Apple Music and Apple One Get Costlier in India: Full New Pricing Inside

Apple Music and Apple One Get Costlier in India: Apple’s subscription bundle just joined the growing list of things costing more this year, and this time it’s not about chips or memory. The company has raised prices across Apple Music and Apple One in India, with hikes touching every single tier from the Student plan to Apple One Premier.

The Full Revised Pricing

Why This Hike Is Different From Apple’s Other Price Increases

Here’s the part worth understanding before you assume this is just another memory-shortage story. Apple has explicitly stated the increase is due to rising music licensing costs, not component pricing. That puts it in a different bucket entirely from the recent AppleCare+ hikes on Macs and iPads, and from June’s hardware price increases across the iPad, Mac, and wearables lineup, both of which were tied to the ongoing global memory shortage.

The revision isn’t India-specific either. Apple raised Music and Apple One pricing simultaneously in the United States, the United Kingdom, several European markets, and beyond, the US Individual Apple Music plan is moving from $10.99 to $11.99, and the Family plan is jumping a steeper $3 to $19.99, its first increase since October 2022.

How Music Plan Now Stacks Up Against Rivals

At ₹139/month, Apple Music now matches Spotify’s individual pricing in India almost exactly, following Spotify’s own price hike earlier in 2026. That leaves YouTube Music as the priciest mainstream option for individual plans, while JioSaavn and Gaana remain the budget picks for anyone not tied to lossless or spatial audio, features Apple Music still offers even on Android devices, which continues to be one of its stronger differentiators against Spotify.

The One Thing Worth Noticing in the Fine Print

Family plan subscribers are absorbing the steepest hikes on both Apple Music (+₹50) and Apple One (+₹60), while Individual and Student plans saw comparatively modest increases. If you’re currently on an Individual Apple Music plan, upgrading to Apple One Individual at ₹195/month adds Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and 50GB of iCloud+ storage for just ₹56 more than standalone Apple Music, arguably one of the better value bundles Apple currently offers in India.

This kind of subscription creep sits alongside the broader cost pressure we’ve tracked across Apple’s hardware price hikes in Japan and the wave of tablet and device price increases hitting the industry this year, even if the underlying causes differ.

The Takeaway

Both Music and Apple One are now officially pricier in India across every plan tier, driven by licensing costs rather than the memory shortage behind Apple’s other recent hikes. If you’re already subscribed, the new rates are live immediately, and if you’re on the fence about Apple One, the value gap over standalone Apple Music just got a little more compelling.