50% Price increase for Apple App Store purchases in Pakistan

Apple today announced that it will be revising prices for Apple App Store in Pakistan keeping in view the devaluation of currency. This will result in 50% price increase for Apple App Store purchases in Pakistan.

Until today, Apple prices were still based on Rs. 100 per dollar in Pakistan however, according to the recent report by Apple today, the price changes will take affect in a few days.

Apple states:

When taxes or foreign exchange rates change, we sometimes need to update prices on the App Store. In the next few days, prices of apps on the App Store and in-app purchases (excluding auto-renewable subscriptions) will change in the following countries,

further adding that for Pakistan:

Prices will increase due to changes in foreign exchange rates.

Developers now have the option to change and revise prices for apps in the Apple Store Connect and according to Apple, developers have the option to “preserve prices for existing subscribers”.

It means that if some developers choose, they can stick to the current prices for customer who are subscribed to apps or services on recurring subscription. Although this depends completely on the developer if he wishes to do so and not on Apple.

As Apple has stated on it’s website addressing to developers:

For subscriptions, you have the option to preserve prices for existing subscribers.

Updated Apple App Store Price Tier Charts for Pakistan:

Tier	Customer Price	Tier	Customer Price
0	0	51	8500
1	150	52	9500
2	300	53	9900
3	450	54	10900
4	600	55	11900
5	750	56	12500
6	900	57	12900
7	1100	58	13900
8	1200	59	14900
9	1400	60	15900
10	1500	61	16900
11	1700	62	17900
12	1900	63	18900
13	2000	64	19900
14	2200	65	21900
15	2300	66	22900
16	2500	67	24900
17	2600	68	25900
18	2800	69	26900
19	2900	70	27900
20	3100	71	29900
21	3200	72	31900
22	3400	73	32900
23	3600	74	34900
24	3700	75	35900
25	3900	76	36900
26	4000	77	39900
27	4200	78	44900
28	4300	79	54900
29	4500	80	59900
30	4600	81	69900
31	4800	82	79900
32	4900	83	89900
33	5100	84	99900
34	5200	85	129900
35	5400	86	139900
36	5500	87	149900
37	5700
38	5900
39	6000
40	6200
41	6400
42	6500
43	6600
44	6800
45	6900
46	7100
47	7200
48	7400
49	7500
50	7900