How to get Apple Music for free [Up to 6 months]

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coco
November 26, 2024

Apple Music’s free trial has been reduced to one month from three months in February 2022, which Apple has offered since the platform debuted in 2015. Apple Music pricing remains the same, starting at $4.99 for the new Apple Music Voice plan and $5.99 for the Apple Music student plan. The individual plan costs $10.99 per month, while the Apple Music Family plan costs $16.99 per month. Apple Music is also included in the Apple One bundle, which starts at $16.95 per month for individual access to Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, and iCloud+.

  1. 6 months of Apple Music free with eligible devices
  2. 6 months of Apple Music free on Verizon
  3. 6 months of Apple Music free on EE
  4. 6 months of Apple Music free on O2
  5. 5 months of Apple Music free on Barclaycard
  6. 4 months of Apple Music free with Bestbuy
  7. 3 months of Apple Music free with Shazam
  8. 3 months of free Apple Music Family in Brazil
  9. How to get Apple Music free forever?

Related: How to get Spotify for free?
How to get Free Apple Music for up to 3 months?

1. 6 months of Apple Music free with eligible devices

However, Users can access 6-month free trial with AirPods, HomePod, or Beats purchase.

  1. Make sure your iPhone or iPad is running the latest version of iOS or iPadOS.
  2. Pair your eligible audio device to your iPhone or iPad.
  3. Open the Apple Music app on your iPhone or iPad and sign in with your Apple ID. If the offer doesn’t appear immediately after launching the app, go to the Listen Now tab where it will appear.
  4. Tap Get 6 months free.

Eligible devices includes: AirPods Pro, AirPods (2nd generation), AirPods (3rd generation), AirPods Max, Beats Studio Buds, Powerbeats, Powerbeats Pro, Beats Solo Pro, Beats Fit Pro, HomePod and HomePod Mini. No purchase necessary for current owners of eligible devices. AirPods (1st generation), Beats Solo3 Wireless, Beats Studio3 Wireless, Beats EP, and Beats Flex are not eligible.

However, this offer is only available to new Apple Music subscribers. If you have subscribed to Apple Music before but has an eligible device, you may redeem the offer with a new account – but you need to take it up within 90 days of first pairing a new device.

Learn more: https://offers.applemusic.apple/new-device-offer

2. Get 6 months free Apple Music on Verizon

6 Months Free Apple Music is included in select Unlimited plans. 5G Start Unlimited, 5G Do More Unlimited and 5G Play More Unlimited plans are eligible for 6 months of free Apple Music, then $10.99/month after(for New Mexico residents, Apple Music ends audomatically after 6 months). How to get free Apple Music from Verizon in 2023?

3. Get 6 months free Apple Music on EE

You will get six months of Apple Music:

  • whether you’re joining EE as a new customer or you’ve been with us for years
  • offer available to Consumer and Small Business customers with EE pay monthly or SIM only phone plans on a 12 month or more minimum term

EE will cover the data you use for 6 months, so you can stream and download music without using your data allowance. Apple Music will appear on your bill as an add-on. EE will add £10.99 credit to your bill to pay for it. 

To sign up:

  1.  text MUSIC to 150,
  2.  or log in to My EE or download the My EE app and go to Plan & Add-ons > Add-ons > Get more add-ons,
  3.  then follow the instructions EE send you.

Learn more: https://ee.co.uk/inclusive-extras/apple-music

4. Get up to six months’ free Apple Music on O2

If you’re joining O2 or upgrading, you can get Apple Services (Music, Fitness+ and TV+) on selected tariffs and devices when completing your order online, in store, or over the phone. You can also get Apple Music when you spread the cost of an eligible product on a Device Plan. You’ll get three, four or six months depending on the tariff you’ve chosen.

If you are qualified for above 6 months free Apple Music, don’t worry, there are still many other ways to get longer Apple Music free trial.

5. Barclaycard – Free Apple Music for 5 months

Sign up for a Barclaycard and get up to five months of Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Fitness+, Apple News+ and Apple Arcade for free. Continues as paid subscription after trial ends. You must be a new or existing consumer Barclaycard cardholder in the United Kingdom. This offer is open between 00:01am on 25 September 2022 and 11:59pm on 22 September 2023. You’ll receive five separate links to redeem each of the Apple services. You can then decide if you would like to redeem all five. Please note that if you are a current subscriber to one of these, you will not be eligible for that service. For full details, please see our offer terms and conditions.

6. Get Free Apple Music for 3 months from BestBuy

Get Free Apple Music for 4 months (new or returning subscribers only) at Best Buy. Take advantage of the My Best Buy member offer – 4 months free for Apple Music new subscribers only. Plans automatically renew for $10.99/month each after trial until canceled. Apple Music subscriptions can be managed or canceled through iTunes/Apple Media Services account. Subscription can be canceled at any time. Only one redemption per customer. This is a promotional code and is not for resale, has no cash value, and will not be replaced if lost or stolen. Valid only for Apple Music in the United States. Requires iTunes/Apple Media Services account.

  • A BestBuy.com account is required.
  • Download in US only.
  • This Promotional offer is only for first time subscribers to Apple Music.

How to get it? Follow these steps below:

Step 1. Visit the offer and sign in with your account.

Step 2. Go to Cart and click “Checkout” to finish the order. Instructions to redeem are emailed after purchase.

Learn more: https://www.bestbuy.com/site/apple-free-apple-music-for-up-to-3-months-new-or-returning-subscribers-only/6562010.p?skuId=6562010

7. Get up to 3 months free of Apple Music with Shazam

There’s another way to get a longer Apple Music trial and it doesn’t involve buying anything. All you need to do is go to shazam.com/applemusic, scan the code, download Shazam to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch. Shazam is an app identifies songs playing around you.

Learn more: https://www.shazam.com/applemusic

8. Get 3 months free Apple Music Family in Brazil

Brazil new and winback subscribers can get up to 3 months free Apple Music Family Membership. $34.90 per month after the free trial period. Membership automatically renews until cancelled. Requires Apple ID. For ages 16 and older only.

9. How to get Apple Music free forever?

The best way to get Apple Music for free is to download Apple Music songs to MP3 with Pazu Apple Music Converter. After that, you can still play the songs offline even after you cancelling Apple Music subscription.

Pazu Apple Music Converter lets you convert any copy protected Apple Music and iTunes songs you have in your library to MP3, AAC, WAV, FLAC, M4A, AIFF without any loss in quality. One of the distinguishing features of Pazu Apple Music Converter is that it can download and convert Apple Music at a really fast speed — almost 10 times faster than any other similar software. It is integrated with the Apple Music web player, so you can batch convert any Apple Music playlist or album to the format you choose without iTunes app. The following tutorial will show you how to download Apple Music to MP3 and get Apple Music for free. 

Step 1 Launch Pazu Apple Music Converter

Download, install and run Pazu Apple Music Converter on your Mac or Windows.

Apple Music Converter

Step 2 Choose output format

The default format is M4A in 256kbps. Apple Music Converter also supports MP3, AAC, FLAC, WAV and AIFF. Click the gear icon if you want to change output format or output folder.

Apple Music Converter settings

Step 3 Choose a playlist, artist or album you want to download

Follow the on-screen instructions to choose a playlist, artist, or album that you want to download.

add Apple Music songs

Step 4 Start to download Apple Music songs

Click “Convert” button to start downloading Apple Music songs, albums and playlists to mp3, so you can play them anywhere you want, even after cancelling Apple Music subscription.

convert Apple Music to MP3