Price difference between US and UK

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I was excited to get my kids started with CodeCombat—until I looked at the pricing.

In the U.S., Premium is $9.99/month**. In the UK, it’s £12.99/month about 65% more, even after factoring in exchange rates and VAT. That’s a big difference for the exact same digital content.

What’s more frustrating is the lack of a family plan. I have two kids, and to give both of them access, I’d have to pay £25.98/month over £300 a year.
I get that companies need to make money, but this feels like a paywall that actively discourages families from getting involved—especially those with more than one child. A more fair regional price and a simple family subscription option would go a long way.

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That’s called regional pricing and the lack of a family plan is unfortunate

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Also it’s 30 percent more not 65

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Hey, just to clarify — the UK price (£12.99) vs the US price ($9.99) isn’t a 30% difference because you have to convert currencies first.

Using a rough rate of $1 = £0.79, the US price in pounds is about £7.89. So the UK price is actually about 65% higher than the US price. Which in my book, is more of a rip-off than regional pricing. Anyways, i think we are going to subscribe to codemonkey instead, for the price of 1 kid in CC we get a family plan for 3 kids. We would have preferred the fantasy rpg style of CC but this pricing doesnt seem fair and i find it hard to swallow

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It costs around 5 dollars more so 15 bucks USD after conversion. Also you could have two kids use the same account just have one kid redo levels

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No not really. Todays rate = £1 is $1.37. £12.99×1.37=$17.80, that is 78.28% higher. I’m sure it doesnt bother you . I would not care either if i was US based.

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I agree family plans are a good idea and that regional price differences are unfair, and I also think that bringing back the lifetime subscription might be a good idea, even if for a lot more that it used to be ($99.99)

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have you tried contacting codecombat themselves? they have a website and at the bottom, you can find a contact form. they can help more than we can