Apple Music in India now costs ₹139 per month for the Individual plan. That is the number to know after a noisy eighteen months: late 2024 lifted it from ₹99 to ₹119, and in July 2026 Apple raised it again to ₹139 as part of its first global music-price hike since 2022. Students pay ₹69 a month, and the Family plan covers up to six people for ₹229 a month. Verified against apple.com/in on our 29 Aug 2026 check, ₹139 converts to about $1.45 — roughly 88% below the $11.99 Individual plan in the United States. The full dated table lives on the live Apple Music board for India; this page explains what each tier gets you and how Indians actually pay.
What each Apple Music India tier includes
| Plan | Monthly price (INR) | Who it covers | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | ₹139 | One person | Full catalogue, lossless and Dolby Atmos audio |
| Student | ₹69 | One enrolled student | UNiDAYS verification, capped at 48 months |
| Family | ₹229 | Up to 6 people via Family Sharing | Each member keeps a private library |
Every tier streams the same catalogue with lossless audio and Sing Along lyrics included; the tiers differ only in who listens and what you prove at signup. There is no free ad-supported tier — just the standard one-month trial before billing starts.
The student angle: India barely needs the discount
This is the strangest thing about Indian Apple Music pricing. In most countries the student plan is the headline deal — half off a steep standard rate. In India the standard rate is already among the cheapest anywhere. Our comparison work on the Apple Music student discount found that India’s ordinary ₹139 Individual plan ($1.45) undercuts the student price in the US ($6.99), Germany, and the UK many times over. A student in Delhi can ignore UNiDAYS entirely and still pay less than any American student with perfect paperwork.
That said, if you are enrolled anyway, ₹69 is real money saved over a year — ₹840 versus ₹1,668. Just remember the ceiling: verification runs through UNiDAYS, re-checks periodically, and dies at 48 months, after which the plan silently converts to the full ₹139 rate.
How do I actually pay for Apple Music in India?
Apple Music bills directly to your Apple Account (what Apple used to call Apple ID), so payment setup happens once in your App Store settings:
- UPI — supported on Indian Apple Accounts. Add your UPI handle under Payment Information and renewals debit automatically through your UPI app.
- Indian cards — debit and credit cards issued in India, including RuPay-enabled ones that support recurring e-mandates.
- Apple gift cards — ones bought in India load store credit onto your account, and because Music is an Apple product, credit pays for it. This is the opposite of third-party subscriptions like Spotify, where gift-card routes often fail. See how to avoid the Apple tax for where store credit does and does not work.
One practical note: keep a small balance or a working backup method attached. If a renewal fails twice, Apple drops you to the trial-expired state and you lose playlists’ offline downloads until you fix the method.
The honest note: price follows your account country
If you are reading this from outside India hoping to pay ₹139, understand exactly what stands between you and that price: nothing about VPNs changes your Apple Account country. Billing currency locks to where the account was created. Moving it requires Apple’s official country-change flow — zero out your store credit, cancel active subscriptions, and attach a payment method valid in the new country. An Indian method means an Indian bank relationship, which most non-residents do not have. Accounts Apple flags as mismatched can lose purchases.
And here is the part competitors skip: for India specifically, almost nobody should bother jumping through those hoops from elsewhere — but also, nobody in India needs to leave. At $1.45 a month, India is one of the cheapest legitimate Apple Music storefronts on earth, sitting near Turkey and the Philippines on our cheapest-country ranking. The domestic price is the deal.