You can currently get an Apple Music subscription for around £1.09/month, or £10.95 for a full year, and you dont need a VPN.
This method allows you to subscribe to Apple Music directly from a PC using a web browser, so theres no need for an iPhone or iPad. You can either create a new Apple account or use an existing account, provided it has no active subscriptions or payment methods.
You can choose to pay £1.09/month, or pay for the full year upfront for £10.95.
You can also add Apple TV for just 60p/month extra, bringing the total to around £1.69/month for both services.
Apple Music: £1.09/month or £10.95/year
Apple TV: 60p/month
Both: £1.69/month
How to subscribe:
1. Create an account (if you already have an Apple India account and know how to add iTunes credit using this deal, skip to Step 4).
Create an Apple account and select UK as your country. (Alternatively, you can use an existing account with no active subscription or added payment method.)
Verify your email address and phone number. (If the phone number has been used with an Apple account previously, you may need to use a different number.)
2. Purchase App Store Gift Card:
Add an Indian address to your Amazon UK account (You can generate one from here)
Example:
Street: 2456, Mori Gate
City: Delhi
Province: Delhi
Postal Code: 110008
Telephone: 1589858786
Note: You may need to set it as your default address temporarily.
Log in to Amazon India using your Amazon UK account.
Make sure the Indian address is set as your default address under Your Addresses.
Go to here: amazon.in/apared
Purchase a 139 gift card via Amazon Pay, which sells the App Store Codes.
Use iTunes or Apple Music on your PC, or the iOS device once youre signed in to the relevant account, to redeem the gift card. (App Store Profile Redeem Gift Card or Code You can also enter your code manually).
3. Next, install the iTunes app on your PC, then either set up a new Apple India account or redeem an Apple Store Code purchased from Amazon India.
Go to this deal: .com/dea340 and follow step 3.
4. Once you have some credit in your account, load up the Apple Music India website from here and sign in: music.apple.com/in/ome
Select Apple Music and choose the Individual plan. You will be offered a free trial.
When you reach the payment screen, leave the debit card details blank, tick the Authorise Payment option and click Confirm. The payment will then be taken from your Apple Account balance.
Note: If you want to subscribe to one year of Apple Music (1,399), go to:
music.apple.com/in/ngs
Scroll down to Subscriptions and select See All Plans, then switch to the Yearly plan. You may need to authorise the payment again, after which the amount will be taken from your Apple Account balance.
Apple TV:
If you want Apple TV as well, you can subscribe separately for 59p/month (75) extra by going to tv.apple.com/in and subscribing in the same way as you did through the Apple Music India website.
You will be offered iCloud 50GB, which includes Apple TV and Apple Arcade as well.
Just remember to keep topping up your Apple Account balance to ensure your subscriptions remain active.
Once subscribed, you dont need a VPN to use either service in the UK.
