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Android Plans Pricing

The Android developer surface is a multi-product platform spanning free SDKs (Android framework, Jetpack, NDK, ML Kit on-device, CameraX, Health Connect, Wear OS, Android TV, Android for Cars) and monetized Google services. Real pricing exists for Google Play (one-time $25 developer registration; 15% / 30% service fee on paid apps and IAP, 15% on subscriptions and on first $1M annual revenue), Google Maps Platform (per-1000-call pricing after 10K monthly free events), and Firebase (Spark free tier with hard limits; Blaze pay-as-you-go on Cloud Storage at $0.026/GB and Realtime Database at $5/GB stored, $1/GB downloaded). AdMob is revenue-share, not pay-to-use.

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Plans

Android SDK & Jetpack freemium

Core Android framework, Jetpack libraries, NDK, Android Studio, ML Kit on-device, CameraX, Health Connect, Wear OS, Android for Cars, Android TV, Compose, and Gemini Nano on-device APIs are free. No license fee, no per-call cost.

Framework / Jetpack / NDK SDKs (download · usage) $0 USD
Google Play Console & Distribution subscription

Google Play developer account is required to publish apps. One-time registration fee, then service fees apply on paid apps, in-app purchases, and subscriptions sold through Google Play Billing.

Google Play Developer Registration (account · usage) $25 USD
Paid Apps & In-App Purchases (first $1M annual revenue) (transaction · year) 15% USD
Paid Apps & In-App Purchases (above $1M annual revenue) (transaction · year) 30% USD
Auto-Renewing Subscriptions (transaction · usage) 15% USD
Alternative Billing (South Korea / India) (transaction · usage) standard rate minus 4% USD
Google Maps Platform (Android SDK) usage-based

Maps SDK for Android is free unlimited. Places, Geocoding, Directions, and Distance Matrix bill per 1,000 calls after a 10,000 monthly free event allowance. Pricing reflects the Maps Platform Essentials tier (May 2026).

Maps SDK for Android (request · month) $0 (unlimited) USD
Places SDK Autocomplete (request · month) $2.83 USD
Places Details (request · month) $5.00 USD
Geocoding (request · month) $5.00 USD
Directions (Routes Legacy) (request · month) $5.00 USD
Distance Matrix (Routes Legacy) (request · month) $5.00 USD
Monthly Free Events (request · month) $0 USD
Firebase Spark (Free) freemium

Firebase Spark plan with no payment method required. Hard caps on Firestore, Realtime Database, Cloud Storage, and Authentication.

Cloud Firestore Storage (gb · month) $0 USD
Cloud Firestore Reads (read · day) $0 USD
Cloud Firestore Writes (write · day) $0 USD
Realtime Database Storage (gb · month) $0 USD
Realtime Database Connections (connection · usage) $0 USD
Cloud Storage (gb · month) $0 USD
Authentication MAUs (user · month) $0 USD
Firebase Blaze (Pay-As-You-Go) usage-based

Firebase Blaze plan billed at the underlying Google Cloud rates. Eligible accounts may receive $300 in free credit on signup.

Realtime Database Storage (gb · month) $5 USD
Realtime Database Downloads (gb · month) $1 USD
Cloud Storage (gb · month) $0.026 USD
Cloud Firestore (above Spark) (varies · month) see Google Cloud Firestore pricing USD
Authentication (above Spark) (user · month) see Google Cloud Identity Platform pricing USD
New Account Credit (USD · usage) -$300 USD
Google AdMob (Revenue Share) usage-based

AdMob is monetized for the developer (not paid by them). Google retains a small share of ad revenue; the rest is paid to the publisher per AdMob's published payment terms.

Ad Revenue Share (impression · usage) see AdMob terms (revenue share) USD

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