What does Apple One Family come with and which subscription is best for you?

Apple's subscription prices have climbed across several services this year, and the company's Apple One bundles have not escaped the increases. The shifts affect US subscribers deciding whether to keep paying for Apple Music, Apple TV and other services individually or combine them. Apple Music individual plans rose by $1 a month and the Family plan by $3. Monthly Apple TV subscriptions went from $13 to $15, while annual plans rose by $20 in total.

The Apple One Individual tier now costs $22 a month, up from $20. That remains cheaper than subscribing to Apple Music at $12 a month and Apple TV at $15 a month separately. The Family tier is priced at $28 a month and can be shared with five other people, which sharply reduces the cost per person. A higher-cost shareable Premier tier sits at $40 a month.

The Family plan suits subscribers supporting several people or splitting the bill with up to five others. For $28 a month, members get a shared 200GB pool of iCloud storage, the Apple Music Family plan, Apple TV and Apple Arcade. Apple Music's Family plan alone costs $20. Combined, the Family tier saves about $17 a month, and with six people paying their own way each pays less than $5 a month. Apple does not require members of an Apple One Family plan to live in the same household.

Premier adds the full suite of Apple services and delivers $35 in monthly savings compared with subscribing to each individually. Beyond the Family plan's contents, it includes Apple Fitness+ at $10 a month, Apple News+ at $13 a month and 2TB of shared iCloud storage at $10 a month. Those services would total $75 on their own.

Every Apple subscription inside Apple One can already be shared with a Family Sharing group, with one exception: Apple Music requires the Family plan for multi-person access. A household that only wants Apple Arcade, for example, could pay $7 a month for it and make it available through Family Sharing. Apple One makes the most sense when subscribers will use everything in the bundle.

Extra storage can be added through iCloud+. Pairing the 12TB iCloud+ plan at $60 a month with Apple One Premier allows a maximum of 14TB of storage. The storage pool is shared, but files stay invisible to other family plan members unless a user chooses otherwise.

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