My Apple Developer account renewal lapsed early last year because my bank flagged it as foreign transaction. They did call me to verify it but the transaction had been declined by Apple by the time my bank approved it. Long story short, I did not renew my membership.

But now I felt like renewing it again to release all my “almost finished” side projects. I headed to the Apple Developer website, but to my surprised, the price is RM399/year now. I’m pretty sure it was cheaper last year.

So I checked the Developer app to see if the price is different, and it is! It is still RM369/year on the app. Somewhat weird, but my guess is this has something to do with the App Store having less “dynamic” pricing as compared to the website. From what I noticed over the years, there will be a lot of news whenever they upgrade their App Store Tier pricing.

So if you’re looking to subscribe or renew your Apple Developer account, maybe you can try subscribing it through the app.