What Is an Apple One Subscription? - PCMag

Though Apple is known for hardware products similar the iPhone, Apple Watch, and MacBook, its bundle and services part is an progressively important portion of the business. From iCloud retention and App Store purchases to Apple TV+ and Apple Music subscriptions, Cupertino makes billions(Opens successful a caller window) serving up cloud-based services alongside its gadgets.

Apple would emotion it if you paid for each of its subscription services, but you're not made of money. The company's solution is Apple One, which bundles its disparate services into 1 package. But however overmuch does it cost, however bash you subscribe, and is it adjacent worthy buying?

What Is Apple One?

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Just arsenic Disney offers a bundle with discounted entree to Disney+, Hulu, and ESPN+, Apple does the aforesaid with its increasing database of subscription services. But portion Disney's bundle is each astir video-streaming services, Apple One runs the gamut from retention and quality to euphony and video games. Services that are included successful an Apple One bundle include:

• Apple Music

• Apple TV+

• Apple Arcade

• iCloud+

• Apple News+

• Apple Fitness+

How Much Is Apple One?

Some services and features are lone disposable to circumstantial subscription tiers. After a recent terms hike, the astir affordable enactment starts astatine $17 per period aft a 30-day escaped trial. Here are the 3 existent program options.

• Individual: This program costs $16.95 per period and grants you entree to Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 50GB of retention connected iCloud+. Each work is for an idiosyncratic individual and technically cannot beryllium shared with others, though Apple TV+ and Apple Arcade support Family Sharing whether oregon not you person an Apple One plan.

• Family: To stock entree with radical successful your household, the Family program costs $22.95 per period and works crossed 5 different idiosyncratic accounts. You besides get 200GB of iCloud storage.

• Premier: The astir costly program is the $32.95-per-month Premier tier, which besides includes entree to Apple News+ and Fitness+. This program besides grants entree to 5 different household members and includes 2TB of iCloud storage.

How to Sign Up for Apple One

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To motion up for the Apple One bundle, you indispensable usage an iPhone moving iOS 14 oregon later, an iPad with iPadOS 14 oregon later, oregon a Mac with macOS Big Sur 11.1 oregon later. If you entree Apple Fitness+ connected an Apple TV, you'll request tvOS 14 oregon later. The fittingness work no longer requires an Apple Watch to work, but if you link one, it'll request to beryllium an Apple Watch Series 3 oregon later.

Once your devices are updated, unfastened Settings connected your iPhone and iPad, pat your sanction and take Subscriptions. Select the Try It Now nexus nether Get Apple One, past prime a plan.

On a Mac, you tin subscribe from the App Store. Click the View Information nexus astatine the apical of the model and click the Manage link. Select Try it now for Apple One, past take your plan.

Is Apple One Worth it?

There's nary uncertainty that Apple One volition prevention you money. If you subscribe to Music, TV+, and Arcade, and wage for 50GB of iCloud storage, it costs astir $24 a month, truthful you prevention $7 per period with the $16.95 Individual tier.

The multi-user plans prevention you adjacent more—$9 each period connected the Family program and $26 per period with the Premier plan.

However, whether oregon not the Apple One subscription is simply a bully bargain depends connected what services you really use. If you already subscribe to respective of these Apple services, it's a no-brainer. But if you're lone funny in, accidental Music and TV+, you astir apt don't request to ammunition retired for Apple Arcade and unreality storage. And if you person nary involvement successful quality oregon workouts, there's nary crushed to get the Premier package, adjacent if it's objectively a bully deal.

The devices you usage each time besides marque a quality here. If you lone usage Apple devices, it makes consciousness to wage for these services, since galore of them lone enactment connected iPhone oregon Mac. Android users, meanwhile, would lone person access to Apple Music connected the go. If this matters to you, determination whitethorn beryllium a amended mode to walk your money.

How to Cancel Apple One

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If you effort Apple One and don't consciousness similar it's for you, canceling is easy. Like immoderate of your different subscriptions managed by Apple, you tin cancel through your device's Settings oregon the App Store.

On a mobile device, pat Settings and take your name, past prime Subscriptions. Choose Apple One nether the Active subs section, past take Cancel Subscription. You tin besides bash this if you unfastened the App Store, past pat your illustration and take Subscriptions.

Cancel from a Mac by opening System Preferences > Apple ID, past take Media & Purchases and take Manage next to Subscriptions. If you're inactive utilizing iTunes, spell to Account > View My Account and disable Apple One from your database of subs.