William Gallagher
Apple has raised the prices of many of its services subscriptions, from individual ones such as Apple Music, to its overall Apple One bundle tiers.
Apple has increased the cost of subscribing to some of its services almost precisely 12 months after its last price rise. So far the changes have been made without any announcement, but the new costs are all published on Apple's site.
The most marked increase is in the overall Apple One bundle. Its lowest, or individual tier, used to cost $16.95 per month but as of now, it is $19.95 per month.
Similarly, the Family Apple One tier has risen from $22.95/month to $25.95/month. And the Premier tier is now up from $32.95 to $37.95.
Separate services rise too
The price rise for Apple One comes at the same time as increases for many of its major constituent services.
- Apple TV+ was $6.99/month, now $9.99
- Apple News+ was $9.99/month, now $12.99
- Apple Arcade was $4.99/month, now $6.99
It's not clear yet whether iCloud storage prices are rising too. When Apple raised prices in October 2022, Apple Music was one of those affected, but as yet it doesn't appear to have increased again.
That may be just that Apple hasn't launched a new price. However, in 2022, Apple Arcade was unaffected so it needn't be that every service will rise in cost.
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Well time to look at services I guess……
Everything rises, as cola increases…..so whats the benefits of cola increases….NADA
iCloud storage can KMA: a Genius Bar agent reset my phone and after that it lost everything despite the fact that I was paying 2.99/mo for 50gb. Since then I switched to the 99¢ version because imho it’s just not worth it. Also a network reset recommended by AT&T deleted all of my WiFi signins last week and they haven’t been recovered and restored. I think that as a natural order of business, iPhones should unlock themselves from the carrier exclusivities automatically after 6 months has passed.
Apple One Premier - - last year, ~12% increase. This year, 12 months later, ~15% increase. That's much more than a COLA increase. Also - - - no new service, no higher cloud storage, discounted Apple Care - - - - nothing - - - - just a pure price increase, year-over-year. Time to trim the service.
My $49.99 ATV+ annual subscription just ended a few weeks ago, and I’ve been on the fence as to whether it was still worth keeping around at $69.99. This makes that decision for me. Apple TV+ now goes into my a-la-cart, one month and done rotation.