Bundling continues to reign in streaming service deals, from the Disney+/Hulu/ESPN streaming bundle, to Amazon’s Echo/Ring bundle. It’s a great way to save money on multiple related products.
Apple is also in the bundle business by lumping together their many monthly subscriptions into one low monthly payment.
If you’re a user of Apple Music, iCloud Storage, or Apple TV+, you could save $300 a year. Here’s what you need to know:
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The Apple One plan bundles up to six Apple services.
If you’re somebody who’s interested in Apple’s various subscriptions — Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, iCloud Storage, Apple News+, and Apple Fitness+ — this new bundle is poised to save you up to 43%.
The Individual plan saves up to $108.12/year.
The $19.95/month plan for one user is $9.01/month cheaper than paying for Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 50 GB iCloud Storage separately.
Here’s the breakdown of each service’s regular price:
Apple Music Individual subscription: $10.99/month ($5.99/month for students)
Apple TV+ subscription: $9.99/month
Apple Arcade subscription: $6.99/month
iCloud Storage 50 GB: $0.99/month
Total cost individually is $28.96/month, compared to the Apple One $19.95/month bundle.
Save nearly $204/year with Apple One’s Family plan.
Apple One has a Family plan, which costs $19.95/month for up to five users to share the same services as the Individual plan:
Apple Music Family subscription: $16.99/month
Apple TV+ subscription: $9.99/month
Apple Arcade subscription: $6.99/month
iCloud Storage 200 GB: $2.99/month
Total cost of each service independently is $36.96/month, compared to the Apple One $19.95/month bundle. That’s a savings of $17.01/month, or $204/year.
The Apple One Premier plan saves over $300/year on six different subscriptions.
The Premier bundle adds Apple News+ and Apple Fitness+ services to the existing Family plan offerings, plus includes 2 TB of iCloud storage. This offers the biggest overall savings, by far:
Apple Music Family subscription: $16.99/month
Apple TV+ subscription: $9.99/month
Apple Arcade subscription: $6.99/month
iCloud Storage 2 TB: $9.99/month
Apple News+ subscription: $12.99/month
Apple Fitness+ subscription: $9.99/month
Total cost of these services individually is $66.94/month, which is almost DOUBLE the $37.95/month price point of the Apple One Premier subscription. That’s a savings of about $29/month — $348/year — or 43% off.
Not interested in all these services? Pay annually to reduce your costs.
The advantage of the bundles is lowering the overall cost on various Apple services you’d subscribe to anyway.
But the advantage of NOT bundling is picking and choosing the products you’ll actually use. Many of Apple’s subscriptions offer annual plans, which significantly lower the overall financial impact.
Apple Music offers an individual annual plan for $99/year, about $20 cheaper than paying monthly.
Apple TV+ offers an annual plan for $99/year, about $20 cheaper than paying monthly.
Apple Arcade offers a $49.99 annual plan, which is about $33 cheaper than paying monthly (or it’s like getting five months free).
Apple Fitness+ has an annual subscription of $79.99, which is about $40 cheaper than paying $9.99/month.
KCL TIP: Annual plans with those services alone could reduce your cost from $440.98/year to $327.98/year. That’s not as good as the bundle price of $239.40, but it’s about halfway there.
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