Changelog

Welcome to the changelog section of Freemius, here you’ll find our weekly technical update notes. You can subscribe to all posts via newsletter or follow us on Twitter to stay updated.

This week, we’re rolling out a useful feature for our App makers. Freemius already supports license activation out of the box, which means you don’t have to build your own license server and can completely offload this workflow to Freemius. Activation, sync, and deactivation are all handled from your app by making API calls to Freemius.

Your customers can also deactivate licenses from our Customer Portal. However, up until now, there wasn’t an easy way for App makers to deactivate a license directly from the Developer Dashboard when helping customers with activation-related issues.

This week, we are releasing an update that enables this workflow.

Manager activations of a user from the Developer Dashboard

To use it, go to the user by clicking the Users section from the sidebar and navigating to the desired user. You will now see a new Activation section, where you can browse the activations the user has made for your app. You will also find a Deactivate button, which you can use to deactivate the license from the app instance.

We hope this makes your workflow easier and gives you more tools to support your customers quickly and effectively.

June 9, 2026

This week, we’re rolling out several quality-of-life improvements to our Developer Dashboard.

Developer Role Can Manage Webhooks

We noticed a regression where a team member with the Developer role could not manage webhooks. This has been fixed.

Manage webhooks in Freemius Developer Dashboard

Fixed Various UI Glitches on the Plan Page

We noticed a few bugs on the Plan page where, in some cases, adding or removing currencies could break parts of the UI. We also found some edge cases where recommended pricing was not working properly.

We also noticed that there was no clear way to delete single-unit USD pricing. This could be confusing for makers selling in local markets where USD pricing is not relevant or supported.

Since pricing configuration is one of the more important parts of product setup, we did a thorough investigation and rewrote several sections of the page to make the experience more reliable.

Pricing and plan page in Freemius Developer Dashboard

We hope this fixes the reported bugs and UI glitches. If you notice any issues, please report them to us through support.

Fixed Unit Label in the License Creation Dialog

We noticed that the license creation dialog was always showing “Site”, even for SaaS and App products with a custom unit label.

Create license dialog

This has now been fixed.

June 9, 2026

This week, we are rolling out some significant quality-of-life improvements to the Developer Dashboard. These changes are not only aimed at fixing bugs, but also improving performance across data-heavy areas of the Dashboard.

Improved Data Loading in Tables

If you visit data-heavy pages like Licenses, Users, Subscriptions, Payments, and others, you will notice that the pages now feel snappier and load data faster than before.

Freemius Developer Dashboard with Data Tables

We also found a bug where the Search UI could disappear after opening the sidepane, and have rolled out a fix for the same. We hope these improvements give you a better experience while browsing your data.

Confirmation Before Price Deletion

Confirm price deletion

The Dashboard will now ask for confirmation before deleting any price. This adds an extra layer of protection against accidental deletions, especially when managing multiple licenses, billing cycles, or currencies.

Other Fixes and Improvements

  • We noticed a few broken icons in some UIs and have rolled out a fix.
  • We noticed a UI glitch in the Setup Checklist section, and this has been fixed as well.

May 26, 2026

Invoices generated by Freemius include helpful information about various discounts, such as annual discounts and multi-license discounts, to help build buyer trust and confidence.

Freemius invoice example

However, we received feedback from our makers that discounts did not always look good, especially after a pricing update. For example, if makers increased their prices, the invoice could show a discount line saying “Additional Discounts”, which may not always be appealing to buyers.

Invoice with additional discount

To address this feedback, we are rolling out an update to our system. Invoices can now detect when there has been a pricing update and, in such cases, avoid rendering those additional discount lines to keep the invoice simple and straightforward.

Invoice without additional discount

This change applies only when the product pricing has been updated. Otherwise, invoices will continue showing discounts as before. We hope this addresses the issue. If you have any feedback, you can always contact our support team from the Developer Dashboard.

May 26, 2026

We have updated our billing form to accept Tax IDs of up to 18 characters. Previously, it was limited to 16 characters, which did not work well for some regions, such as China.

Billing Tax ID update

As Freemius continues expanding support for makers from different regions, small updates like this help make the platform more flexible for local billing and compliance requirements.

If you have any other issues, please feel free to contact our support.

May 26, 2026