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Is Apple One worth it for you after recent price hikes? 57%
By Chance Miller24%
7/18/2026, 9:38:18 PM
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Yesterday, Apple announced price increases for Apple Music as well as two of its Apple One bundles.
Apple offers a broad range of services nowadays, ranging from Apple TV to Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, and more.
Apple One lets you bundle those together at lower prices.
Is Apple One worth it?
Here’s what you need to know.
Apple’s services
As quick refresher, here are the services offered by Apple today:
Apple Music: Apple’s streaming music service with access to over 100 million songs.
$11.99 per month
Apple TV: Access to hit TV shows and movies like Ted Lasso, Severance, Pluribus, and more.
$12.99 per month
Apple Fitness+: Apple’s digital fitness platforms with video workouts across 12 different workout types.
$9.99 per month
Apple Arcade: A game subscription service with 200+ games, all without in-app purchases or ads.
$6.99 per month
Apple News+: Access top stories and publications, daily puzzles, in-depth recipes, and more.
$12.99 per month
iCloud+: iCloud storage, Apple Invites, iCloud Private Relay, My Email, Custom Email Domain, and HomeKit Secure Video.
$0.99 per month (50GB), $2.99 per month (200GB), $9.99 per month (2TB)
Apple One bundles
Apple offers three different tiers of Apple One: Individual, Family, and Premier, It bundles up to six Apple subscriptions for one price.
Apple One Individual (save $13/month)
Apple TV
Apple Music
Apple Arcade
iCloud+ with 50GB of storage
Total if purchased separately: $32.96
Apple One Individual price: $19.95
Apple One Family (save $15/month)
Share the following services with up to five people:
iCloud+ with 200GB of storage
Total if purchased separately: $42.96
Apple One Family price: $27.95
Apple One Premier (save $33/month)
Apple Fitness+
Apple News+
iCloud+ with 2TB of storage
Total if purchased separately: $72.94
Apple One Premier price: $39.95
Is Apple One worth it for you?
This question depends largely on which Apple services you find useful.
But there are also mathematical equations to take into consideration.
For example, if you’re already paying for Apple TV and Apple Music, you should absolutely make the jump and switch to Apple One Individual.
Not only will you save on your Apple Music and Apple TV subscriptions, you’ll also unlock access to more iCloud storage and features, plus Apple Arcade.
Furthermore, Apple recently raised Apple Music prices.
Interestingly, while the top two Apple One plans recently got more expensive to accommodate that increase, the Apple One Individual plan did not.
This makes it an even better value than it was before.
I encourage you to look at the bundle options and individual service prices above and run the numbers for yourself and your family.
I’d wager that a lot of people reading this story can save some money by switching to one of the Apple One plans.
Or, maybe you’ve been on the fence about subscribing to a new service and the Apple One discount will make that decision easier.
Apple TV in particular continues to become a better and better value.
The service has added access to F1 and MLS matches at no additional cost this year.
If you’ve been debating subscribing to Apple TV, Apple One might make that added subscription easier to stomach.
Are you an Apple One subscriber?
If so, which services do you find yourself using?
Let us know down in the comments.
My favorite iPhone accessories:
Anker Nano USB-C wall charger with built-in screen
AirPods Pro 3: Check the current sale price
Charge all your Apple gear at the same time
Bring wireless CarPlay to any car
USB-C cable that shows how fast you’re charging
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