By popular demand, this week we’re rolling out support for Swiss Franc in our Checkout. Freemius already supports selling in various local currencies, and this addition will help makers offer a more localized purchasing experience to customers in Switzerland.
To enable it, simply go to Developer Dashboard → Plans and add the currency from the UI.
Once added, Swiss Franc will become available in the Checkout.
You can learn more about selling in local currencies in our Checkout documentation.
August 4, 2026
Freemius provides seamless license activation for Apps. Makers selling downloadable applications can delegate license activation to the Freemius API. After a purchase, Freemius automatically sends the license key to the customer, who can then activate the product by entering it inside the application.
However, we understand that some makers prefer to manage license activation in-house. In such cases, license keys generated and shared by Freemius may be unnecessary and could confuse customers.
To address this, we have introduced a new option in the Developer Dashboard that lets you hide license keys from your customers. From your product’s dashboard, go to Settings → License Keys and disable the Show license keys to customers switch.
Once disabled, Freemius will no longer send license keys to your customers through email or expose them in the Customer Portal.
You can then use events and webhooks to implement your own licensing automation. We recommend listening for license.created, license.extended, and license.expired, and other related events, which Freemius fires at the relevant stages of the license lifecycle.
August 4, 2026
This week, we rolled out a few quality-of-life improvements to the Developer Dashboard.
We noticed a UI bug where the Developer Dashboard would incorrectly initiate an API request to cancel the subscription associated with a lifetime payment when processing a partial refund. Since lifetime payments do not have an associated subscription, the request would eventually fail and create a confusing refund experience.
We have rolled out a fix so that partial refunds for lifetime payments are now processed without attempting to cancel a subscription.
Freemius allows you to add team members to manage your product with different roles and levels of access. However, we noticed that the UI did not clearly explain that the email address being added must already be registered with Freemius.
We have updated the UI to make this requirement clearer and help makers avoid confusion when adding team members. We have also updated the documentation with additional guidance.
August 2, 2026
Freemius includes a marketing automation feature that sends emails after a product purchase and installation to collect reviews from your customers. This is a great way to build social proof based on genuine customer feedback.
For example, you can display these reviews in the Checkout to help boost your conversion rate.
Until now, this feature was available only for WordPress and App products. With today’s deployment, we are extending it to SaaS products as well. Seven days after a purchase, Freemius will automatically send the customer a request for a review.
The feature is enabled automatically for all SaaS products on our platform, so you do not need to configure anything to start collecting reviews. You can then use the Freemius API to fetch and display them on your website or pricing pages.
July 21, 2026
This week, we’re rolling out several UI enhancements and bug fixes in our Developer Dashboard.
Freemius allows you to connect your HelpScout account to improve your support experience. Customer purchase and licensing data appears directly inside the HelpScout panel. In addition, you can connect HelpScout Docs, which Freemius will use within the built-in support form.
However, we noticed a small UI glitch that pushed some components of the integration form down the page. We have rolled out a fix and, in the process, refreshed the page design to make it more consistent with the rest of the application.
We noticed a minor alignment issue in the deployment UI within the Developer Dashboard.
We have fixed the issue, making the deployment interface cleaner and more consistent.
July 14, 2026
