SAME PRODUCTS. DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.
Find the
better buy.
Anywhere.
Compare official price snapshots across countries. Unpack the taxes, save your observations, and plan what it costs to get a purchase home.
Audio hardware & paid apps · 44 markets · or add your own quote.
01 / The comparison desk
ONE PRODUCT.
A WORLD OF RECEIPTS.
Start with official prices. Then choose a market to add the costs that a currency converter leaves out.
| Market | Store price | Price basis | Reference USD | Plan it |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEUnited Arab Emirates | AED 949.00Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Tax includedRefund requires eligibility | USD 258.41Shelf total · no refund | Calculate |
| JPJapan | JPY 42,800Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Tax includedRefund requires eligibility | USD 270.37Shelf total · no refund | Calculate |
| SGSingapore | SGD 349.00Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Tax includedRefund requires eligibility | USD 273.00Shelf total · no refund | Calculate |
| DEGermany | EUR 249.00Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Tax includedRefund requires eligibility | USD 279.78Shelf total · no refund | Calculate |
| GBUnited Kingdom | GBP 219.00Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Tax includedNo general tourist refund | USD 294.95Shelf total · no refund | Calculate |
| AUAustralia | AUD 429.00Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Tax includedRefund requires eligibility | USD 300.19Shelf total · no refund | Calculate |
| CACanada | CAD 329.00Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Checkout tax missingRefund not modeled | USD 235.84Before checkout tax · incomplete | Calculate |
| USUnited States | USD 249.00Official store ↗ · 2026-11-01 | Checkout tax missingRefund not modeled | USD 249.00Before checkout tax · incomplete | Calculate |
Prices are snapshots, not stock checks. US and Canada exclude location-dependent checkout tax and are marked incomplete. Refunds, card costs, freight and destination taxes are excluded above. See the calculation rules.
02 / The bits between borders
CHEAPER THERE.
WORTH IT HERE?
Check the whole journey, from the tax already in the price to the bill at your front door.
Build a landed-cost scenario- 01
Read the price correctly.
VAT inside the price is different from sales tax added at checkout. We keep the two apart.
- 02
Ask for the actual refund.
Residency, retailer participation, export checks and handling fees change what comes back.
- 03
Bring the border into the basket.
Use the current import rates for your classification and origin. Add freight, card fees and your trip.
03 / Going somewhere?
READ THE PLACE.
THEN READ THE PRICE.
Travel illustration · original AirPods Max shown04 / Gate changes. Your plan stays.
CONNECTION LOST.
PLAN INTACT.
Save price observations and download the country notes before you leave. Keep your own shopping basket beside them.
Includes the calculator and country shopping notes.
Open your saved list ↗05 / Before you pay
THE RULES,
WORKED THROUGH.
Single-step calculators and plain guides for the parts of a purchase that a price tag leaves out.
Calculators
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How to remove VAT from a price (and why subtracting 20% is wrong)
A 120 price with 20% VAT contains 20 of tax, not 24. The difference looks small until it is multiplied across a refund estimate or a price comparison.
How do tourist VAT refunds work, from the till to the payout
The tax is recovered only if each step lines up: you qualify, the store takes part, the papers are stamped as you leave, and the payout follows. A missed step can cost the whole refund.
Duty-free allowance: do you pay on the full amount?
£400 of goods against a £390 allowance does not mean tax on the £10 above it. Under the Great Britain rule, the 20% VAT applies to all £400, which is £80.
Pay in local currency or home currency: how DCC markups work
A JPY 20,000 bill is 130.00 USD at an illustrative reference rate of 0.0065, but 136.00 USD under the offered home-currency rate of 0.0068. That 4.6% markup is larger than the 3% card fee used in the example.
Is buying electronics abroad worth it? A decision checklist
A 1,000 home price against a 900 overseas shelf price looks like a 100 saving. With an example card fee and an assumed import charge counted, the saving falls to 33.
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