iPhone Apps May Soon Let You Subscribe for a Year, But Pay Monthly

Subscriptions handled through the Apple App Store may soon be more flexible than before, though the new feature isn’t launching immediately in the United States.Apps with subscription options previously offered monthly or yearly plans, but that second option meant you had to pay an annual fee up-front. A new change will soon let developers offer customers monthly payments, but under a yearly contract.Apple’s aim is to make payments easier for customers who may not be able to afford a full annual subscription at once, but want to subscribe for the year to take advantage of discounts or ensure a consistent price. You May Also Like window.videoEmbeds = window.videoEmbeds || []; let data = {}; data.excoPlayListId = '683dd703f27d5e38f3432230'; data.excoPlayListVideos = {"05789424-de7f-4cf0-9f40-a67cccd11e2a":"07EKL7BF7gMSCXJNjQq0yXa","2fd360dd-c383-40df-9366-cb09c46d7166":"01FdKhKQ7GkSBI13TIKeroR","3d939899-af9f-4809-9237-35df11143c1a":"03A2xL1eYrS36sH05zq9kan","4b34694e-d46a-479a-808a-a2d4e5753c25":"02gthVYBn0i0eFdIdsGIxfY","4b7e6612-32ed-5d39-b259-399e146f8c81":"07lCXLkCiVGBnmpEPObIiFT","58b80bef-7338-5e02-9aad-47f54bf6c8e1":"01MERcLVuT09qJLCJBDdVWL","607cdedb-0eb0-4fa2-8993-5aabc5906a7e":"05wcyStMyACh4tgJwkKFEHe","69bf5ab3-5bf4-4e28-8404-be7ec51bf272":"06tU9Vng53gGIUBGJQhGqMR","7a54d7e2-1b2f-427e-854b-e7415dd259c0":"06cFW6nJPuJnCLtbMwvsYqz","7b6fc19c-d81a-4c07-b130-ab917cd9195b":"012Z22YhbcBrhKafaLdS8va","914c4eb5-5b81-497f-8304-c43307666495":"03SwavqVLljT0WVMf1lHAvN","a307be37-343f-563b-8a15-bc4c26707818":"07HlLQoMuCbTToSGOWUJlUa","a3dd1d53-adf1-5224-b620-59df819c1043":"01JQhSe5DlKa2u7jm2gUbaT","b29a8e35-f8f3-5a51-bccd-d5897b2507a9":"00ELr0UPi0JEFK4ymsgw0Vz","c34fe5db-2ecc-5420-bfc4-6e825c2f2937":"05NttaPQU5qiL9s72e68aM9","cefc6dfe-8573-59fa-b122-cc32c5a51dc7":"01y6MRL16mUf8N5ipuBFI0d","e65d6c92-50aa-4a6f-b548-81eeef5b38cd":"05uRJ9UTHTqKiZHiZLtytEq","f0d81315-a2b6-4903-9fbd-33a92aab8528":"03pv1PB5D16IQL4rvYYsJJw","f49abd71-519e-50a3-9bc8-d54c6018903c":"01oa4p9rNiNuCFZEwI4LkHh","fa843906-c9ed-477e-b194-e1d22abc7105":"071rMC8ffFpO0gb6FNP1Izs"}; window.videoEmbeds.push({ elemId: 'video-container-683dd703f27d5e38f3432230', data: data, videoPlayerType: 'related-contextual', variation: 'INJECTED', }); Developer documentation from Apple confirms that users can cancel at any time, but they’ll need to continue making payments through to the end of their year-long contract.An example of how it’ll appear in the App Store shows the commitment you’ve made to your subscription, with a green progress icon indicating how far you've come in the yearly commitment. It also shows the monthly price, the next payment date, the number of payments made, and when it’ll renew into a new commitment. An example of how the 12-month commitment will appear (Credit: Apple) This option means you could sign up for a full year of a subscription at a reduced price, pay monthly, and then cancel ahead of time to avoid being charged for a second year. Not all apps are guaranteed to offer reduced pricing, though. Recommended by Our Editors Tim Cook Avoided CEO Hysterics. And It Made Apple a Trillion-Dollar Company Apple's New CEO May Be Forced to Drop His Dream of a Foldable iPad 6 Settings You Should Change to Turn the iPhone’s Most Frustrating Button Into Its Best Tool The option is yet to go live on the App Store, but developers can play with the features ahead of a launch coming within iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, and visionOS 26.5. Those updates…

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