaptive retries, backup cards, recovery emails and SMS, trial recovery and reactivation win-back campaigns, and charges only for the revenue it recovers above your baseline, with a free payment audit and a 45 day money-back guarantee. Winback is a narrower tool for apps: it writes one personal message to each subscriber who cancelled, whose card failed, or whose trial ended unpaid, works with RevenueCat apps on the App Store and Google Play as well as Stripe, and charges 15% of revenue from people who come back, for 6 months. Pick FlyCode for a full recovery stack on Stripe or Shopify. Consider Winback if your subscribers pay inside an app.
The short version
Both charge on results. FlyCode covers failed payments end to end on Stripe and Shopify, with win-back as one part. Winback does one thing: bring back people who already lapsed, including app store subscribers through RevenueCat.
| Winback | FlyCode | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Win back subscribers who already lapsed | Recover failed payments and reduce involuntary churn |
| Who it reaches | Cancelled, billing-failed and expired-trial subscribers | Customers with failed payments, plus reactivation win-back |
| App Store and Google Play subscriptions | Yes, through RevenueCat | Not stated on its site |
| Platforms | RevenueCat and Stripe | Stripe and Shopify listed as integrations |
| How you start | Free planner on your own export, in your browser. No account, no card | Install its Stripe app for a free payment audit |
| Pricing | 15% of revenue from returning subscribers for 6 months (10% for the first 10 apps). Nothing if nobody returns | Only for revenue recovered above your baseline. 45 day money-back guarantee. Rate given on request |
FlyCode details read from flycode.com and flycode.com/pricing on 23 Oct 2026. Winback prices from winbackhq.com/pricing, read the same day.
When FlyCode is the better fit
- You bill on Stripe or Shopify and want retries, backup cards, email and SMS in one platform.
- You want a free payment audit before you commit.
- You want pricing tied to lift above your current recovery.
When Winback is the better fit
- You sell subscriptions inside an iPhone or Android app through RevenueCat.
- You want one personal message per lapsed subscriber, inside offer limits you set.
- You want to plan a campaign today in your browser, on your own export, without uploading files.
How Winback works
- Export lapsed subscribers from RevenueCat or Stripe and open the planner. The file stays in your browser.
- Winback sorts them into cancelled, billing-failed and expired-trial groups.
- Each person gets one honest, personal message with a return offer inside the limits you set.
- You see who came back. You pay 15% of what they spend for 6 months, and nothing if nobody returns.
Questions
Is Winback a FlyCode alternative?
Partly. Both charge on results, but FlyCode recovers failed payments on Stripe and Shopify, while Winback wins back cancelled, billing-failed and expired-trial subscribers, including app store subscribers through RevenueCat.
Can I use both?
Yes. FlyCode can work on failed web payments while Winback writes to app subscribers who cancelled or never paid after a trial. Make sure the same person is not messaged by both.
What does Winback cost?
The planner is free. Pay on success is 15% of revenue from subscribers who come back, for 6 months, and nothing if nobody returns (10% for the first 10 apps). The Win-back Sprint is $249 once.
Plan a win-back on your own export in a few minutes. Nothing is uploaded.