Getting a new pet or having a kid are two events that are certain to make a difference in your iPhone‘s storage space.
As soon as a squishy little creature, furry or not, enters your home, you can kiss all your free storage goodbye, and just watch as your Photos app gets filled with new memories.
However, where there’s a will, there’s a way. If you’d like to keep your data at your fingertips and want to buy more storage for your iPhone, you have the option to go with cloud servers, through an iCloud+ or OneDrive subscription.
Go to your iPhone Settings app to access your iCloud account.
Your name should be at the top of your screen in the Settings app. Tap on your name.
This is where all your iCloud settings can be found. Tap on iCloud to see the amount of iCloud storage you’ve used so far, if any.
If you’ve never upgraded to iCloud+, the prompt to do so should be available when you scroll all the way down to the end of your iCloud settings.
After that, simply tap on Buy More Storage or Change Storage Plan.
If you’re going to pay to add more storage for your iPhone, make it count. Apple offers three iCloud+ plans to help you upgrade your storage space to cloud servers, so you never have to worry about potentially losing meaningful photos and videos if you ever lose your phone or it becomes damaged.
The different iCloud+ plans are laid out below, but keep in mind that you can also get 200GB of storage with an Apple One plan.
| Free | $0.99/month | $2.99/month | $9.99/month |
| 5GB of storage | 50GB of storage | 200GB of storage | 2TB of storage |
| – | iCloud Private Relay | iCloud Private Relay | iCloud Private Relay |
| – | Hide my email | Hide my email | Hide my email |
| – | Custom email domain | Custom email domain | Custom email domain |
The Apple One plan features 50GB, 200GB, or 2TB of iCloud storage, plus Apple Music, Apple TV+, and Apple Arcade, with options for Apple News+ and Fitness+. Prices range from $16.95 to $22.95 and $32.95 monthly. Our family likes the extra TV and music perks, so the $22.95-per-month plan is a good fit for us.
