Capawesome Insiders¶

Capawesome Insiders is a subscription that gives you access to premium, production-ready SDKs that aren't part of the open-source distribution, plus priority support. They're built and maintained by official Ionic Developer Experts and licensed under the Capawesome Insider License for commercial and non-commercial use. Insiders replaced our earlier sponsorware model with stable, predictable access to new SDKs.

To learn about pricing and see customer stories, visit the Insiders landing page.

What you get¶

Immediate access to all Insider SDKs the moment you subscribe.
Regular updates for new OS versions, security patches, and features.
Priority support from official Ionic Developer Experts.
New SDKs added regularly.

Available SDKs¶

Hardware & Sensors¶

Accelerometer — device acceleration and motion
Barometer — atmospheric pressure
Pedometer — step and walking activity
Bluetooth Low Energy — connect to BLE devices
NFC — read, write, and emulate NFC tags
Wifi — manage WiFi connections
Zeroconf — discover services on the local network
Health — read and write health and workout data

Authentication & Security¶

Biometrics — face and fingerprint authentication
OAuth — OAuth 2.0 and OpenID Connect
Secure Preferences — encrypted key-value storage
Vault — lockable, biometric-protected vaults

Media & Audio¶

Audio Player — playback with background support
Audio Recorder — high-quality recording
Media Session — media controls and metadata
Speech Recognition — speech-to-text
Speech Synthesis — text-to-speech

Scanning¶

Barcode Scanner — scan barcodes and QR codes
Document Scanner — scan documents to JPEG or PDF

Data & Files¶

Contacts — read, write, and select contacts
File Compressor — compress and decompress files
File Manager — read, write, and move files and directories
File Transfer — upload and download with progress
SQLite — local database
Zip — create and extract ZIP archives

Location¶

Background Geolocation — track location in the background
Geofences — monitor circular regions

Utilities¶

AdMob — banner, interstitial, and rewarded ads
Calendar — read and write calendars and events
Geocoder — geocoding and reverse geocoding
LLM — on-device AI with Gemini Nano and Apple Intelligence
Printer — print documents and images
Purchases — in-app purchases and subscriptions
Share Target — receive shared content
Watch — message Apple Watch and Wear OS apps

Become an Insider¶

Choose a plan on the pricing page.
Follow Getting Started to configure the private registry with your license key, or see Integrations to set it up in your CI/CD pipeline or build platform.

After subscribing, manage your license keys in the Console. Existing customers can use the Polar Customer Portal. See Billing & Plans for subscription management.