Best Apple Music offers: Cheapest way to get Apple Music in 2024
Here are the latest deals on Apple Music in the UK, plus how to get six months for free.
Our complete guide to the best Apple Music deals available right now is a fool-proof way to listen to all your favourite tunes, as well as curated playlists and radio stations, without breaking the bank.
Since its launch in 2015, Apple Music has been Apple's answer to other music streaming services, like Spotify. Working seamlessly with other Apple products, Apple Music can be accessed via Siri, where you can ask it to be play songs according to your mood: 'Hey Siri, play something up-beat'!
Apple Music has tunes from thousands of artists, as well as exclusive content in the form of its own radio stations: Apple Music 1, Apple Music Country and Apple Music Hits.
Apple Music normally costs £10.99 a month, but there are a number of ways to lower the cost, and even to get up to six months for free.
Firstly, it all depends about which plan you are selecting: Apple Music Voice costs just £4.99 a month and allows you to access Apple Music through Siri when connected to Wi-Fi. You could also go for the Apple Music Family Plan, which costs £16.99 per month but allows up to six people to listen, each with an individual music library and personalised music recommendations.
There's also Apple One, which gives you access to a number of the different subscription services including Apple Music, Apple TV+ and Apple Fitness+ and more; you can currently get a one month Apple One free trial.
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Best Apple Music offers at a glance:
- Get a three month Apple Music free trial
- Get three months free with eligible devices
- Get a student subscription for Apple Music from £5.99 a month
- Get six months free as an Inclusive Extra with EE
- Get one month Apple One free trial
- Save up to £7 with an Apple Music Family plan
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- Claim three months' free Apple Music with the Google Pixel 8a at Currys
- Secure two months free with Shazam
- Three months' free with 8GB of 5G data on a 1 month SIM
- Three months' free with 50GB of 5G data on a 1 month SIM
- Three months' free with Unlimited 5G data on a 1 month SIM
Best Apple Music offers in the UK right now
Get a three month Apple Music free trial
What's the deal? If you're a new subscriber to Apple Music, you can now get a three month UK free trail. This deal from Apple means you can try out Apple Music and see if it's the streaming service for you without worrying about the cost. To start the free trial, simply redeem on an iPhone, iPad or Mac.
Why we chose it: The normal cost of Apple Music is £10.99, making this a great saving for your first month while you see whether you love the service. Something to be aware of is that you will be charged £10.99 per month automatically after the trial ends.
Get a three month Apple Music free trial at Apple
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Get three months for free with eligible devices
What's the deal? This is a great chance to three months worth of music streaming for free. This is available with Apple's audio devices — AirPods, HomePod mini, and Beats headphones. You don't have to be buying something new either, as you can redeem this offer even if you've owned your earphones or speaker for a while, you just need to make sure your device is running on the latest version of iOS.
Why we chose it: Not only is this a great deal, we loved that it isn't just available to those making a new purchase but anyone with an eligible device. Do be aware, though, that this deal is only on offer to those who are new subscribers to Apple Music — so if you've already been a user, this isn't the one for you.
Get three months of Apple Music for free at Apple
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Get a student subscription for Apple Music from £5.99 a month
What's the deal? If you're a student, you can get an Apple Music subscription for £5 less per month than normal, at just £5.99 per month for up to 48 months.
Why we chose it: For students, cash can be tight, and this is a really good way to get access to Apple Music, especially as the student package gives you access to all the same features as the normal package. You can also use the one month free trial if you're a first time subscriber to Apple Music.
Get a student subscription for Apple Music from £5.99 a month
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Get six months free as an Inclusive Extra with EE
What's the deal? Get six months of Apple Music for free with EE phone plans. This is available whether you're getting an iPhone or an Android phone.
If you go for a Full Works plan with EE, you'll get Apple One, which includes Apple Music as well as Apple TV+, Apple Arcade and iCloud. If you go for one of the All Rounder plans, you'll be able to choose one of EE's Inclusive Extras, which include Apple Music.
Why we chose it: This is a really good deal if you're already looking to sign up to a new phone contract. We also really like that this deal is available not just to new EE customers, but existing ones as well. So if you're already with EE, you can still get access to six months of Apple Music for free, which would normally set you back over £65.
Get six months free as an Inclusive Extra with EE
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Stay up to date with the RadioTimes.com Technology newsletter
What's the deal: The Technology newsletter will arrive in your inbox at 5pm every other Wednesday, and in the newsletter you'll find top guides, such as the best smartphones for older people and the best DAB radios, the latest release date pages, like the Google Pixel 8a release date article, and the best offers such as these Google Pixel 8a deals and Meta Quest 3 offers.
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Save up to £7 with an Apple Music Family plan
What's the deal? The Apple Music Family plan costs £16.99 and up to six people can be added to it. If the monthly bill was split six ways, that's only £2.83 each — more than a £7 saving on the Apple Music individual plan.
Why we chose it: If there are at least two paying adults on the family plan, you will be saving money by opting for this. One of our RadioTimes.com writers has a family of four: a mum, dad, and sister. So, if they bought the Apple Music Family plan, they would be spending just less than £4.25 each per month.
Plus, Apple Music Family offers each user an individual music library and personalised music recommendations, so there will be no arguing about who's listened to what!
Get Apple Music Family subscription for £16.99 a month
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Claim three months' free Apple Music with the Google Pixel 8a
What's the deal: If you purchase the brand-new Google Pixel 8a via Currys, you can claim up to three months Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and Apple Fitness+ for absolutely free.
Why we chose it: If you're in the market for a new smartphone, you might as well shop at a retailer that will offer you a something a little extra, such as Currys. With Apple Music setting you back from £5.99 per month, this deal will save you at least £17.97.
Claim three months' free Apple Music with the Google Pixel 8a at Currys
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Bag three months free Apple Music with iD Mobile
What's the deal: With selected iD Mobile SIM-only packages, you can claim three months' free Apple Music and Arcade.
Why we chose it: This deal is another prime example of getting something extra when you buy something you need, for example, when it's buy one get one free on the mascara you'd already planned to pick up, when you get a free bookmark with a book that's been on your 'to read' list for months, and when you get three months free Apple Music when you change your SIM-only contract!
- 8GB of 5G data on a 1 month SIM for £6 per month at iD Mobile
- 50GB of 5G data on a 1 month SIM for £14 per month at iD Mobile
- Unlimited 5G data on a 1 month SIM for £29 per month at iD Mobile
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Get two months free with Shazam
What's the deal? Simply head over to the Shazam site and scan the QR page (either with your phone's camera or QR scanner) which appears on the web page, then redeem the one month free Apple Music offer.
Why we chose it: We've used Shazam countless times to find out what song is playing in a restaurant or pub, so it makes sense that the handy app is offering listeners a free way to dive into that newly discovered music.
Get two months' free Apple Music at Shazam
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