Android vs iOS prices

Nitymp
Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
edited October 2016 in MtGPQ General Discussion
So it has relatively recently come to my attention that prices for purchases on Android cost more than they do on iOS in the UK.

For example, Arlinn Kord will cost me £36.49 (translated from $39.99 from the game) on my Android phone, but if I was to buy her on my alt account on my iPhone, she would only cost me £29.99.

There has also been a similar pricing difference for every single previous purchase I have made which begs the question... why is it different?! Surely this means that I have overpaid by roughly 20% on all my previous purchases just because I have an android?

Anyone in the UK on android being charged the lower amount instead, unlike me?

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  • ZW2007-
    ZW2007- Posts: 812 Critical Contributor
    I'm an android player in the US and Arlinn is $39.99 for me as well. Curious what she costs for iOS users in the US.
  • glggwp
    glggwp Posts: 202 Tile Toppler
    wow really???? ****???
  • Nitymp
    Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    ZW2007- wrote:
    I'm an android player in the US and Arlinn is $39.99 for me as well. Curious what she costs for iOS users in the US.

    See my android has all the prices displayed in $$, and the exchange rate is pretty awful, hence it being £36.49, which I get.

    But why does my ios version of the game have all the prices displayed in ££ already?? This is what I don't understand and am pretty annoyed at now.
  • yunnnn
    yunnnn Posts: 168 Tile Toppler
    And don't forget that Apple regularly has 15-20-25% discounts on itunes cards. I installed this game on my android device, and honestly, the lack of value is keeping me from $WHALING$ HARD.

    If they allow android - apple crossover accounts, I will spend a couple hundred instantly. But this certainly doesn't seem to be high on their priority list of features...
  • Fiddler
    Fiddler Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    Had another Canadian player state that the new PW was $51.99 on their device. It is $54.99 on mine.
    I wonder if any other Canadians can confirm the $51.99 price point?
    If so, it does not make sense that it has different prices for different players in the same country.
  • bk1234
    bk1234 Posts: 2,924 Chairperson of the Boards
    ZW2007- wrote:
    I'm an android player in the US and Arlinn is $39.99 for me as well. Curious what she costs for iOS users in the US.

    She's the same price. Conversion rates are based off of US prices so they will always be they same here.

    The international rares also change according to current market conversions.

    Still should be the same for iOS and Android.
  • aesith
    aesith Posts: 53 Match Maker
    That was me Fid. Posted screen shot on Slack-a-pult channel.
  • Fiddler
    Fiddler Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    Yup. posted my own screenshot too.

    It even shows that only Arlinn Kord has a different price across devices.
    Looks like Apple users are being overcharged.

    So do we have to shop around now to find the best price, and submit support tickets? People in my corporation would lose jobs over stuff like this.
  • Nitymp
    Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    Wait... so now the reverse is also true but for the PW purchases??
  • Fiddler
    Fiddler Posts: 251 Mover and Shaker
    No reverse. I am the Apple user. My price is CAD $54.99.
    The other player is an Android user. Their price is CAD $51.99.

    Other deals, like the Special Offer, are the same price for both of us.

    I am assuming that it is just this one thing. Imagine if mana crystal costs were different! That would affect a lot of accounts.
  • Nitymp
    Nitymp Posts: 320 Mover and Shaker
    Yeah, but I meant as in you were the reverse to me here, with android being more expensive in the UK.

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