Managing your subscription

You manage and cancel a subscription wherever you bought it, plus what changes when Premium lapses.

Updated Aug 19, 2026

There is one rule that surprises almost everybody, so it goes first:
you manage a subscription wherever you bought it, not wherever you
happen to be signed in today.

Premium itself follows your account across every device. The
contract does not — it stays with whoever took your money.

Where to go

  • Bought on the web, in the Windows app, or in the Uptodown Android
    build
    — manage it at /subscription. Cancelling,
    payment details and receipts all live there.
  • Bought in the Google Play version of the Android app — manage it
    in the Play Store's subscriptions screen. OutaStory cannot
    cancel it for you, and it will not appear as cancellable on our
    subscription page.
  • Bought in the iPhone, iPad or macOS app — manage it in your
    App Store account settings, in the subscriptions section.

If you are not sure which one applies, think back to where you
confirmed the purchase. That is the place.

Cancelling

Cancelling stops the renewal. It does not cut Premium off on the
spot: you keep everything Premium gives you until the end of the
period you have already paid for, and after that the entitlement
simply switches off.

Nothing else happens at that moment. You are not signed out, your
account is untouched, and nothing you have written is deleted.

Payment details, invoices and receipts

These live with whoever took the payment, for the same reason as
cancellation. Changing a card, downloading an invoice or finding a
receipt happens on the subscription page for a web, Windows or
Uptodown purchase, and in the store account for a Play or App Store
purchase. We cannot re-issue a receipt for a payment that never went
through us.

What changes when Premium ends

Your account keeps working. Your stories, drafts, favourites,
comments and reading positions all stay exactly as they are. What
stops is the Premium-only behaviour:

  • Offline downloads stop being available to make, and an existing
    offline library stops being confirmed. See
    Reading offline.
  • The OutaStory mark on your covers comes back. This is the one
    that catches authors out. Premium is re-checked when a cover is
    baked, so if your subscription has lapsed and you save a cover again
    or restore an older version, the mark is stamped on. See
    Cover limits, versions and the OutaStory mark.
  • Ad-free reading and Read along in the audio player end.

Nothing is deleted, and re-subscribing later brings the entitlement —
and everything that depends on it — straight back.

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