Do your users need an OverSkill account?

No — your users never pay anything and never need the paid account you build with. They sign in with a free OverSkill account that works across every OverSkill app. Here's the difference.

You're building an app and you want people to sign in to it. Fair question to ask first: do my users have to create an OverSkill account too? Do they have to pay?

Short answer: no. Your users never pay anything, and they never need the kind of paid account you use to build. Here's how it actually works.

The short version

When you turn on sign-in for your app, your users sign in with a free OverSkill account. That's a different thing from the creator account you build with:

• It's free — your users never pay OverSkill a cent.
• It has no credits — credits are a builder thing (see What are credits?). Your users never see them.
• It works across every OverSkill app — one free sign-in, reusable anywhere, no new password per app.

Two kinds of OverSkill account

It helps to keep these straight.

Your creator account (what you have)

• You're on a plan — paid, or the free creator tier
• It has credits — the fuel for building and changing apps
• It's where you build, publish, and manage your apps

Your users' accounts (what your visitors get)

• Completely free — nothing to buy, nothing to manage
• No credits, no plan
• Used only to sign in to your app

A person can have both, by the way. Someone who signs in to your app today could decide to build their own app tomorrow — same free account. They'd just pick a creator plan when they're ready. The sign-in itself is always free.

One sign-in, every OverSkill app

Here's the part that trips people up. Your users are signing up to your app — you own them, and you own their data (more on that below). But the actual login is handled by OverSkill behind the scenes, so you never have to build or maintain a login system yourself.

Think of a store that offers Sign in with Google. The shoppers are the store's customers — but Google handles the password. With OverSkill, OverSkill handles the sign-in. And because it's one shared OverSkill sign-in, your users:

• Don't create a new password for every app. Already signed in to one OverSkill app? They're recognized on the next one.
• See a quick one-time Allow this app to use your name and email? screen the first time they open each new app. After that, it's instant.

What your users actually experience

The first time someone opens your app on a page that requires sign-in:

1. They see a clean sign-in / sign-up screen.
2. They choose email or a social option like Google, Apple, or GitHub — whatever you've turned on (see Adding social login).
3. They approve a quick Allow [your app] to use your name and email? prompt.
4. They're in — and they stay signed in until they sign out.

No downloads. No OverSkill plan. No payment.

Who owns the users and their data?

You do. Even though OverSkill powers the sign-in, the people who use your app are your app's members:

• You see their email and when they joined, in the editor sidebar → Users.
• Their data belongs to you, and you can export it any time.
• You can disable, reset, or remove a user from that same screen.

OverSkill is just the plumbing that lets them log in. The relationship is between you and them.

Do my users ever pay OverSkill?

No. The only thing your app's users ever pay OverSkill is nothing — unless you decide to charge for your app. And if you do, that's your pricing, paid to you, completely separate from OverSkill credits. (See Selling your app and Restricting access to paid users.)

Frequently asked

Do my users need to buy an OverSkill plan? No. Sign-in is free for them. Plans and credits are for builders only.

Will my users get charged credits for using my app? No. Credits cover the AI work you do as the builder. Your users never touch them.

My user already has an OverSkill account — what happens? They sign right in. No second account, no duplicate password. The first time on your specific app, they'll see the quick Allow this app… screen, and that's it.

Does my app have to be listed on the OverSkill marketplace for this to work? No. The free sign-in works for any app you publish, whether or not it's listed anywhere.

Is my users' account the same one they'd use to build their own app? It can be. It's all one free OverSkill account. A person only becomes a creator — with credits and a plan — if they choose to start building and pick a plan. Signing in to your app costs them nothing and commits them to nothing.

What to read next

• How your app's users sign up — turn on sign-in in one prompt
• Adding social login — Google, Apple, GitHub
• What are credits? — the builder-side fuel your users never touch