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App Store - Paid Apps prices have ALL gone up

  • 26-10-2012 3:13am
    #1
    eorpach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 301 ✭✭


    Apple have raised prices in the App Store across Europe overnight - Ireland included. The 79c and €1.59 price points are a thing of the past (now 89c and €1.79 respectively).

    I notice for example that Ryanair's App has gone from €2.99 to €3.59 - that's a fairly hefty jump!!


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  • #2
    Zapp Brannigan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,326 ✭✭✭Zapp Brannigan


    Wasn't this announced a while ago? Or was it the UK price hike?


  • #3
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Anyone know, who is getting the extra money? Is it the developers or Apple? If the developers are getting nothing extra out of this then I think I will be finished with ios products.


  • #4
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    As I said in the other thread, these price increases are due to changes in the value of the Euro and VAT. Apple have always kept international prices roughly in sync with US prices. That includes dropping prices when the Euro is strong.


  • #5
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    Sad Professor wrote: »
    As I said in the other thread, these price increases are due to changes in the value of the Euro and VAT. Apple have always kept international prices roughly in sync with US prices. That includes dropping prices when the Euro is strong.

    But Apps are not hardware and they are not developed by Apple. Apple only host them on their servers. I can understand them putting up the prices for hardware as that is out of their control. To me this comes across as Apple taking advantage of the exchange rate to push up app prices, and that pisses me off especially if the developers get nothing out of this.


  • #6
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Developers get 60 percent.


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  • #7
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,583 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    jester77 wrote: »
    But Apps are not hardware and they are not developed by Apple. Apple only host them on their servers. I can understand them putting up the prices for hardware as that is out of their control. To me this comes across as Apple taking advantage of the exchange rate to push up app prices, and that pisses me off especially if the developers get nothing out of this.
    Sad Professor wrote: »
    Developers get 60 percent.

    Apple's contract with developers is that apple takes 30% and the developer gets 70%, regardless if the price was 1c or €1,000,000


  • #8
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,755 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    TBH, it doesnt really affect me at the moment, 95% of my apps are free anyway.


  • #9
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,583 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    this argument is kinda moot...

    pay lots to buy phone sim free or tie into an extortionate contact, complain about buying a micro purchase of 89c.


  • #10
    Sad Professor
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,679 CMod ✭✭✭✭Sad Professor


    Creamy Goodness wrote: »



    Apple's contract with developers is that apple takes 30% and the developer gets 70%, regardless if the price was 1c or €1,000,000
    In Europe the split is 60/40 because of VAT.


  • #11
    NaTaRz
    Registered Users Posts: 1 ✭NaTaRz


    Even in app purchases have gone up and actually cost more than the app itself , I had enough to buy an in app purchase and now I can't :( stupid prices :(


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  • #12
    Creamy Goodness
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,583 ✭✭✭✭Creamy Goodness


    NaTaRz wrote: »
    Even in app purchases have gone up and actually cost more than the app itself , I had enough to buy an in app purchase and now I can't :( stupid prices :(
    that makes no sense?

    the lowest price for an app is now 89c and lowest in-app purchase is now 89c.

    in-app purchases always cost either the same as the app (app was 79c, in-app was 79c), lower than the app (if the app was like 2.99) or more expensive (app was free, in-app 79c.


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