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Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile

Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile

Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile

Twitch is upping subscription prices on mobile
Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge

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 , 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.