How to Use an iTunes Gift Card on iPhone/iPad

Since holiday season just passed, you’ve probably got iTunes Gift Cards, Apple Music Gift Cards, or iTunes Gifts from your friends or family as Christmas present or New Year present. Apple’s gift cards are versatile and each gift card can be used for different things:

• iTunes Gift Cards can only be used to buy whatever you want from Apple Store, iTunes Store and iBooks Store on your Apple devices.
• Apple Music Gift Cards can only be used to redeem an Apple Music subscription.
• Apple Store gift cards can only be used to buy Apple hardware and accessories at any Apple Store, at Apple.com, or by calling 1-800-MY-APPLE.

As iTunes gift cards are extremely popular in this holiday season, here in this post, we’ll show you how to use your iTunes Gift Cards.

How to Redeem an iTunes Gift Card on iPhone/iPad

Step 1. Peel off the label on the back of your gift card to reveal the code.

Step 2. Go to iTunes Store on your iPhone or iPad.

Step 3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and tap Redeem, then tap Use Camera or manually enter your code to redeem your iTunes gift card.

What Can You Buy with iTunes Gift Cards

Once you’ve successfully redeemed your iTunes gift card, it’s added to your iTunes Store account and cannot be transferred. You can use iTunes gift card instead of credit card and here is what you can spend iTunes gift card on:

• Purchasing Music, Movies and TV Shows from iTunes store;
• Getting paid apps and games from App Store or paying for in-app purchase items;
• Buying books or audiobooks from iBooks Store.