Steven Millward · · 1 min readApple allows China App Store to price apps as low as 16 cents
Some apps in China’s iOS App Store are now available for a mere RMB 1 – that’s US$0.16. It’s the cheapest rate for a paid app anywhere in the world.
The lowest paid tier in the China App Store used to be a more conventional RMB 6 (US$0.98), which equates to the US$0.99 level in the US App Store.
Apps and games such as Plague Inc, Limbo, Doodle Jump, and GoodReader are now available in the China App Store for a mere 16 cents.
We’ve contacted Apple to find out if this is a temporary promotion – perhaps linked to Monday’s rollout of UnionPay as a new payment option for the App Store in the country. We’ll update if we hear back.
See: China Mobile says most of its 4G subscribers are using iPhones
(Hat-tip to QQ Tech (article in Chinese) for spotting this)
Editing by Paul Bischoff
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