When Apple first announced Apple One bundle during the September event, I was very skeptical to say the least. With Premier being available in a very limited set of countries and only 200 GB of iCloud storage in the Family plan it seemed like a non-starter for me. Together with my wife we use more than 300 GB right now, so I thought I would need to subscribe to the bundle and still pay for the 2 TB of iCloud storage.
What I didn’t realise at that moment is that iCloud storage expansion is in addition to the bundle, so I could downgrade my 2 TB plan and have 400 GB of iCloud storage in total. That completely changes the calculation.
Before I would have been paying:
- Spotify — €8.99 (for Duo plan)
- 2 TB of iCloud storage — €9.99
- Apple TV+ — €4.17 (€49.99 a year divided by 12 months)
Total €23.15 a month.
With Apple One, I will be paying:
- Bundle — €16.95
- 200 GB of iCloud storage — €2.99
Total — €19.94
So, I will be paying €3.21 a month less and will have access to the Apple Arcade in addition, which I was considering renewing just last week.
Sure it is much less storage, but right now it is enough for our family without managing it at all, I could definitely delete about 50 GB from the cloud without any sacrifice.
There is only one question left and it is moving to Apple Music from Spotify. I was thinking about it before because of where Spotify is heading and I love having almost all the lyrics right there in the app. I was just hesitant to mention it to my wife because we would be changing our music streaming service for about a third time in a year, but turns out she hates Spotify and didn’t use it much. So win-win in our household.
If you were on the fence about using the Apple One subscription — reconsider, with the additional storage in mind, maybe it will be a good deal for you too.