Buy additional app features with in-app purchases and subscriptions

With a subscription, you pay to access content from an app or service for a period of time. For example, you might subscribe to Apple Music on a monthly basis. Subscriptions include services that you sign up for in an app, such as a video or music streaming service.

Subscriptions renew automatically unless you cancel them. With some apps and services, you can choose how often the subscription renews. For example, you might be offered weekly, monthly, quarterly, or yearly subscriptions.

See a list of your subscriptions or cancel a subscription

What is a non-consumable in-app purchase?

Here are examples of non-consumable in-app purchases:

• Remove ads

• Full game unlock

• Upgrade to pro edition

• Bonus game levels

You buy non-consumable in-app purchases once. When you use Apple In-App Purchase to buy them, you can use these items on any device associated with your Apple Account and you might be able to restore them for free if they get lost.

Restore your in-app purchase

What is a consumable in-app purchase?

Here are examples of consumable in-app purchases:

• Game currency, such as coins or gems

• Extra health points in a game

• A package of exports to a new file format

You need to buy these items every time you want them, and you can't download them again for free. If you remove and reinstall an app or install an app on a new device, you might lose your consumable purchases. For example, if you install a game on your iPad that you started playing on your iPhone, the game levels sync, but extra health that you bought on your iPhone doesn't sync.

How do I make an in-app purchase?

Apple In-App Purchase is a simple way to make and manage your App Store purchases. With Apple In-App Purchase, you can access and manage subscriptions with your Apple Account, get support from AppleCare, use parental controls like Ask to Buy, and more.

Some apps offer alternative purchases outside of Apple's ecosystem and aren't supported by Apple. Learn more about purchases not billed through the App Store or Apple In-App Purchase.

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• If you use Apple In-App Purchase and Family Sharing, you might be able to share some subscriptions with family members. Consumable in-app purchases can't be shared. Find out how to share an Apple subscription with a family member.

• If you can’t use or find a non-consumable purchase or subscription that you bought with Apple In-App Purchase, you can try to restore it. Learn how to restore your Apple In-App Purchases.