πΊπΈ United States vs π°π· South Korea
132 subscriptions are priced in both. South Korea is cheaper on 80, the United States on 48; the typical subscription costs 5% less in South Korea. At local average income the typical subscription takes 21 min of work in the United States and 22 min in South Korea.
Biggest savings in South Korea
- Acrobat Reader $14.99 β $4.06/mo β73%
- Boomplay $9.99 β $2.88/mo β71%
- ELSA Speak $19.99 β $5.90/mo β70%
- Apple TV+ $14.99 β $4.80/mo β68%
- Memrise $24.99 β $11.07/mo β56%
Where the United States is cheaper
- Epic $7.99 vs $12.54/mo +57%
- KineMaster $8.49 vs $11.44/mo +35%
- Speechify $24.99 vs $32.46/mo +30%
- AnkiMobile Flashcards $24.99 vs $32.46/mo +30%
- Kimi $19.00 vs $24.35/mo +28%
| Product | πΊπΈ United States | π°π· South Korea | South Korea vs United States |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acrobat Reader Premium | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $4.06/mo β©5,500 | β73% |
| Boomplay Premium | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $2.88/mo β©3,900 | β71% |
| ELSA Speak ELSA Premium | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $5.90/mo β©8,000 | β70% |
| Apple TV+ Individual | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $4.80/mo β©6,500 | β68% |
| Memrise Memrise Pro | $24.99/mo $24.99 | $11.07/mo β©15,000 | β56% |
| Netflix Standard | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $9.96/mo β©13,500 | β50% |
| Apple One Individual | $21.95/mo $21.95 | $10.99/mo β©14,900 | β50% |
| Codecademy Go Codecademy Pro | $39.99/mo $39.99 | $20.29/mo β©27,500 | β49% |
| FaceApp Pro | $10.00/mo $10 | $5.16/mo β©7,000 | β48% |
| Structured Pro | $6.99/mo $6.99 | $3.62/mo β©4,900 | β48% |
| Endel Subscription billed yearly | $120/yr $119.99 | $64.93/yr β©88,000 | β46% |
| Apple Music Individual | $11.99/mo $11.99 | $6.57/mo β©8,900 | β45% |
| Hulu Standard (With Ads) | $11.99/mo $11.99 | $6.57/mo β©8,900 | β45% |
| Picsart Gold | $12.99/mo $12.99 | $7.30/mo β©9,900 | β44% |
| Skillshare Skillshare Membership billed yearly | $168/yr $167.99 | $95.18/yr β©129,000 | β43% |
| Mojo Pro | $17.99/mo $17.99 | $10.26/mo β©13,900 | β43% |
| Canva Pro | $18.00/mo $18 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | β43% |
| MUBI Monthly | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $8.85/mo β©12,000 | β41% |
| Adobe Photoshop Mobile & Web | $7.99/mo $7.99 | $4.87/mo β©6,600 | β39% |
| HBO Max Premium | $22.99/mo $22.99 | $14.68/mo β©19,900 | β36% |
| Starlink Roam Roam Unlimited | $175/mo $175 | $113/mo β©153,000 | β35% |
| Darkroom Monthly | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $6.49/mo β©8,800 | β35% |
| Meitu VIP | $12.99/mo $12.99 | $8.78/mo β©11,900 | β32% |
| LinkedIn Premium Career | $39.99/mo $39.99 | $27.22/mo β©36,900 | β32% |
| Spotify Individual | $12.99/mo $12.99 | $8.85/mo β©11,990 | β32% |
| YouTube Premium | $20.99/mo $20.99 | $14.39/mo β©19,500 | β31% |
| Apple Arcade Individual | $6.99/mo $6.99 | $4.80/mo β©6,500 | β31% |
| Sololearn Sololearn PRO | $6.99/mo $6.99 | $4.87/mo β©6,600 | β30% |
| Discord Nitro | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $7.01/mo β©9,500 | β30% |
| Quizlet Quizlet Plus | $44.99/mo $44.99 | $32.46/mo β©44,000 | β28% |
| Telegram Premium | $4.99/mo $4.99 | $3.62/mo β©4,900 | β27% |
| Proton Mail Mail Plus | $5.99/mo $5.99 | $4.35/mo β©5,900 | β27% |
| CapCut Pro | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $14.61/mo β©19,800 | β27% |
| Snapchat Snapchat+ | $4.99/mo $4.99 | $3.69/mo β©5,000 | β26% |
| Anghami Plus | $5.99/mo $5.99 | $4.43/mo β©6,000 | β26% |
| Bumble Boost | $12.99/mo $12.99 | $9.96/mo β©13,500 | β23% |
| DeepL Individual | $10.49/mo $10.49 | $8.12/mo β©11,000 | β23% |
| Lumosity Lumosity Premium | $54.99/mo $54.99 | $42.79/mo β©58,000 | β22% |
| PlayStation Plus Standard | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $7.97/mo β©10,800 | β20% |
| Prequel Gold billed weekly | $5.99/mo $5.99 | $4.80/mo β©6,500 | β20% |
| Grindr Unlimited | $44.99/mo $44.99 | $36.15/mo β©49,000 | β20% |
| invideo AI Plus | $30.00/mo $30 | $24.35/mo β©33,000 | β19% |
| GoodShort Weekly VIP billed weekly | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $16.23/mo β©22,000 | β19% |
| Notability Plus billed yearly | $19.99/yr $19.99 | $16.23/yr β©22,000 | β19% |
| Speak & Learn English Learna Pro | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $16.23/mo β©22,000 | β19% |
| BeautyPlus Premium | $8.99/mo $8.99 | $7.30/mo β©9,900 | β19% |
| iCloud+ 50 GB | $0.99/mo $0.99 | $0.81/mo β©1,100 | β18% |
| ibis Paint X Premium | $4.49/mo $4.49 | $3.69/mo β©5,000 | β18% |
| Eggbun Eggbun Premium | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $12.54/mo β©17,000 | β16% |
| Vocabulary Vocabulary Premium | $47.99/mo $47.99 | $40.58/mo β©55,000 | β15% |
| Blinkist Blinkist Premium | $12.99/mo $12.99 | $11.07/mo β©15,000 | β15% |
| SoundCloud Go | $5.99/mo $5.99 | $5.16/mo β©7,000 | β14% |
| Adobe Express Premium | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $8.85/mo β©12,000 | β11% |
| HER Premium | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $13.28/mo β©18,000 | β11% |
| Google One 100 GB | $1.99/mo $1.99 | $1.77/mo β©2,400 | β11% |
| Adobe Creative Cloud Individual | $69.99/mo $69.99 | $62.49/mo β©84,700 | β11% |
| Reddit Premium | $6.99/mo $6.99 | $6.27/mo β©8,500 | β10% |
| Elevate Elevate Premium | $21.99/mo $21.99 | $19.92/mo β©27,000 | β9% |
| Grammarly Premium | $29.99/mo $29.99 | $27.30/mo β©37,000 | β9% |
| Adobe Lightroom Premium 100GB | $7.99/mo $7.99 | $7.30/mo β©9,900 | β9% |
| Headway Headway Premium | $59.99/mo $59.99 | $54.97/mo β©74,500 | β8% |
| Microsoft Excel 365 Personal | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $9.22/mo β©12,500 | β8% |
| Microsoft OneDrive 365 Personal | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $9.22/mo β©12,500 | β8% |
| Imprint Imprint Premium | $15.99/mo $15.99 | $14.76/mo β©20,000 | β8% |
| Xbox Game Pass Standard | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $13.94/mo β©18,900 | β7% |
| Babbel All Languages billed yearly | $108/yr $107.99 | $102/yr β©138,000 | β6% |
| Coursera Plus Coursera Plus | $58.99/mo $58.99 | $56.07/mo β©76,000 | β5% |
| EF Hello Speak EF Hello Premium | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $9.52/mo β©12,900 | β5% |
| Photoroom Pro | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $9.52/mo β©12,900 | β5% |
| Gemini Individual | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $19.18/mo β©26,000 | β4% |
| HelloTalk VIP | $12.99/mo $12.99 | $12.47/mo β©16,900 | β4% |
| Instagram Meta Verified | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $14.39/mo β©19,500 | β4% |
| PowerDirector Premium | $7.99/mo $7.99 | $7.75/mo β©10,500 | β3% |
| Lingvist Lingvist Unlimited | $49.99/mo $49.99 | $48.69/mo β©66,000 | β3% |
| Raya Raya+ | $49.99/mo $49.99 | $48.69/mo β©66,000 | β3% |
| Finelo Finelo Premium | $24.99/mo $24.99 | $24.35/mo β©33,000 | β3% |
| SCRL Premium billed weekly | $4.99/mo $4.99 | $4.87/mo β©6,600 | β2% |
| Mimo Price | $39.99/mo $39.99 | $39.10/mo β©53,000 | β2% |
| Pimsleur All Access | $20.99/mo $20.99 | $20.66/mo β©28,000 | β2% |
| PDF Expert Premium billed yearly | $49.99/yr $49.99 | $49.43/yr β©67,000 | β1% |
| Figma Professional (pre-tax) | $20.00/mo $20 | $20.00/mo $20 | 0% |
| GLM Lite | $18.00/mo $18 | $18.00/mo $18 | 0% |
| Learn to Read - Reading.com Learn to Read | $12.49/mo $12.49 | $12.54/mo β©17,000 | 0% |
| Microsoft 365 Individual | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.03/mo β©13,600 | 0% |
| NordVPN Standard | $4.59/mo $4.59 | $4.65/mo β©6,300 | +1% |
| Starlink Cheapest Residential plan | $49.50/mo $49.50 | $50.17/mo β©68,000 | +1% |
| Leonardo AI Essential | $15.99/mo $15.99 | $16.23/mo β©22,000 | +2% |
| Nintendo Switch Online Individual | $3.99/mo $3.99 | $4.06/mo β©5,500 | +2% |
| GitHub Copilot Copilot Pro | $10.00/mo $10 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | +3% |
| Kling AI Standard | $10.00/mo $10 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | +3% |
| Suno Pro | $10.00/mo $10 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | +3% |
| Character.AI c.ai+ | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | +3% |
| Encode Encode Plus | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | +3% |
| Filmora Pro | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | +3% |
| VSCO Plus | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.33/mo β©14,000 | +3% |
| Dazz Cam Pro | $6.99/mo $6.99 | $7.30/mo β©9,900 | +4% |
| Todoist Pro | $6.99/mo $6.99 | $7.30/mo β©9,900 | +4% |
| Replit Core | $20.00/mo $20 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| Base44 Starter | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| ChatGPT Plus | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| Deepstash Deepstash Pro | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| Lingvano Lingvano Premium | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| Microsoft Copilot Microsoft 365 Premium | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| Opal Pro | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| Poe Monthly | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| ReelShort Subscription billed weekly | $19.99/mo $19.99 | $21.40/mo β©29,000 | +7% |
| Microsoft PowerPoint 365 Personal | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.70/mo β©14,500 | +7% |
| Remini Pro billed weekly | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.70/mo β©14,500 | +7% |
| Chineasy Chineasy Premium | $12.99/mo $12.99 | $14.02/mo β©19,000 | +8% |
| Dreamina Basic | $15.00/mo $15 | $16.23/mo β©22,000 | +8% |
| Xmind Premium | $15.00/mo $15 | $16.23/mo β©22,000 | +8% |
| WPS Office Pro AI | $5.99/mo $5.99 | $6.49/mo β©8,800 | +8% |
| Otter Pro | $16.99/mo $16.99 | $18.44/mo β©25,000 | +9% |
| Gauth Gauth Plus | $11.99/mo $11.99 | $13.06/mo β©17,700 | +9% |
| Craft Plus | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $10.99/mo β©14,900 | +10% |
| DataCamp DataCamp Standard | $35.00/mo $35 | $38.73/mo β©52,500 | +11% |
| HeyGen Creator | $29.00/mo $29 | $32.46/mo β©44,000 | +12% |
| Captions Basic | $9.99/mo $9.99 | $11.44/mo β©15,500 | +15% |
| Lingokids Lingokids Plus | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $17.34/mo β©23,500 | +16% |
| Cursor Premium | $30.00/mo $30 | $35.41/mo β©48,000 | +18% |
| Grok Premium | $30.00/mo $30 | $35.41/mo β©48,000 | +18% |
| X Premium | $30.00/mo $30 | $35.41/mo β©48,000 | +18% |
| Claude Pro | $20.00/mo $20 | $24.35/mo β©33,000 | +22% |
| Perplexity Professional | $20.00/mo $20 | $24.35/mo β©33,000 | +22% |
| Lovable Pro | $39.99/mo $39.99 | $48.69/mo β©66,000 | +22% |
| RunwayML Standard | $14.99/mo $14.99 | $18.44/mo β©25,000 | +23% |
| Manus Plus | $39.00/mo $39 | $48.69/mo β©66,000 | +25% |
| Kimi Plus | $19.00/mo $19 | $24.35/mo β©33,000 | +28% |
| AnkiMobile Flashcards Full App | $24.99/mo $24.99 | $32.46/mo β©44,000 | +30% |
| Speechify Premium | $24.99/mo $24.99 | $32.46/mo β©44,000 | +30% |
| KineMaster Premium | $8.49/mo $8.49 | $11.44/mo β©15,500 | +35% |
| Epic Unlimited Access | $7.99/mo $7.99 | $12.54/mo β©17,000 | +57% |
Each product's headline plan, one figure per country, in the same channel at both ends; App marks a price paid in the iPhone app (App Store). Dollar figures are our conversion at the exchange rates of 2026-11-09. Everything in the United States Β· everything in South Korea
How to pay the prices in South Korea
Product by product, South Korea is the cheaper side of this pair.
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Pick the country
South Korea β cheaper for 80 of 132 subscriptions here. The biggest saving is Acrobat Reader, 73% less.
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Connect a VPN to South Korea
A storefront reads your country from your IP address when you sign up. Connect to a server in South Korea before you open the signup page.
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Pay with a card the checkout accepts
Many regional checkouts take a foreign card; when they refuse it, a multi-currency card that pays in the local currency usually passes, without a conversion fee eating the saving.
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Sign up and keep the region
Complete the signup as normal. The regional rate usually stays with the account for as long as you remain subscribed β the VPN is needed at signup, not every day. Full guide, with what can go wrong.
Before you do this: Paying a different regionβs price usually breaks the vendorβs terms of service, and some checkouts verify a local billing address. Read the terms before you switch. Catalogues and features can differ by country, so confirm the price on the official checkout first. What breaking the terms means in practice.
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Is the United States or South Korea cheaper for subscriptions?
South Korea is cheaper for 80 of the 132 subscriptions priced in both, the United States for 48, and 4 cost the same. The typical subscription costs 5% less in South Korea.
Which subscription has the biggest gap between the United States and South Korea?
Acrobat Reader Premium: $14.99/mo in the United States against $4.06/mo in South Korea, 73% less.
Can I pay the prices in South Korea while living in the United States?
Most storefronts read your country from your IP address at signup and some check the payment card's country. A VPN connection to South Korea and a card the checkout accepts usually get the regional price β usually against the vendor's terms of service. The full guide covers what can go wrong.
Why is the same subscription priced so differently?
Most digital services price by region, against what people there can pay rather than against the dollar. Currency moves and local taxes add to the gap. How these prices are collected.