MHz Choice costs $8.99 a month or $89.99 a year in the United States. That is a dollar more per month, and ten dollars more per year, than it cost until the end of July, when the service raised its rates on every platform at once. Plenty of price-comparison pages still show $7.99, which was the monthly price for years, so a lot of readers are meeting a higher number on their statement than the one they were promised.
This guide covers the price itself and also the situations that decide what you actually pay: a current subscriber whose bill just rose, a viewer who signed up through Amazon or Roku and cannot find the cancel button, someone who wants one particular show, and a household trying to keep streaming costs under a fixed ceiling.
Key Answers Before You Subscribe
These ten answers cover what people usually learn only after the first bill arrives.
$8.99 in the US, plus any applicable tax. The service’s own price notice says the monthly rate rose from $7.99 on July 31, so any older figure is out of date.
$89.99 a year, up from $79.99. MHz Choice advertises it as a 16 percent saving over paying monthly, which works out to $17.89.
Yes. Current subscribers need to do nothing, and their subscription renews at the new rate on the next billing date on or after July 31.
Yes, seven days for new users. If you cancel during it, cancellation is immediate but you keep access until the trial ends, so you can cancel on day one and still watch.
No. MHz Choice says all six ways to watch cost $8.99 a month, but they are separate subscriptions that do not share a login and cannot be transferred.
The service’s price page lists four devices at once, full HD video and no ads. It does not offer 4K.
The terms say all sales are final, though MHz Choice reviews refund requests sent to its billing team. Cancel before the renewal date rather than hoping for a refund after.
For direct subscribers, local tax or VAT is collected where required by location. For Amazon, Roku, Apple or Xfinity subscribers, tax follows that company’s billing rules.
Not by streaming, according to the FAQ. You can download videos to a mobile device before you leave and watch those anywhere.
MHz also runs a free, ad-supported live service called MHz Mysteries that features selections from its catalog. It is limited, but it costs nothing and is a way to test the style.
The Price, Line by Line
MHz Choice keeps its pricing simple. There is one subscription with access to every series, and two ways to pay for it. The monthly plan costs $8.99 and renews each month until you cancel. The annual plan costs $89.99, charged once a year. Both are quoted before tax, and the service’s own price page notes that the figures are as of July 31.
On its home page MHz Choice describes what you get at either price in four bullet points: access to all series, streaming on four devices at once, full HD video and no ads. Notably absent is any mention of 4K. The support site says directly that all programs are presented in 1080p and that none are available in 4K. If you own an expensive television and care about resolution, that is worth knowing before you pay.
| Plan | Price | Effective monthly | 12-month cost | Renewal |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly | $8.99 | $8.99 | $107.88 | Every month until cancelled |
| Annual | $89.99 | About $7.50 | $89.99 | Yearly, at the then-current price |
| Monthly with 7% tax (illustration) | About $9.62 | About $9.62 | About $115.43 | Tax depends on your location |
| Annual with 7% tax (illustration) | About $96.29 | About $8.02 | About $96.29 | Tax depends on your location |
The Canadian price is different
MHz Choice is also available in Canada, where the price is $10.99 a month or $109.99 a year in Canadian dollars, raised from $9.99 and $99.99 on the same date. If you live in the US and see a Canadian figure on a comparison site, it is not a typo and it is not yours. Only the US prices apply to US billing, and they are quoted in US dollars.
The same four features apply on both plans, and no plan tier changes them. That makes MHz Choice easier to evaluate than services with several quality levels. The practical limits to remember are the lack of 4K and the subtitles, which are part of the product.
How the Price Got Here
For most of its life MHz Choice was one of the cheapest streaming subscriptions in the US. A 2018 announcement of the service arriving on Comcast’s Xfinity X1 listed it at $7.99 a month, and the monthly rate was still $7.99 when it merged with the Topic streaming service in 2024. That is roughly eight years at the same monthly price while most competitors raised theirs repeatedly.
The annual plan moved the opposite way for a while. When the merger took effect in April 2024, MHz Choice lowered the annual price from $89.99 to $79.99, which made annual subscribers’ savings much larger. The July increase put annual back at $89.99, so a yearly subscriber now pays what a yearly subscriber paid before the merger, and a monthly subscriber pays a dollar more than at any point since 2018.
The two increases are proportional. A dollar on $7.99 is 12.5 percent, and ten dollars on $79.99 is also 12.5 percent. The service described the change as helping to keep bringing international mystery, drama and crime series, with new titles and seasons added every month.
How to read this: bar length is proportional to price within each group. The monthly price held for years and then rose $1, while the annual plan dipped for about two years after the merger and then rose back to where it began.
Price-tracking sites copy figures and rarely update them. A page that says “from $7.99” was probably accurate within the last few months and is simply stale. Some comparison tables even mix the old monthly figure with the new annual one, producing combinations that never existed. The service’s own price notice and support page are the sources to trust, and both show $8.99 and $89.99.
Six Ways to Subscribe, One Price, Six Separate Accounts
MHz Choice sells the same programming through six storefronts: its own website and apps, Prime Video, Apple TV, Xfinity X1, Xumo and The Roku Channel. According to its support center, all of them cost $8.99 a month. They are separate subscriptions, they are not transferable, and a login created on one will not work on another. A direct account on mhzchoice.com cannot sign in to MHz Choice on Prime Video, and the version inside The Roku Channel works only inside The Roku Channel, not in the MHz Choice Roku app.
That detail causes most of the billing confusion we see. A person subscribes on a TV through one storefront, later signs up again on a phone through another, and ends up paying twice. Or they try to cancel on the MHz website while the charge comes from Amazon. Before you start a trial, decide where you want your subscription to live.
| How you subscribe | Monthly price | Available in | Where you cancel | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Direct on mhzchoice.com | $8.99 | US and Canada | Your MHz account | Offers annual plan and a Pause option |
| Apple TV | $8.99 | US and Canada | Your Apple subscriptions | Apple bills, so MHz cannot cancel it |
| Prime Video | From $8.99 after trial | US only | Amazon: Memberships and Subscriptions | Plays inside Prime Video only |
| The Roku Channel | $8.99 after trial | US only | Your Roku account | Works only inside The Roku Channel |
| Xfinity X1 | $8.99 | US only | Xfinity account | Cancelled through Xfinity’s support |
| Xumo TV or Box | $8.99 | US only | Xumo account | Separate from every other login |
The rule it illustrates: every route costs $8.99 a month, but each is its own account. You cancel with whoever bills you, and a login from one box will not open another.
MHz Choice’s support pages say the Cox Contour option was discontinued on July 2, 2024, and tell former Cox subscribers to contact Cox customer support. If you still see a charge from Cox for MHz Choice, that is where to resolve it, and the billing team at MHz cannot see it.
The Free Trial: The Most Forgiving One We Found
New users get seven days free, with unlimited access to the catalog. After the trial you are billed the plan you selected, $8.99 monthly or $89.99 annually, unless you cancel first. What sets MHz Choice apart is what happens if you do cancel early. The support FAQ says that cancellation is effective immediately, yet you keep access to the content until the trial ends. In practical terms, you can start the trial, cancel within the hour, and still watch for the full week with no chance of a surprise charge.
Why this matters: most trials force a choice between watching and safety. Here you can do both, as long as you cancel inside the trial and not after it. We would still screenshot the confirmation.
The trial is for new customers
Free trials apply to new subscribers only. If you left before and are returning, expect to be billed immediately. Because each storefront is a separate subscription, trial eligibility can vary by storefront too, and Prime Video and The Roku Channel each advertise their own seven-day offer. The simplest approach is to pick one storefront, claim its trial and avoid starting several at once.
Pick the one series you most want to see, and queue its first episodes. Check a second device to confirm playback, since MHz Choice says four can stream at once. Look at a title that offers both original-language subtitles and an English-dubbed version. If you find the service worth keeping, simply do nothing and let it continue, ideally on the monthly plan until you are sure.
Monthly or Annual: Where the Lines Cross
The annual plan is the main way to lower your MHz Choice bill, and the arithmetic is straightforward. Twelve monthly payments cost $107.88. The annual plan costs $89.99, saving $17.89, or 16 percent, which matches the saving the service advertises. But because you pay everything on day one and the terms say all sales are final, the saving only belongs to people who stay long enough.
What the crossing means: ten monthly payments total $89.90, nine cents under the annual price. From the eleventh month on annual is cheaper, by $8.90 at eleven months and $17.89 at twelve. Before that, monthly wins.
Because MHz Choice releases new titles every month, it is tempting to treat it as an always-on service. In practice most viewers consume it in bursts: a series or two, a pause, then another when something new appears. If that sounds like you, the annual plan is a bet that you will keep returning, and you lose the bet if you drift away in month five. A monthly subscriber who cancels after five months has spent $44.95, less than half the annual price.
Choose annual only if you have already used the service in at least eight of the last twelve months, or if you can name several series you plan to watch across the year. Otherwise stay monthly, and use the Pause option, available to direct subscribers, rather than letting the subscription run quietly in the background.
Is MHz Choice Worth $8.99? A Five-Minute Test
A price is only high or low relative to what you watch. The most useful measure is the cost of each hour you actually spend with the service, and the table below converts hours into dollars at both plans. Be honest about your hours: most people overestimate what they watch.
| Hours watched per month | Cost per hour, monthly plan | Cost per hour, annual plan | What it suggests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 hours | $3.00 | $2.50 | Cancel; rejoin for a series |
| 8 hours | $1.12 | $0.94 | Rotate, don’t keep it running |
| 15 hours | $0.60 | $0.50 | Reasonable; consider annual |
| 30 hours | $0.30 | $0.25 | Strong value; annual saves more |
What the catalog actually looks like
MHz Choice describes itself as the home of international mysteries, dramas and comedies presented unedited with easy-to-read English subtitles. A third-party tracker counts more than 2,500 hours of content, though the service itself does not publish a title count we could confirm. The catalog leans toward European crime, including Nordic noir, French, Italian and German series, and it merged with the Topic streaming service in 2024.
The headline title is Babylon Berlin, the German period thriller. Seasons one through four are streaming now, and the fifth and final season premieres in the US and Canada in February 2027, exclusively on MHz Choice. The official page says the show is available in German with English subtitles or dubbed in English. The October premiere schedule lists a Finnish mystery, The Girl Who Disappeared, and a first look at the Italian crime drama Vanina, along with a dubbed-in-English collection of the French series Murder In.
During the trial, search for three titles you already know you want, then check whether each offers English dubbing in addition to subtitles. If two are there, the service has earned its place. If you can name only one, treat MHz Choice as a rotation service and plan to cancel when you finish it. That one title may still be worth $8.99.
Pick the Right Plan for Your Situation
That is the July 31 increase. MHz Choice’s notice says existing subscribers do not need to do anything, and that the subscription renews at the new rate on the next billing date on or after July 31. For a monthly subscriber that meant a $1 jump on the next bill. For an annual subscriber it means the new $89.99 price at the next renewal. If the amount is higher than $8.99 plus your local tax, check whether you have two subscriptions through two storefronts.
If it is Babylon Berlin, the sensible plan is to binge the first four seasons during a trial or one paid month, cancel, and return when season five arrives in February. Two paid months cost $17.98 against $89.99 for a year. Direct subscribers can also pause instead of cancelling. Before you commit, search for the title inside the service and read the full season list, because a show is only worth a month if the whole run is there.
MHz Choice’s catalog is built around original-language series with English subtitles, but not everything is subtitles-only. The official Babylon Berlin page says it is available dubbed in English, and the premiere schedule lists a dubbed-in-English collection. During your trial, check how the dubbed version sounds and whether the titles you want offer it. If you read subtitles poorly from the couch, a tablet held close is another option.
MHz Choice offers no senior or income-based rate that we could find on its pages. The dependable savings are rotation and the Pause option. Keeping the service for four months a year costs $35.96, against $107.88 for twelve monthly payments. Sampling for free first through MHz Mysteries, the ad-supported live service featuring selections from the catalog, helps you decide if the style suits you before you pay anything.
MHz Choice’s FAQ says you cannot stream it from outside the US, and that the service is available to customers within the US and Canada only. You can download videos to a mobile device before you leave and watch them anywhere. Download over home Wi-Fi, open the downloads screen once while still connected, and check that each title plays. Streaming from a hotel abroad should not be assumed to work.
The price page lists streaming on four devices at once, which is generous for a household, and it covers every plan. If one person watches in the living room while another uses a tablet in the next room, you are well within the limit. Because there is no 4K tier, no one needs to pay more for better quality.
The price is the same, but your account lives with that company. Cancel through Amazon, Roku, Xfinity or Xumo, not through mhzchoice.com. Tax follows their rules too. MHz Choice’s support pages explicitly say that for anyone who subscribed through Prime Video, Apple TV, The Roku Channel or Xfinity, details on tax must come from that vendor. As far as we could tell, the annual plan and the Pause option are offered on direct subscriptions, and MHz said in 2024 that its annual rate was not available through several storefronts, so check the checkout screen.
MHz Choice sells gift subscriptions on its website. The gift form lets you choose between one and twelve months and shows the $8.99 monthly rate and the $89.99 annual rate, so check the total on the confirmation screen before you pay. Ask the recipient how they watch first, since each storefront is its own account.
MHz Choice is not a replacement for BritBox or Acorn TV if what you want is English-language village mysteries. Its strength is European and Nordic crime, and while some series are dubbed, the mood is different. If that is your taste, the more fitting services are Acorn TV at $9.99 a month, or BritBox Standard at $10.99. MHz Choice works best as the second service you add, or the one you rotate to when you have exhausted British titles.
How $8.99 Compares With Its Closest Rivals
After the July increase, MHz Choice remains the cheapest of the three main paid services for British and international drama, but the gaps are small. It sits a dollar below Acorn TV and two dollars below BritBox Standard. Cheaper options exist through public television and libraries, where the trade-off is a smaller or less predictable catalog.
| Service | Monthly | Annual | Trial | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MHz Choice | $8.99 | $89.99 | 7 days | Subtitled European and Nordic crime |
| Acorn TV | $9.99 | $99.99 | 7 days | British, Irish and Australian mystery and drama |
| BritBox Standard | $10.99 | $109.99 | 7 days | Deep BBC and ITV back-catalog |
| PBS Masterpiece channel | $5.99 | Monthly billing | Check at signup | Period drama; needs a Prime membership |
| PBS Passport | About $5–$6 gift | About $60–$72 gift | Not applicable | Full Masterpiece seasons via a station donation |
If you subscribe to more than one of these, the monthly total adds up quickly. MHz Choice plus Acorn TV is $18.98 a month, MHz Choice plus BritBox is $19.98, and all three together are $29.97. That is why we keep returning to rotation: holding one at a time, for as long as you need it, is the cheapest way to enjoy more than one catalog. PBS Passport minimums are set by individual stations, and at least one has announced a move to $6 a month or $72 a year, so check yours before you budget.
Problems People Hit in the First Month
Most MHz Choice complaints are not about the shows. They are about accounts, devices and bills, and nearly all of them trace back to the way the service is sold. These are the situations that come up most, with the practical fix for each.
If you subscribed through one storefront and then tried to sign in on another, this is expected. MHz Choice says each route is a separate subscription and that a mhzchoice.com password will not open MHz Choice on Prime Video, and the reverse. The same applies inside The Roku Channel, where the MHz subscription works only within that channel and not in the standalone MHz Choice Roku app. Open the app or channel where you actually paid, and use the email tied to that purchase.
Three things can push a bill above the listed price. Tax is the most common: direct subscribers are charged local tax or VAT where required, so a 7 percent rate would turn $8.99 into roughly $9.62. A second cause is a duplicate subscription through another storefront. The third is an annual renewal at the new $89.99 rate after a lower previous price. Check the biller name on your statement first, because it tells you which company to contact.
MHz Choice lists support for the web, iOS and Android, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, LG, Roku, Samsung and VIZIO smart TVs, and Xbox consoles, and its support center has a setup page for Chromecast as well. Check your television’s model against that list before the trial starts, since a service you cannot play in the living room tends to be forgotten. If your set is older, a low-cost streaming stick covers every service in this guide.
Planning matters when you are paying by the month. The Babylon Berlin episodes listed on MHz Choice’s own watch page run at roughly 45 minutes each, so a ten-episode block is about seven and a half hours, or roughly one evening a week for two months. Add up the hours for the series you want, divide by what you realistically watch in a week, and you will know whether one paid month is enough or whether the trial plus a month fits better.
MHz Choice publishes a premiere schedule listing upcoming series and seasons, and its price notice says new titles and seasons arrive every month. That makes it one of the easier services to time. Check the schedule, subscribe the week something you want arrives, and cancel after the run. The final season of Babylon Berlin is the obvious example, with a February premiere on MHz Choice in the US and Canada, but the same approach works for any series you follow.
Create the account with their email so receipts and renewal notices reach them. Subscribe directly if you can, so there is one place to cancel and the Pause option is available. Write down the biller name that will show on their statement and put the decision date on a calendar they use. The most common problem is not price but a forgotten trial that quietly becomes a subscription.
Cancelling, Pausing and Getting a Refund
Cancelling MHz Choice is simple when you do it in the right place. The steps depend entirely on how you subscribed, so identify your biller before you do anything.
If you subscribed directly
Sign in to your mhzchoice.com account in a web browser. Choose Account in the upper right, then Manage Subscription, then Billing and Subscription, then Manage Subscription again, and pick Cancel or Pause Subscription. The pause option is the one worth remembering: it lets you step away without throwing away the account, though you should read the pause terms on the screen, since we could not confirm how long a pause lasts or whether billing restarts automatically.
If you subscribed through an app store or a platform
If you used an Apple, Google Play or Roku account, cancel in that account’s subscription settings. For Prime Video, cancel manually in Amazon, or contact Amazon for help. For Xfinity, Xumo and The Roku Channel, use that company’s support, and MHz’s support center has a separate cancellation guide for each. The company cannot cancel a subscription it does not bill.
MHz Choice’s terms of service state that all sales are final. A refund request goes to the billing team through a support ticket, and the team reviews it. That is a case-by-case review, not a promise. Some reviewers describe disputes after annual renewals, which is the sort of charge that is easiest to avoid by calendaring the renewal date. If you do need to ask, do it quickly, and include your account email, the billing platform, the date of the charge and the amount.
MHz Choice runs its support through a help center and a ticket form, and we found no phone line on its support pages, which some customers find frustrating. Have your account email and your billing platform ready before you write.
Seven Honest Ways to Pay Less
No code drops MHz Choice below its listed price on a permanent basis. The service has run promotions in the past, such as a discounted first year of the annual plan for new subscribers, and these auto-renew at the then-current price after the promotional period. These are the methods that hold up regardless of promotions.
Start the trial, queue what you want, and cancel inside the week if you are unsure. Because cancellation keeps your access until the trial ends, you lose nothing by deciding early.
Four months a year costs $35.96 and twelve costs $107.88. Keep the service when a series you care about is available, and step away afterward.
The $17.89 saving belongs to people who stay eleven months or more. If that is you, subscribe direct and calendar the renewal.
The annual plan and the Pause option appear on the direct subscription screens, and a direct account also has the cleanest cancellation path. Platform subscriptions are convenient but narrower.
MHz Mysteries, the free ad-supported live service, offers selections from the catalog at no cost, and a library card can unlock Kanopy and hoopla within monthly limits. A PBS station gift, usually about $5 to $6 a month, unlocks Passport.
If you already pay for Acorn TV or BritBox, check whether you need all of them at once. Two services at $18.98 or more a month is a bigger decision than any single price.
When you start, note the day you will decide whether to keep the service. A decision you scheduled costs less than one your statement makes for you months later.
Our Plan Recommendation
At $8.99 a month plus tax, MHz Choice is easiest to justify when you know what you plan to watch. Start the free trial, cancel inside it if you are unsure, and extend month by month while a series holds your attention.
If MHz Choice is part of your regular evening, the $89.99 annual plan saves $17.89 and works out to about $7.50 a month. Subscribe directly and mark next year’s renewal date.
Keep the service for a few months at a time, use the Pause option, and lean on MHz Mysteries, library apps and PBS Passport to fill the gaps.
Prices reflect MHz Choice’s published US rates when we last checked and exclude taxes and promotions. Streaming prices change often, so confirm current terms at checkout. Third-party storefronts such as Prime Video, Apple TV, The Roku Channel, Xfinity and Xumo set their own billing and cancellation rules. Tax figures are illustrations only. This page is independent and is not affiliated with MHz Choice, Kino Lorber, Acorn TV, BritBox, Amazon, Apple, Roku, Xfinity, Xumo, PBS, Kanopy or hoopla.
Key sources: MHz Choice price change notice · MHz Choice home page and premiere schedule · MHz Support help center (pricing, trial, cancellation, refunds, taxes, storefronts) · Amazon Prime Video MHz Choice offer page · Acorn TV and BritBox official plan pages · local PBS station Passport pages.