Give an Apple Music Subscription as a Gift

It's easy to send someone an Apple Music subscription

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Mark Harris
Mark Harris
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  • University of Wolverhampton
Mark Harris is a former writer for Lifewire who wrote about the digital music scene and streaming music services in an easy to understand, no-nonsense manner.
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Updated on October 12, 2021
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  • Go to the Apple Gift Cards website and select Buy > Email or Mail.
  • Choose a design and gift card amount, then select Add to Bag > Checkout.
  • The Apple Gift Card is universal; use it to buy content or products from any Apple service or product, including Apple Music.

Apple Gift Cards can be redeemed to buy anything sold under the Apple banner. That includes content from the App Store, Apple TV, Apple Music, iTunes, Apple Arcade, the Apple Store app, Apple.com, and the Apple Store. This form of credit is an easy pay-per-click process. The credit stays in the recipient's account almost indefinitely until it has all been used.

Buy Someone an Apple Gift Card

Give the gift of Apple Music through Apple's website. Apple's gift cards work for anything payable through the App Store, including apps, music, books, games, and related digital subscriptions, as well as products at the Apple Store.

  1. Go to the Apple Gift Cards website, and choose Buy.

    This page includes a link to check your gift card balance, too.

    Apple Gift Card buy

  2. Select either Email or Mail as the preferred delivery method.

    Apple gift card email or mail

  3. Pick a card design and a gift card amount.

    If you selected Email as your delivery message, you will also need to enter recipient and sender details.

    Apple gift card design and amount

  4. Optional: If you'd like to add a message for your recipient, select Your Message/Add under Want to add a personalized message.

  5. Click the Add to Bag button on the right of the gift card page.

    Apple gift card message and Add to Bag

  6. On the checkout page, choose Check Out to finalize the purchase.

    Apple gift card check out

  7. You'll be asked to log in if you have an Apple ID, in which case the charge for the purchase will be applied to your account. If you don't have an Apple ID, choose the Continue as Guest option and then enter the payment information in the fields provided.

Apple sends an email with your gift card to the email address provided. If you selected to send by mail, the physical gift card will be shipped to the address provided.

About the Apple Music Service

Apple Music operates on a monthly subscription model similar to other premium streaming music services. Whether you listen to one album a month or hundreds, you must pay a fixed monthly fee to access its features.

Apple Music offers more than 45 million songs, curated radio stations, and playlists. The gift card may be redeemed on iTunes, iBooks, the App Store, or the Mac App Store, in addition to subsidizing an Apple Music subscription.

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