Apple One とは何ですか? また、購読する必要がありますか?

現在、選択できる Apple サブスクリプション サービスは非常に多く、財布にへこみができます。 Apple One は解決策になると約束していますが、それだけの価値はありますか?

Apple は Apple One サブスクリプション バンドルにいくつかの価格帯を提供していますが、最適な価格を見つけるのは難しい場合があります。個々のサービス コンポーネントに入る前に、価格の問題を扱います。

Apple One の料金

将来の Apple One サブスクライバーには、次の 3 つの月額料金オプションがあります。

• 月額 14.95 ドルの Apple One 個人
• 月額 $19.95 の Apple One ファミリー。
• 月額 $29.95 の Apple One Premier。

個人プランは、その名の通り、単一の Apple ID に対する Apple one サブスクリプションです。ファミリー層は同じサービスを提供しますが、5 人のファミリー メンバーがアクセスできます。また、4 倍のクラウド ストレージを利用できますが、5 つのスロットをすべて使用すると、個人オプションよりも 1 人あたりのストレージが少なくなります。

Premier プランでは、Apple News+ と Apple Fitness+ という 2 つのサービスが追加されます。また、共有ストレージが 10 倍になり、2 TB の iCloud が提供されます。 5 つのスロットをすべて使用すると、1 人あたり 400 GB になります。

プレミア層は最高の価値と最大の節約を提供しますが、それは追加のストレージ スペースとサービスに価値がある場合に限られます。各サービスを簡単に見て、お金で何を得られるかを理解しましょう。

Apple Music (個人で月額 9.99 ドル、Apple Music ファミリー共有で月額 14.99 ドル)

Apple Music は、Spotify、YouTube Music、Tidal などのサービスと直接競合しています。 Apple によると、このサービスには 7,500 万曲以上の曲があり、カタログは増え続けています。実際、ほとんどすべての著名なアーティストが出席し、説明されています.

私たちの経験では、YouTube ミュージックで見つけたとしても、Apple Music にいない無名のアーティストもいます。ただし、大多数のApple Musicユーザーは、選択について何の不満も持っていません.

Apple Music は、業界をリードする音楽ストリーミング サービスです。特に、これまで聞いたことのないアーティストのディスコグラフィーを理解するのに役立つ厳選されたリストが気に入っています。

このサービス自体には 4 つの価格レベルがあります。上記の 2 つとは別に、Student ($4.99/月) オプションと Voice ($4.99/月) があります。これらは特別な料金プランです。すべての人が学生プランの対象となるわけではなく、音声プランは Siri に限定されており、すべてのエクスペリエンスを提供するわけではないため、考慮していません。

Apple Arcade ($4.99/月、ファミリー共有)

通常、IOS は、最適化されたハードウェア、ゲームパッドなどの周辺機器のサポート、モバイル ゲームにおけるプレミアムなゲーム体験に関して、Android よりもはるかに進んでいます。 However, you still get the same free-to-play and microtransaction-ridden issues with iOS games as you do on Android.

Apple Arcade is a little like Game Pass on Xbox, acting as a “Netflix” for games. As long as you are a subscriber, you get full access to a curated collection of games that are constantly growing.

Apple Arcade games are guaranteed to be premium games that contain no microtransactions. If you pay your subscription fee, you have full access to everything. Family Sharing is also included by default, so for about $5 a month, your entire family group can play on iPhones, Macs, iPads, and Apple TVs.

Apple TV+ ($4.99/mo Family Sharing)

Apple TV+ is Apple’s answer to Netflix and Amazon Prime Video. It offers premier original shows produced by Apple and includes series and films across multiple genres.

The selection of shows is much smaller than the libraries offered by competing services, but there are real gems here, such as Ted Lasso, Foundation, and The Morning Show.

While there’s plenty of worthwhile content to watch and more are being added, we don’t think that Apple TV+ deserves a permanent subscription by itself. It makes more sense to subscribe for a month, catch up on all the best shows and then cancel again.

Apple iCloud+ (Starting at $0.99/mo)

All Apple accounts get 5GB of free cloud storage that can be used to store photos and user data backups. If you want more than this amount of space, you’ll need to pay for it.

Apple has a rather curious pricing structure, but a single user can get 50GB of space for a dollar a month. Then it’s $2.99 for 200GB and $9.99 for 2TB of iCloud storage. The 200GB and 2TB options include family sharing.

Apple’s iCloud service is truly useful for anyone with one or more Apple devices, although we wish there were more intermediate tiers and larger tiers for professional users. However, we can’t argue with its fantastic integration into the ecosystem and recommend that all Apple gadget owners invest in some iCloud storage.

Apple News+ (Apple One Premier Only, $9.99/mo Family Sharing)

If you’re sick of running into paywalls when looking for news on the internet, Apple News+ might be a good fit. It works through the Apple News app. As part of your subscription fee, you’ll get access to several premium paid news outlets and magazines.

This sounds great, but if you don’t live in the US, Canada, Australia, or the UK, you won’t have access to the service. On the upside, Family Sharing is included in the flat rate. This means up to six people in your family group can access premium news through the app.

There are over 200 magazines on offer, with back issues stretching back a few years. However, you won’t find the entire run of any magazine on offer as far as we can tell. These magazines span various topic areas, so everyone is sure to find something they like.

You’ll get access to The Wall Street Journal, the LA Times, and the Toronto Star on the newspaper side of things. Considering the price of magazine and newspaper subscriptions, Apple News+ is quite the bargain. Especially compared to apps like Zinio, you might pay as much for just a single issue.

Apple Fitness+ (Apple One Premier Only, $9.99/mo)

The Apple Watch series has been a smashing success for Apple, appealing to tech nerds and fitness fanatics. After establishing itself as a major player in the smartwatch market, Apple announced the Fitness+ service.

This service for Apple Watch owners gives you access to home workouts led by qualified instructors. The idea is to combine this with the fitness tracking of your Apple Watch with instructional videos to make sure you’re hitting your fitness targets.

Although you must have an Apple Watch to set up Apple Fitness+, once that’s done, you can follow workouts on your iPhone or iPad without the watch. Of course, if you aren’t wearing your Apple Watch, you won’t see any of the live metrics on-screen. You also can use AirPlay to put the workout on your TV, but the metrics don’t currently appear there either.

When Is Apple One Worth It?

If you already use all four of the services included in the individual tier of Apple One, it makes sense to pay $6 less for the same service. The main issue is that this tier only offers 50GB of iCloud storage. So if you need more than that (and we think 200GB of iCloud storage is the sweet spot), you’re better off paying separately.

The family plan offers the best value for two people who can share the 200GB iCloud allocation, but if you’re more than two people, the amount of storage is rather cramped, and it doesn’t include News+ or Fitness+.

Our recommendations:

• Get Apple One Individual if you are happy with just 50GB of cloud storage and live alone, with no interest in Fitness+ or News+.
• Get Apple One Family if you are at most four people and don’t care about News+ or Fitness+.
• Everyone else should get the Premier tier.

There is plenty of value in every tier, even if you don’t use all the services. But be sure to tally up the costs of the individual subscriptions for services you do use versus the ones you don’t to make sure you’re saving money.