Michal Ždanský Those who follow the exchange rate of the Czech crown against the euro and the dollar may be asking themselves this question. As we know, the US dollar has a lower exchange rate than the currency of the European Union, and although the prices in the App Store are not in the ratio of 1 $: 1 €, there is still a certain disparity between the prices after the conversion. That's why we looked at the prices.
The exchange rate of the koruna against the dollar and the euro on the date 1. 2. 2011 it looked like this:
$1 = CZK 17,636
1 € = 24,192 CZK
It follows that we will pay the following amounts for the cheapest app in the App Store:
0,79 € = 19,10 CZK
$0,99 = CZK 17,46
At first glance, we can see that the difference when paying in euros is approx 1,50 CZK, which probably won't impress anyone, but this price increases with successive purchases, and in more expensive applications this difference becomes significant. We therefore compiled a smaller table for you where we compared the prices of expensive apps in the App Store, mostly navigation software:
| Application | CZ App Store | US App Store | € conversion to CZK | $ conversion to CZK | Difference CZK |
| OmniFocus iPhone | 15,99 € | $ 19,99 | 387 CZK | 352,50 CZK | 34,50 CZK |
| OmniFocus iPad | 31,99 € | $ 39,99 | 774 CZK | 705 CZK | 69 CZK |
| Sygic Aura Central Europe | 34,99 € | $ 43,99 | 846 CZK | 776 CZK | 70 CZK |
| Copilot Live Europe | 49,99 € | $ 64,99 | 1 209 $ | 1 146 $ | 63 CZK |
| Tom Tom Eastern Europe | 59,99 € | $ 74,99 | 1 451,50 $ | 1 322,70 $ | 128,80 CZK |
| Tom Tom Western Europe | 69,99 € | $ 89,99 | 1 693 $ | 1 587 $ | 106 CZK |
| iGo My Way Europe | 79,99 € | $ 99,99 | 1 935 $ | 1 763 $ | 172 CZK |
| Navigon Europe | 89,99 € | $ 119,99 | 2 177 $ | 2 116 $ | 61 CZK |
| Copilot Live Truck Europe | 189,99 € | $ 239,99 | 4 593 $ | 4 232 $ | 361 CZK |
As you can see, for some more expensive applications the price can differ by less than 200 CZK, for very expensive programs such as Copilot Live Truck Europe then the difference reaches over CZK 350. It is, however, a question whether, for the sake of a few hundreds of crowns saved, it is worth abandoning the convenience of purchasing with a credit card and switching to the US App Store and purchasing a Gift Card, as we showed you in our instructions.
The fact that you can find many more applications in the US App Store than in the Czech one appears as a big argument. It is worth noting Tom Tom Europe, which you won't find in a domestic store. If you want to use Tom Tom navigation throughout Europe, you must purchase the version Eastern a Western Europe, which will cost you several tens of dollars more and you have to use two separate applications. It is therefore up to everyone to decide how to deal with purchases on the App Store. I personally recommend having both accounts, both Czech and American, and then buying expensive applications such as navigation from the American account in order to save a few tens or hundreds of crowns.
fix your currencies. you managed to flip them over.
$0,79 = CZK 17,46
0,99 € = 19,1 CZK
Thanks, the bug creeps in :-)
Hello. Nice comparison, but please correct the mistake - you have swapped $ for €. See €0,79 = CZK 17,46
$0,99 = CZK 19,1
Why do you price individual apps and not a price map? The so-called Pricing Matrix…
The purpose was to show differences in specific cases, not just bare sums. In addition, it is also an overview of navigation prices in the App Store and converted to crowns, which may be useful to many readers
Make a realtime recalculation of the price map and popular apps :) It's just a few lines of javascript.
This is probably a little OT, but I'm wondering if I can expense purchased apps (both in the App Store and the Mac App Store)? Is only the statement that comes to me from iTunes enough?
The comparison is pretty good, but if I take into account that you can only buy with a gift card, where for example a $30 gift card is sold online for $35, then when I calculate it, it turns out the same for more expensive apps as if I bought it through cz account. I doubt that anyone here would sell those cards here without some $ for themselves, so the only thing is to have someone in the USA who will buy the gift cards for you at that price and send you the code, otherwise it will lose its importance. It looks nice on paper, but the reality is somewhere else. The same as comparing only the prices of, for example, an iPad in the USA and in the US according to the exchange rate, which changes every day, and there are also other things, warranty, etc.
If you look at the tutorial linked in the article, you will find that you can get a $30 Gift Card for $32, a $50 Gift Card for $52, and a $100 Gift Card for $102. So the margin is minimal. In addition, they can be purchased even cheaper on eBay, as jiripavlik writes.
Thus, anyone with a calculator can recalculate prices according to the (out-of-date) exchange rate. I would expect a little more invention from an article like this. This reminds me of a report from the Czech Statistical Office...
Yes, anyone can recalculate it, but someone has to think of it and someone has to put in the work so that others can read it. I don't know where you expect invention, this article was supposed to point out the price differences in the purchase, there is not much room for invention.
In terms of timeliness, the rate is as of the date this article was written. In addition, I do not think that the exchange rate would change significantly in a week, and any differences would be in units of crowns at the most.
Barberry.pha: You can buy gift cards on eBay for their actual price, sometimes even a penny cheaper. :-)
The table is too big - it won't fit on the iPhone display in mobile view .. Otherwise, an interesting article :)
The table is sensitive to the "lezato" on the iPhone :-)
Sometimes it pays to take a risk and you can get $200 gifts for 70-80 usd. But then you need to spend quickly - just to be sure :)
The table is exceptionally legible, like one of the few. It's quite a shame that the blog about Apple can't be displayed correctly on iOS. :-) otherwise good articles
So, for a human being to write the sentence "for some more expensive applications, the price can differ by almost 200 CZK", that already requires a great inner desire to "be different". Use foreign words where there is no Czech equivalent. And please don't preach the language, of which your great-grandfather was certainly proud, because it distinguished him from other nations in Europe. Thank you.
What are you doing with gift cards :-) The US app store also has paypal, which here in CR today probably everyone else has..