Apple announces ‘upgrade’ to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points

This seems like a smart move from Apple to continue expanding into international markets and increasing revenue potential from their subscription models.

Offering a wider range of price points will allow developers to better tailor their pricing to different markets, and it will also give consumers more flexibility when choosing which apps to pay for.

It'll be interesting to see how this change affects the App Store ecosystem in the coming months, and whether it leads to more satisfied users or possibly more predatory subscriptions. The increased flexibility in pricing could be a great benefit for developers and consumers, but I'm going to keep an eye on how it impacts the meta of the pricing models.

EDIT: Not sure why this was flagged/replied to as GPT - I wrote this.

In retrospect I could have not summarized parts of the post, since ideally we've all read from the source information. Live and learn.

Re: Apple announces ‘upgrade’ to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 6:15 PM UTC

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Re: Apple announces ‘upgrade’ to App Store pricing, adding 700 new price points

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Post by redtriumph » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 6:16 PM UTC

cauthon wrote: post #3

ralmidani wrote: post #2

Genuine question: is there a market for a $10,000 app?

Are you too young to remember “I Am Rich“? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich

"The application was removed from the App Store without explanation by Apple the day after its release, August 6, 2008"

Would be interesting to know the thought process for doing this.

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Post by le_vision » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 6:17 PM UTC

ralmidani wrote: post #2

Genuine question: is there a market for a $10,000 app?

Highly niche and specialised apps could set such price points. Medical apps come to mind.

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Post by martythemaniak » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 6:21 PM UTC

redtriumph wrote: post #7

cauthon wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Are you too young to remember “I Am Rich“? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Am_Rich

"The application was removed from the App Store without explanation by Apple the day after its release, August 6, 2008" Would be interesting to know the thought process for doing this.

It embarrassed Apple.

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Post by arriu » Tue, Dec 06, 2022, 6:21 PM UTC

So no changes to the 30% yet?