What you can buy with your Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance (2024)

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What you can buy with your Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance? ›

You can use Apple Gift Card to purchase products or accessories at an Apple Store. In countries and regions where Apple Gift Card is available, you can use your Apple Account balance to buy products and accessories at apple.com or in the Apple Store app.

Use your Apple Account balance to buy products, accessories, games, apps, subscriptions like iCloud+ and Apple Music, and more. You can even use your Apple Account balance as a quick, convenient way to pay at the Apple Store (not available in all countries and regions) or apple.com.

When you redeem an Apple Gift Card or App Store & iTunes gift card, you can make purchases with your Apple Account balance. Those purchases can include apps, games, subscriptions like Apple Music or iCloud+, and more.

Use your Apple Gift Card at an Apple Store or at apple.com to buy products and accessories. Or redeem it in the App Store and use it for apps, subscriptions like Apple Music or iCloud+, purchases from apple.com, and more.

Normally once funds are in Apple Account balance the only way to get them out again is to spend them. You can't redeem or return Apple Gift Cards, App Store & iTunes Gift Cards, or unused Apple ID balance for cash, except as required by law.

Whether you're ordering a meal for one or a dozen, delivery or pickup, food apps let you order and pay in a few seconds. Often food apps let you order more quickly than calling a restaurant and dictating your credit card number to whoever's on the line. Food apps that use Apple Pay can save you even more time.

No, Walmart does not directly accept Apple Cash. However, there is a workaround. You can transfer your Apple Cash balance to a debit card linked to your Apple Wallet and then use that debit card as a payment method through Walmart Pay. This allows you to use your Apple Cash for purchases at Walmart indirectly.

For users of iOS devices, Apple Pay is a very convenient way to pay. Customers authorize payments by using their preferred authentication method -- passcode, Face ID, or Touch ID. Amazon Payment Services fully supports Apple Pay.

Gift cards are not reloadable and may not be redeemed for purchases made from Apple Media Services, at Apple resellers, for additional Apple Gift Cards, for cash (except as required by law), or for shipments outside the U.S. Gift cards will remain active even if added to the Wallet app on your iOS device.

Can I use an Apple gift card to buy groceries? ›

It's important to know that Apple Gift Cards and App Store & iTunes Gift Cards can be used only to purchase goods and services from Apple — including from Apple Retail Stores, apple.com, the App Store, iTunes Store, Apple Books, for subscriptions to Apple services like Apple Music, Apple News+, and Apple Arcade, or for ...

If you see a message that says that your card has already been redeemed, you might have already redeemed it. Sign out of the App Store or iTunes Store on all of your devices, then sign back in. This refreshes your Apple Account balance. Learn how to check your Apple Account balance.

You can't use credit cards with Apple Cash, and you might not be able to use some prepaid cards. You can't add money from a gift card, even if it's already in Wallet.

On iPhone: Open the Wallet app, tap your Apple Cash card, tap the More button. , then tap Transfer to Bank. . On iPad: Open the Settings app, tap Wallet & Apple Pay, tap your Apple Cash card, then tap Transfer to Bank.

You can't use your Apple Account balance to send gifts or gift cards.

Unused Associated Balances are not transferable. Nope. Gift cards are not refundable. You also cannot transfer money from your Apple account balance to a bank account.

You can use your Apple Account balance to buy apps, pay for subscriptions, and more. But for some purchases, Apple Account balance can't be used. Learn what you can buy with your Apple Account balance.

You can't use your Apple Account balance to send gifts or gift cards. For some recurring charges, like AppleCare+, you can't start your subscription with Apple Account balance.