Fans want different things. Patreon offers one.
Patreon does one job well: monthly fan support. Tapmy keeps that job and adds the rest, with products, Services, calls, Community, Courses and Webinars in one creator store that you own the front door of.
Pick Tapmy if your fans are only part of what you sell. One link in your bio opens a public store with memberships, a paid Community, calls, Courses, Webinars and downloads. Patreon is the better home when fan memberships are the whole business and your supporters already use the app. It takes 10% of income on pages launched after August 4, 2025, plus payment processing. Tapmy takes nothing on Free (0%), then 3% on Pro and 1% on Max, with Stripe card processing billed separately.
Your own store, not a fan page
Fans reach your Tapmy store from your bio link, so the first thing they see is your offer. On Patreon they arrive on a creator page inside the platform.
Calls, Courses and Webinars
Patreon is built around memberships. Tapmy adds paid calls through Schedule Link, plus Courses and Webinars, in the store that holds your membership.
A way in for fans who will not subscribe
A one-time Digital Product or a single call gives casual followers something to buy today. Some of them become members later.
What changes when your fans can buy more than a tier.
Patreon works well when everyone who supports you wants the same monthly deal. Most audiences do not. Some want a template, some want an hour with you, some want a Course. Tapmy lets each person buy the thing they came for, and your membership sits beside it instead of being the only door.
What holds you back on Patreon
- Your page lives inside Patreon's own app and ecosystem.
- There is no native 1:1 call booking.
- Courses and Webinars are not the core model.
- Purchases in Patreon's iOS app go through Apple.
| Feature |  |  |
|---|---|---|
| Link in bio | Yes | No |
| Creator Store, a public storefront | Yes | No |
| Schedule Link for 1:1 calls and Services | Yes | No |
| Courses and Webinars next to every offer | Yes | No |
Beyond a monthly tier.
A ladder instead of one tier
A low-priced download, a premium Service, a Course, a Community and live Webinars can all sit in front of the same fan.
Every sale builds one record
Customer, order and conversion data stay next to your offers, so you see which fans buy more than once.
A front door you control
Your bio link opens your store, with your branding and your checkout. Patreon is a destination fans visit. See memberships that don't churn for the retention side.
Room to change what you sell
Add or drop a product, a call or a tier without moving your audience to another platform.
Pick Tapmy over Patreon if this is you.
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| You want a public store, not a creator page inside a fan app. | Yes | No |
| You sell paid 1:1 calls next to your membership. | Yes | No |
| You want Courses and Webinars in the same place as your membership. | Yes | No |
| You want fans who will never subscribe to still have something to buy. | Yes | No |
| You want orders, customers and analytics in one record. | Yes | No |
Keep your patrons where they are while you test the store.
Nobody has to move on day one. Launch your next Course, call or tier in Tapmy and let your current patrons stay on Patreon.
Once new fans buy through Tapmy, invite existing members across with a clear reason to move. If a Community is the centre of what you sell, compare Tapmy vs Skool.
Tapmy vs Patreon. Capability by capability.
Patreon against Tapmy, feature by feature, checked against Patreon's own pages on October 16, 2026.
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| Branded store behind your bio link | Link in Bio, Creator Store and One-Step Checkout | A Patreon page inside the app ecosystem |
| Sell downloads and calls | Both, in the same store | Digital products; no calls found |
| Courses and Webinars | Yes, from the same store | Not the primary platform model |
| Services and paid calls | Native Services and Schedule Link | Not the core product |
| Orders, customers and analytics together | Shared customer, order and revenue data | The fan and subscription relationship is central |
| Price | Only $29/mo | 10% |
Tapmy vs Patreon pricing.
At $2,000 a month in sales, Tapmy Free costs $70 including card processing. Patreon (pages launched after Aug 4, 2025) costs $270.
| Feature | | | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price per month | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Price per year | $0 | Monthly only | Monthly only |
| Platform fee on sales | 0% | 10% | 5% |
| Billing notes | Cancel anytime | 10% of income plus taxes | 5% / 8% / 11% for pages published before Aug 4, 2025 |
What you pay each month
| Feature | | |
|---|---|---|
| $500 | $17.50 | $67.50 |
| $2,000 | $70 | $270 |
| $10,000 | $350 | $1,350 |
Subscription, platform fees and card processing, assuming $50 orders. Where a platform charges processing separately (Tapmy included), it is counted at Stripe's US rate of 2.9% + $0.30. Payment processing is extra: 2.9% + $0.30 on US cards. Small memberships pay more per dollar because of the fixed fee.
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Move patrons across without breaking their trust.
List every tier.
Write down price, billing date, benefits, active members and what you owe each tier. The Patreon move guide has the full checklist.
Export the member fields you may use.
Keep consent and match the right email addresses. A member list alone does not give anyone paid access.
Turn benefits into Tapmy offers.
Recurring access runs through a Community. Use Create a membership for each tier, and add calls, Courses or downloads as separate offers.
Test before you invite anyone.
Check onboarding, what each member sees, payment and cancellation with a small pilot group. See test before switching traffic.
Tell members what changes.
Say what moves, by when, and what they have to do. Avoid billing anyone on both platforms.
Keep Patreon open until commitments settle.
Close it only after failed payments, access and open support cases are sorted.
Cards and subscriptions do not move on their own. Plan for members to rejoin and pay again in Tapmy; there is no verified one-click Patreon migration.