Apple added support for eight additional currencies to its App Store, enabling developers to sell products in the additional markets – which includes several big countries – with local pricing.

The company also said that, in reporting terms, these eight will also now be categorised as their own regions, enabling developers to assess the performance of products in the new currencies.

While the headline markets are probably Russia (RUB) and India (INR), other new options are for Turkey (TRY), Indonesia (IDR), Israel (ILS), Saudi Arabia (SAR), South Africa (ZAR) and  United Arab Emirates (AED).

TechCruch notes that developers addressing these markets previously would either have to have charged in US Dollars, or offered free products monetised in a different way – for example through advertising.

When support for the Chinese Yuan was added last year, it was also suggested that the move was designed to stem piracy among users who could not pay for apps in an overseas currency.

The company also said it had "adjusted" its retail price matrix for the Mexican Peso, Danish Kroner and the Euro.

According to iClarified, this equates to price increases for apps priced using  Euros – €0.79 becomes €0.89, and €1.59 has shifted to €1.79.