Apple cuts its Taiwan App Store commission to 26% from 31 October

Apple cuts its Taiwan App Store commission to 26% from 31 October

29 October 2026: Apple will take 26% instead of 30% on standard In-App Purchase and paid app sales made through the Taiwan storefront of the App Store on iPhone and iPad, starting on 31 October. Apple says the change follows discussions with the Taiwan Fair Trade Commission. Developers do not need to sign anything first: the new rate applies from that date whether or not they have accepted the revised agreement.

Not yet independently verified. Not yet independently verified. This rests on Apple's own developer notice; we found no Taiwan Fair Trade Commission statement, and Apple names only the standard rate, not its reduced rates. We will update this when it can be confirmed, and remove this note.

What Apple has announced

The notice is short. It names one rate, the standard commission on In-App Purchase and paid app transactions, and one storefront, Taiwan, on iOS and iPadOS. Apple has revised its Developer Program License Agreement "to support updated policies" and asks developers to sign in and accept it, with translations promised on its developer site within a month. It does not describe what else the revised agreement changes, and it says nothing about the reduced rates that apply to small developers and to subscriptions after their first year.

The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission has not, as far as we could find, published its own account of the talks, so it is not clear whether the change settles an investigation or anticipates one.

Part of a country-by-country pattern

Apple has been adjusting App Store terms one market at a time where regulators press it, rather than worldwide. Japan, South Korea, the EU and the US have each produced their own rules in recent years, and on 28 October South Korea's communications regulator fined Apple and Google over in-app payment rules, a case we reported. Taiwan's change is smaller than some: it lowers the headline rate by four points without, on Apple's description, opening the storefront to other payment systems or other app stores.

For developers selling in Taiwan

Revenue from Taiwanese customers should arrive at the lower commission from 31 October automatically. Two practical points follow. Finance teams that forecast Apple's share by country need a separate rate for Taiwan from that date. And since Apple has not described the rest of the revised agreement, developers who accept it should read the Taiwan-specific terms once the translation is published rather than relying on the notice alone.

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Sources

• Apple Developer News: Adjustments to the Taiwan storefront of the App Store on iOS and iPadOS, 29 October 2026