Do you use multiple Apple services, such as Apple TV Plus and iCloud? Then it may be cheaper to take out the umbrella subscription Apple One. We show you how much money you can save.
Apple One: multiple services in one subscription
Apple introduced Apple One at the September event. With this subscription you get multiple services for one price. But exactly how much money can you save?
The answer is that it mainly depends on your wishes. The individual subscription to Apple One costs EUR 14.95 per month. For that you get access to Apple Music, Apple TV Plus and Apple Arcade. You also have 50GB of storage space in iCloud.
Apple claims that you save 6 euros per month with this subscription. That is indeed true if you are interested in all services. However, if you do not need, for example, Apple Arcade, you immediately save a lot less money with Apple One. The gaming service costs 5 euros per month separately. So you only have 1 euro advantage.
Rather use Spotify than Apple Music? Then a subscription to Apple One is not worth it anyway. In that case you pay 14.95 for Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade and 50GB in iCloud. If you purchase these services separately, you will only lose 10.97 euros per month.
A subscription for the whole family
The family subscription costs 19.95 per month. A maximum of six people will have access to the aforementioned services for this. Moreover, you don’t have 50GB of storage space in iCloud, but 200GB. So you have to share it with the other members of your family.
Keep in mind that you can share subscriptions to Apple TV Plus and Apple Arcade within the family anyway. Even if you subscribe individually. When you choose 200GB of storage space in iCloud, your children, brothers, sisters or parents can also use it.
Still, you can save quite a bit with Apple One. A family subscription to Apple Music alone costs 14.99 per month. For just 5 euros extra, you get Apple TV Plus, Apple Arcade and a large amount of storage space for iCloud. You are 8 euros cheaper per month than if you take out all these services separately.
Of course, the same comment applies as with the individual subscription. If you are not interested in, for example, Apple TV Plus, you will immediately save a lot less. You will then only spend 3 euros less compared to separate subscriptions.
Services are Apple’s future
Apple has invested heavily in services in recent years. Now that there is little stretch left in the sale of iPhones, the company is trying to tap other sources of income. Services are a holy grail: as long as customers don’t cancel, they will continue to fill Apple’s bank account every month.
Still, Apple’s services are struggling. Few people seem willing to take out a paid subscription. With Apple One, Tim Cook’s company is therefore trying to make the offer even more attractive.
In other countries, even larger Apple One subscriptions are available. This also gives you access to Apple Fitness Plus and Apple News Plus. Because these services are not (yet) available with us, you will not find them in Apple One.
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