Apple Arcade is now a bit cheaper — if you pay for a full year

Apple Arcade is already quite affordable, with $4.99 per month giving you access to over a hundred games. But Apple has made it an even better deal, if you’re willing to go with an annual subscription. 

The annual pricing was added quietly and spotted by German site iFun.de (via The Verge), and it’s $49.99 per year, giving you a $9.89 discount. The savings aren’t huge, but given Apple Arcade is competitively priced as it is, this makes it an even better deal. 

The annual option is 49.99 euros in the EU and 49.99 pounds in the UK.

It’s worth noting that the option is a bit hidden from view; Apple doesn’t mention in on the official Apple Arcade page, and it doesn’t even show up when I go to Apple Arcade in the App Store on my iPhone and try to renew my subscription. The only way I could access it was to open App Store on my iPhone, tap on my profile, choose Subscriptions and then renew annually from there. If you already have a monthly subscription, that’s also where you can go to switch to an annual one. 

Originally announced in March 2019 and launched in September, Apple Arcade has received favorable reviews, as it gives you a nice catalogue of mobile games for the price of one or two titles. It’s available on the iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV, it contains no ads, and one subscription can be shared across up to six family members.