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Apple News pricing
Apple News publishes 2 tiers. Below is each one, what it adds over the tier beneath it, and where the ladder stops being worth climbing for most people.
As of 30 August 2026, Apple News pricing is $12.99/month across 2 published tiers. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- $12.99/month
- Model
- Subscription
- Tiers
- 2
- Free tier
- Not on record
Apple News plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apple News+ | $12.99/month | 6 | Entry tier |
| Apple One Bundle | $39.95/month | 3 | +$26.96/month, 3 more features |
What each tier adds
The set difference between each tier's feature list and the one beneath it. Where a tier lists nothing new, the vendor has either stopped repeating the inherited list or the tier raises limits rather than adding capability, the record does not distinguish the two, so this page does not either.
Apple News+
$12.99/monthThe entry tier. It covers hundreds of magazines and newspapers, cover-to-cover magazine issues, professionally narrated audio stories, daily puzzles, offline reading, family sharing up to 6 members.
Apple One Bundle
$39.95/monthOver Apple News+, this tier adds:
- Apple News+ included
- Five additional Apple services
- Family Sharing
What the product covers
The full Apple News feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Curated news feed
- Premium magazines
- Audio stories
- Personalization
- Offline reading
Integrations
- iCloud
- Apple One bundle
- Siri
- Spotlight
Platform
- Ios support
- Macos support
People bring Apple News in for daily news reading, magazine subscription, news discovery, staying informed. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Apple News are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in News
Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $15/month. Apple News starts at $12.99/month, which puts it below the middle of its category.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apple News (this page) | $12.99/month | subscription | - | |
| NetNewsWire | Free | Open source, no licence fee | - | vs Apple News |
| Reeder | Free, then $10/year | Per user per month | - | vs Apple News |
| GlobeNewswire | On request | usage-based | - | vs Apple News |
| ConvertKit | Free, then $33/month | freemium | - | vs Apple News |
| Inoreader | Free, then $7.5/month | freemium | - | vs Apple News |
| Ghost | Free, then $15/month | - | - | vs Apple News |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Apple News badges page.
Before you pay for Apple News
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: 2 tiers between $12.99/month and $39.95/month, with the jump itemised above. With no free tier on record, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to compare Apple News against the tools that do have one before committing.
Apple News runs on ios, macos, and is published by Apple Inc of Cupertino, CA. The full record is on the Apple News review, and the rest of the category is under best news tools.
Apple News pricing questions
- How much does Apple News cost?
- Apple News publishes 2 tiers, from $12.99/month for Apple News+ up to $39.95/month for Apple One Bundle. The cheapest paid tier is $12.99/month.
- Does Apple News have a free plan?
- Not on the record we hold: Apple News is listed as subscription. Whether a free trial is offered is not something this record captures, so check the vendor's site.
- What is the difference between Apple News+ and Apple One Bundle on Apple News?
- Apple One Bundle costs $39.95/month against $12.99/month, and adds apple news+ included, five additional apple services, family sharing.
- Is the Apple One Bundle plan on Apple News worth it?
- That depends entirely on whether you need what it adds, which on the published record is apple news+ included, five additional apple services, family sharing. It costs $39.95/month against $12.99/month for Apple News+. Softwr has not used either tier, so this page can tell you what changes, not whether it is worth the difference to you.
- Is Apple News expensive for a news tool?
- It starts below the middle of its category. Across the 5 news tools in this directory that publish a starting price, the median entry point is $15/month; Apple News starts at $12.99/month.
- Which news tools can I use without paying?
- 6 of the 8 news tools listed alongside Apple News have a free tier: NetNewsWire, Reeder, ConvertKit, Inoreader, Ghost.
- What am I actually paying for with Apple News?
- The record lists 11 features across 3 areas: other, integrations, platform. In practice it is brought in for daily news reading, magazine subscription, news discovery.
- Does Apple News charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 2 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Apple News prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Apple News against before paying?
- The closest news tools in this directory are NetNewsWire, Reeder, GlobeNewswire, ConvertKit. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Apple News covering price, platforms and features.