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Apple raises costs for Apple Music and Apple One as a result of ‘rising licensing prices’


Apple is elevating costs for its music streaming service, Apple Music, for subscribers in the USA and different international locations.

The person plan for Apple Music will not price $11.99 per 30 days, down from $10.99.

“On account of rising licensing prices, Apple Music is rising its subscription value beginning immediately,” Apple stated in an announcement to justify the worth improve.

The Household plan for Apple Music is now $19.99, down from $16.99, whereas the Pupil plan is $6.99, down from $5.99.

On the similar time, Apple has additionally elevated plenty of tiers of its Apple One choices, which embrace Apple Music.

The person plan stays unchanged and subscribers will proceed to pay $19.95 per 30 days. The value improve begins with the Household tier, now $27.95 (was $25.95), and the Premier plan, now $39.95 (was $37.95).

That is the primary value improve for Apple Music since October 2022, when the person plan elevated by $1 from $9.99.

Apple Music’s month-to-month subscription value improve follows Spotify’s value improve earlier this 12 months. Spotify elevated the worth of its Premium subscription from $11.99 to $12.99, so Apple’s providing remains to be cheaper at this value.

Subscription providers are elevated once in a while, and in August 2025, Apple elevated the worth of the Apple TV to $12.99 from $9.99. Earlier than that, the final improve in Apple TV subscriptions was in October 2023, when the service elevated by $3. This value improve didn’t have an effect on the costs of Apple One, which bundles providers corresponding to Apple TV, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, iCloud+, Apple Health+ and Apple Information+ relying on the tier.

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