320 products · 52 countries · prices read 2026-10-06

The same price is not the same cost.

ChatGPT costs $19.99 in the United States and $17.68 in Pakistan — 12% less. At local average income that is 5 h 43 min of work in Pakistan against 28 min in the United States: 12× more.

🇵🇰 $17.68 5 h 43 min
🇺🇸 $19.99 28 min
ChatGPT · 19 countries priced
Same price, more work
🇵🇰Pakistan
$17.68/mo 5 h 43 min
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🇺🇸United States
$19.99/mo 28 min

One square is one hour of work. Average income is GNI per capita at purchasing power parity, spread over 2,080 working hours a year. How this is calculated

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What would you save in another country?

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What you pay for

Headline plan of each subscription, per month, in US dollars at the day's rate. App marks a price paid in the iPhone app (App Store); each subscription is compared across countries in one channel. Data of 2026-10-06. Tax and local fees are as the storefront shows them.

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How far apart the same product can be

Cheapest country's flag on the left, dearest's on the right, every other country a dot between — against that product's own world median.

The widest spread we hold is Boomplay: $0.68 in Nigeria against $13.21 in the United Kingdom — 19× as much, across 18 priced countries.

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Why do subscription prices differ by country?

Most digital services price by region, against what people in each market can pay rather than against the dollar. Currency moves, local taxes and app-store price tiers widen the gap. How the prices here are collected.

Which subscription has the biggest price difference between countries?

Of the products priced in fifteen or more countries, Boomplay: $0.68 in Nigeria against $13.21 in the United Kingdom.

Which country is cheapest for subscriptions overall?

Egypt, on the Subscription Price Index: across the subscriptions priced there, it pays 41% below the world median. The full ranking.

What do I need to pay another country’s price?

A VPN connection to that country when you sign up, and a payment card its checkout accepts. It usually breaks the vendor’s terms of service. The step-by-step guide covers what can go wrong.

How current are the prices on this site?

They were last read on 2026-10-06. Every product page shows when each figure was collected, and the change log records every price move with its date.

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What changed, and when

131 price moves recorded with dates, each with the source that reported it.

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Every price is read from a named source and rebuilt weekly. How a price is chosen →