Epic Games Store for iPhone: Fortnite is the only reason to get it, not cheaper apps

Third-party app stores are coming to the iPhone in Europe courtesy of the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which forces Apple to open iOS to competitors. But that doesn't mean apps are going to be any cheaper now that Apple is ready to allow competition to the official iOS App Store.

Epic will be one of the providers of these new app marketplaces, the Epic Games Store (EGS). Epic just confirmed the commission it'll take from developers that publish apps on the EGS and use Epic's payment processor. Developers will pay 12%, which sounds better than some of Apple's commissions. I'll note that Apple's fee may also include payment processing, depending on what the developer wants to do in Europe.

That EGS fee might seem like a great deal, but it isn't as good as it seems. Developers who pay 12% to Epic might also be on the hook for Apple's CTF fee, which amounts to €0.50 per app installation after 1 million downloads.

As I said before, the DMA won't make apps cheaper in the EU. It'll just complicate things. The only point of the EGS is to get Fortnite on the iPhone again.

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