On iPad, when you’re in a Family Sharing group, you can share Apple subscriptions and eligible App Store subscriptions with other family members. If your group has purchase sharing turned on, any subscriptions shared with the group are billed to the organizer’s default payment method.
The organizer can also require children in the group to ask for approval before eligible purchases or free downloads. You can share an App Store subscription from Manage Subscriptions. Some subscriptions, like Apple Arcade, let all members of your family download and play, and each player gets a personalized account.
Note: Not all services are available in all countries or regions, and some selections are subject to content restrictions set in Screen Time. Age restrictions for Ask to Buy vary by country or region. In the United States, the family organizer can turn on Ask to Buy for any family member under age 18; for children under age 13, it’s on by default.
Share Apple subscriptions
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Family, tap Subscriptions, and do one of the following:
- Tap a subscription you want to share, then follow the onscreen instructions.
- Tap Manage Subscriptions, then tap a subscription.
See any of the following to learn more.
- Apple Arcade: See Subscribe to Apple Arcade. All members of your family can download and play Apple Arcade games from the App Store. Each player gets a personalized account—your progress is carried over between devices.
- Apple Fitness+: All members of your family can access workouts in the Fitness app on their iPhone or iPad.
- Apple Music: See Subscribe to Apple Music. With a family subscription, each family member gets their own music library and personal recommendations.
- Apple News+: See Subscribe to Apple News+. All members of your family can read Apple News+ publications for no additional charge.
- Apple TV: Each family member can watch on their iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, Mac, Apple TV 4K, and supported smart TVs and streaming devices, using their own Apple Account and password.
- iCloud+: See Subscribe to iCloud+. When you share iCloud+, all family members have access to iCloud+ features and storage. For storage, you only share the space—your photos and documents stay private and everyone keeps using their own accounts.
Share App Store subscriptions
It’s up to you to choose which eligible App Store subscriptions you share with family members. To learn about the App Store, see our article, Get apps in the App Store.
- Start the Settings app on your iPad.
- Tap Family and tap Subscriptions. Then tap Manage Subscriptions.
- Do either of the following:
- Share all new subscriptions: Turn on Share with Family. When you purchase a new subscription that’s eligible for sharing, it’s shared with your Family Sharing members by default.
- Change the settings of a specific subscription: Tap a subscription and turn Share with Family on or off.
If you don’t see Share with Family, the subscription isn’t eligible for sharing.
