How to subscribe to Apple Arcade in the iPad Apple Games app

In the Apple Games app, you can subscribe to Apple Arcade to enjoy unlimited access to a curated collection of games on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV 4K. You can subscribe to Apple Arcade or to Apple One, which includes Apple Arcade and other services.

With Family Sharing, you can share Apple Arcade with up to five other family members, and they don’t need to do anything. Once your subscription begins, it’s there for them the first time they open the Apple Games app.

Note: Apple Arcade and Apple One aren’t available in all countries or regions. The availability of Apple Arcade games across devices varies based on hardware and software compatibility. Not all Apple Arcade games are available on Mac and Apple TV 4K. Some content may not be available in all areas.

Subscribe to Apple Arcade

Start the Apple Games app on your iPad.
Tap Arcade and tap the subscription button.
Follow the onscreen instructions.

Share Apple Arcade with family members

When you subscribe to Apple Arcade or Apple One, up to five other family members can get Apple Arcade too if you use Family Sharing. Your family group members don’t need to do anything. Apple Arcade becomes available when they first open the Apple Games app after your subscription begins.

If you join a family group that subscribes to Apple Arcade or Apple One while you already subscribe, your own subscription won’t renew on your next billing date, and you’ll use the group’s subscription. If the group doesn’t subscribe, it uses yours.

Note: You can stop sharing Apple Arcade with a family group by canceling the subscription or choosing to leave the family group. If you’re the family group organizer, you can also stop using Family Sharing.

Play Apple Arcade games on your Apple devices

If you subscribe to Apple Arcade, your game progress follows you to every compatible device signed in to the same Apple Account, where you can play and pick it up.

Change or cancel your Apple Arcade subscription

Start the Settings app on your iPad.
Tap your name and then tap Subscriptions.
Tap Apple Arcade or Apple One and then follow the onscreen instructions.

Canceling your subscription means you can’t play any Apple Arcade games, including ones you downloaded to your device.

Resubscribe if you want to play Apple Arcade games again and get back access to your gameplay data. Wait too long, and some of your gameplay data might not be supported after you resubscribe.