Tapjoy Alternatives in 2026: Offerwalls for Apps and Games

Is Tapjoy shutting down, and what are the alternatives?

No. Tapjoy is not shutting down. ironSource bought Tapjoy in January 2022, Unity merged with ironSource in November 2022, and Unity now runs the product as the Tapjoy offerwall, documented as Unity Offerwall, with SDKs for Android, iOS, Unity, React Native, and Flutter plus a web version. The product that was retired is the ironSource Offerwall, whose users Unity moved to Tapjoy. If you still want a different or second wall for your app or game, the DT Offer Wall from Digital Turbine, AdGem, ayeT-Studios, BitLabs, and Sharklio all accept app publishers today.

Everything about other providers comes from their official sites and documentation, checked on October 22, 2026. Providers change their products often, so confirm the details with them before you integrate.

What happened to Tapjoy and the ironSource Offerwall

Most “Tapjoy shutting down” searches come from three real changes that are easy to mix up: the acquisitions, the replacement of the ironSource Offerwall, and the 2026 sunset of a different ironSource product.

As of October 22, 2026, tapjoy.com redirects to Unity’s Tapjoy offerwall page, which describes “an in-app rewarded marketplace connecting top advertisers with leading publishers”, and the old developer site redirects to Unity’s documentation. We found no announcement that Unity plans to close the Tapjoy offerwall.

What it is called now

The name depends on where you look. Unity’s offerwall documentation calls it Unity Offerwall and lists an Android SDK, iOS SDK, Unity SDK, React Native SDK, Flutter SDK, and a Web Offerwall. The product page and the Unity Dashboard call it the Tapjoy Offerwall, and you still apply for a Tapjoy publisher account to use it. The SDK code keeps the Tapjoy name too, for example Tapjoy.Connect in the Unity plugin. So “Tapjoy”, “Tapjoy from Unity”, and “Unity Offerwall” are the same product.

If you searched for an ironSource Offerwall alternative

Unity’s official path for ironSource Offerwall users is the Tapjoy Offerwall. Its migration checklist says to keep listening for server-to-server callbacks from ironSource and keep rewarding users for 90 days after the date you stop showing new offers through the ironSource Offerwall. If you never made that move, you are choosing a new wall anyway, so the comparison below applies to you as much as to Tapjoy users. The ironSource Ads sunset is about ads demand, not offerwalls; our guide to Unity Ads alternatives covers that side.

Reasons to switch, or to add a second wall

Because Tapjoy is still running, “alternative” usually means one of these:

• A second wall next to Tapjoy. Offer coverage differs by country and device, and most reward apps run more than one wall. Best offerwalls for publishers explains how to test several side by side.
• A different integration. Some providers have no Flutter or React Native SDK, some offer a web wall you open from a link, and some give you an offers API to build your own screen.
• Control over currency. You may want balances on your own server, several currencies, or a different reward split.
• Commercial terms and support. Payout schedules, minimums, and how reversals are deducted vary, and few providers publish them, so get them in writing.

If Tapjoy earns well for you and none of these apply, the cheapest change is no change. Test an alternative on part of your audience before you remove anything.

Tapjoy alternatives compared (as of October 2026)

Listed alphabetically after Tapjoy, not ranked. “Not stated” means we did not find it on the provider’s official site or documentation, not that it does not exist.

Payout schedules and minimums are left out because most providers set them at sign-up, so ask each one directly.

The alternatives, one by one

DT Offer Wall (Digital Turbine)

Digital Turbine’s offer wall now ships inside the DT FairBid SDK. Its SDK integration guide covers Android, iOS, and Unity, and the Android changelog lists version 3.68.0 on September 15, 2026, so the SDK is actively maintained. You set apps up in the self-service DT Console, which needs a confirmed DT publisher account, and new apps start in a testing status until you set them live. Its rewarding guide compares server-side rewarding with a hosted virtual currency server, much like Tapjoy’s self-managed and managed currency, which makes it one of the closer matches for a Tapjoy setup.

AdGem

AdGem’s integration docs split options into pre-built ones (a web offerwall and iOS, Android, and Unity SDKs) and partner-built ones where you own the interface (Prism over GraphQL and a REST Offer API). Its reward mechanism page recommends v3 server-to-server postbacks, which it describes as POST-based and signed, and says postbacks fire on payable conversion events by default. The website says AdGem works in more than 180 countries and has a sign-up link for publishers. There is no Flutter or React Native SDK in its docs, so cross-platform apps would use the web wall in a WebView.

ayeT-Studios

ayeT-Studios offers an offerwall, a survey wall called Polltastic, and rewarded video for iOS, Android, and web, integrated with a web offerwall link or an SDK. Its site lists both server-to-server and signed client-side callbacks, plus Reporting and Static Offers APIs. Its GitHub organization hosts an iOS SDK v2 package for Swift Package Manager, updated in September 2026, along with Flutter and React Native SDK repositories and demo apps for Android, iOS, and Flutter. A good fit if you want surveys and offers from one provider.

BitLabs

BitLabs is best known for surveys and also offers games and offers, receipt scanning, and cashback. It has SDKs for Android, iOS, Flutter, React Native, and Unity. Its currency settings take a base multiplier (for example 1,000 points per $1), a user reward share, and your currency name, and its callback docs describe reconciliation callbacks for rewards that are later reversed. It is one of the few that explains its payout model: a revenue share where CPI offers pay you on install and CPE offers pay per completed event. Sign-up goes through its sales team, and your workspace must be verified before you get demand.

Sharklio

Sharklio is a pay-per-result affiliate network. App and game publishers run it through the Android or iOS SDK, the Unity or Flutter plugin, the React Native package, a signed offerwall link, or the Offers API for a custom screen. Every publisher application is reviewed by hand. Choosing an offerwall SDK for Android and choosing one for Unity compare SDK options in more depth.

Migration checklist: moving balances and currency off Tapjoy

The code is the easy part. The risk is players losing currency, getting paid twice, or seeing their coins suddenly worth less. Work through these in order.

1. Find out where balances live. Unity’s virtual currency overview explains the two models. With Tapjoy-managed currency, balances sit on Tapjoy’s servers. With self-managed currency, they are already on yours and there is nothing to move.
2. Copy managed balances before you remove the SDK. For a live app moving from managed to self-managed currency, Unity’s docs describe calling getCurrencyBalance with the previous SDK key on first launch and writing the result into your own system. Do the same before you leave: ship one release that reads each player’s Tapjoy balance, stores it on your server, and only then switches the in-game balance to your server. Keep that code in place until most active players have opened the new version.
3. Keep the old callback endpoint running. Offers players started on Tapjoy can complete days or weeks later. Unity told ironSource Offerwall users to keep rewarding callbacks for 90 days after they stopped showing new offers; ask Unity for the window that applies when you leave Tapjoy, and leave your self-managed currency callback live for at least that long.
4. Keep your currency worth the same. Players notice when an offer that paid 500 gems last week pays 300 today. Set the new wall so the same dollar payout shows the same amount of currency. The virtual currency calculator and how to set your virtual currency exchange rate help with the math.
5. Separate transaction IDs by provider. Store each reward with the provider name and its transaction ID as a unique key, so a Tapjoy retry and a new provider’s callback can never collide or double-credit. Preventing duplicate reward credits shows the pattern.
6. Plan for reversals on both walls. Each provider reports reversals differently. Decide how you take back currency a player already spent, and set a reward hold period that covers both walls during the overlap.
7. Update store privacy forms. A new SDK can change what your app collects. Review your Google Play Data safety form and Apple privacy details before you submit the new build.
8. Tell players. Say where pending rewards from old offers will come from and how long they may take, and keep a support path open for them.

How to test an alternative before you switch

• Integrate the new wall next to Tapjoy, not instead of it, and show it to a share of players first.
• Use the same placement and the same currency value on both walls, so the results are comparable.
• Open both walls on real devices in your top countries and count the offers a player would actually see.
• After a few weeks, compare earnings per 1,000 daily active users after reversals, not gross revenue. The offerwall earnings calculator helps you estimate.

For placement inside a game and app store rules, see Monetize a mobile game with an offerwall and offerwall rules for iOS apps. If you came here from an OfferToro search, OfferToro alternatives covers the web-first walls.

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