Kiwis avoid Apple's App Store price hike
Australian's will pay about 15 per cent more for apps in Apple's App Store, though Kiwis have managed to avoid the increase. The price rise is being attributed to the falling Aussie dollar, but New Zealand's prices are staying the same despite the kiwi also losing value recently.
According to 9 to 5 Mac, Apple is raising the price of apps, in-app purchases and app subscriptions in the Australian App Store by 15 per cent within the next day or so.
An app costing AU$1.29, for instance, will go up 20 cents to AU$1.49. This means Kiwis will be getting a much better deal when buying apps than Australians. However, we already seem to get cheaper prices. For example, the game Goat Simulator costs us $6.49 while they pay AU$7.99. The same goes for Monument Valley - $4.99 versus AU$5.99.
Our prices went down in April 2014, due to the strengthening kiwi, while Australian prices went up. Apple sent a notice to developers detailing the price hikes, which also affect Indonesia and Sweden. While app fees look to be going up for the time being, Apple has given developers two new low-tier price points to play with as well.
They are called "Alternate Tier A" and "Alternate Tier B" and will only be added to the Australian store.
Apple also said it won't cancel auto-renewing subscriptions as a result of the price increase. Instead, it will notify subscribers via email of the changes. That's a departure from its previous practice of automatically cancelling subscriptions due to a price change, according to 9 to 5 Mac.
First appeared on Stuff.co.nz
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