You might have heard of Apple’s iCloud service. It’s an online portal where you can access your calendars, reminders, backed-up photos, and more from any Apple device you own. While iCloud is free, Apple offers a premium, paid-for option called iCloud+, which comes with a bunch of extra features. The key questions, then, are what exactly is iCloud+? And is it worth your money?

Those are the queries we’ll answer for you in this article. We’ll cover every feature you can get from a paid iCloud+ subscription, then dive in and examine whether they’re worth your hard-earned cash. By the end, you should have a better idea of whether Apple’s iCloud+ service is right for you. Let’s get started.

There’s more to iCloud+ than just boosted storage, though. You also get iCloud Private Relay, which hides your IP address and browsing history when you use the Safari web browser, and also protects your unencrypted internet traffic.

Hide My Email, meanwhile, does what you’d expect: it obscures your identity by creating a random email address that you can use to sign up for services and newsletters. Any messages sent to this address are redirected to your actual, main inbox, which means you still get the messages you want without having to give out your real email address to companies that might end up selling it to spammers. And if you do start getting spam, you can just deactivate the compromised email address and generate a new one, stopping the emails in their tracks.

Elsewhere, Apple throws in a customizable domain for your iCloud email address, which family members can also use once invited.

And you also get HomeKit Secure Video, which is a way to connect your home security cameras to the Home app, allowing you to record footage and view it in the app from anywhere.

Finally, there’s Apple’s Invites app. This is a way to create and manage events, send out invitations, and ensure everyone knows what’s happening before the event kicks off. While everyone (including free users) can use the app, only paying subscribers can create and host events.

All in all, then, there’s a decent selection of features for your money when it comes to iCloud+. But is it a case of quantity over quality, or is the service actually worth your cash? That’s what we’ll take a look at next.

However, if none of those features seem necessary to you, you can safely go without iCloud+. It’s a great service for many people and doesn’t have to cost the Earth, but that doesn’t mean it’s right for everyone.

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