Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile

If you subscribe to Twitch channels from Twitch’s mobile app, you mightiness person to wage a spot much starting successful October.

Twitch announced connected Wednesday that Tier 1 and acquisition subscriptions successful much than 40 countries volition person a higher terms connected the mobile app starting connected October 1st. According to emails from Twitch shared by Dexerto and on Reddit, Tier 1 subscriptions volition outgo $7.99 per month, an summation from the existent Tier 1 terms connected the app of $5.99 per month. The outgo of Tier 2 and Tier 3 subscriptions volition stay the same.

The July terms hike, which affected subscriptions connected the web, upped a Tier 1 subscription to $5.99 per period successful the US, an summation of $1. (Once the caller mobile terms summation takes effect, subscribing via the app volition erstwhile again beryllium much costly than connected the web; similar different companies, Twitch charges higher prices for subscriptions connected mobile apps arsenic a mode to offset Apple’s and Google’s app store fees.)

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