Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile

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If you subscribe to Twitch channels from Twitch’s mobile app, you might have to pay a bit more starting in October.

Twitch announced on Wednesday that that Tier 1 and gift subscriptions in more than 40 countries will have a higher price on the mobile app starting October 1st. According to emails from Twitch shared by Dexerto and on Reddit, Tier 1 subscriptions will cost $7.99 per month, an increase from the current Tier 1 price on the app of $5.99 per month. The cost of Tier 2 and Tier 3 subscriptions will remain the same.

The July price hike, which affected subscriptions on the web, upped a Tier 1 subscription to $5.99 per month in the US, an increase of $1. (Once the new mobile price increase takes effect, subscribing via the app will once again be more expensive than on web; like other companies, Twitch charges higher prices for subscriptions on mobile apps as a way to offset Apple and Google’s app store fees.)

Last year, Twitch increased the price of Twitch Turbo, its monthly subscription that removes ads, from $8.99 per month to $11.99 per month in the US.

source https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/21/24225463/twitch-subscription-price-increase-mobile-web