How to buy in app purchases with apple pay

Apple Pay and in-app purchases are used differently, depending on the type of purchase.

Apple Pay

Apple Pay should be used to sell physical goods such as groceries, clothing, and appliances. Apple Pay is also recommended for services such as club memberships, hotel reservations, and tickets for events.

In-App Purchases

In-App Purchases should be used to sell virtual goods such as premium content for your app and subscriptions for digital content.

To buy apps from the App Store, use Apple subscriptions like iCloud+ and Apple Music, or buy other media from Apple, you need an Apple ID and a valid payment method. See what forms of payment are accepted in your country or region.

If you can't make purchases or update apps, including free apps, you need to update your payment method or add a new one. If you already verified that a payment method is available in your country or region and you're still having trouble, contact your financial institution.

Find your country or region to learn what payment methods are available

Latin America and the Caribbean

Anguilla

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Antigua and Barbuda

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Argentina

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Bahamas

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Barbados

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Belize

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Bermuda

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Bolivia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Brazil

• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards)
• Most credit cards

British Virgin Islands

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Cayman Islands

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Chile

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
   

Colombia

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Costa Rica

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Dominica

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Dominican Republic

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Ecuador

• Most credit and debit cards
   

El Salvador

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Grenada

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Guatemala

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Guyana

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Honduras

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Jamaica

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Mexico

• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
   

Montserrat

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Nicaragua

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Panama

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Paraguay

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Peru

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

St. Kitts and Nevis

• Most credit and debit cards
   

St. Lucia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Suriname

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Trinidad and Tobago

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Turks and Caicos

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Uruguay

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Venezuela

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Europe, Russia, and Central Asia

Albania

• Most credit and debit cards

Austria

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• EPS4 (adding funds only)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)

Belarus

• Most credit and debit cards

Belgium

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Bancontact4 (adding funds only)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

• Most credit and debit cards

Bulgaria

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)

Croatia

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)

Cyprus

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)

Czech Republic

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)

Denmark

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)

Estonia

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)

Finland

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)

France

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)

Georgia

• Most credit and debit cards

Germany

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)6
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
  

Greece

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
   

Hungary

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Iceland

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards

Ireland

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
   

Italy

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Kazakhstan

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)

Kosovo

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Kyrgyzstan

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Latvia

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Lithuania

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Luxembourg

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds)
   

Malta

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Moldova

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Montenegro

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Netherlands

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• iDEAL4 (adding funds only)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

North Macedonia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Norway

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Poland

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• BLIK4 (adding funds only)
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Portugal

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Romania

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Russia

• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds)
   

Serbia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Slovakia

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Slovenia

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Spain

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Sweden

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Switzerland

• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Tajikistan

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Turkmenistan

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Ukraine

• Apple Pay1
• Most credit and debit cards
   

United Kingdom

• Apple Pay3
• Most credit and debit cards
• PayPal2
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)6
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Uzbekistan

• Most credit and debit cards

Africa

Algeria

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Angola

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Benin

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Botswana

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Burkina Faso

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Cameroon

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Cape Verde

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Chad

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Congo, Democratic Republic of the

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Congo, Republic of the

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Cote d'Ivoire

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Eswatini

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Gabon

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Gambia

• Most credit and debit cards

Ghana

• Most credit and debit cards

Guinea-Bissau

• Most credit and debit cards

Kenya

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Liberia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Madagascar

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Malawi

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Mali

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Mauritania

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Mauritius

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Morocco

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Mozambique

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Namibia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Niger

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Nigeria

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)

Rwanda

• Most credit and debit cards
   

São Tomé and Principe

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Senegal

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Seychelles

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Sierra Leone

• Most credit and debit cards
   

South Africa

• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds)

Tanzania

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Tunisia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Uganda

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Zambia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Zimbabwe

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Asia-Pacific

Japan

• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming Apple Gift Card or adding funds)
   

Laos

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Macao

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Malaysia

• Most credit and debit cards
• Touch’n’Go eWallet
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
   

Maldives

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Micronesia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Mongolia

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Myanmar

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Nauru

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Nepal

• Most credit and debit cards
   

New Zealand

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards or adding funds)
   

Pakistan

• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

Palau

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Papua New Guinea

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Philippines

• GCash
• PayMaya
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
   

Singapore

• Apple Pay1
  
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards)
   

Solomon Islands

• Most credit and debit cards
   

South Korea

• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• kakaopay2
• PAYCO2
   

Sri Lanka

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Taiwan

• Apple Pay1
  
• Most credit and debit cards
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
• Apple ID balance (from redeeming App Store & iTunes Gift Cards)
   

Thailand

• Most credit and debit cards
• TrueMoney7
• Mobile phone billing (through supported carriers)
   

Tonga

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Vanuatu

• Most credit and debit cards
   

Vietnam

• MoMo
  
• Most credit and debit cards
• Apple ID balance (from adding funds)
   

1. Apple Pay requires two-factor authentication.
2. You might be asked to verify your account with the payment method provider.
3. When you use Apple Pay in Europe, pay with any eligible card that's in Wallet on the device that you're using. Learn more about billing and purchases in Europe.
4. This payment method can’t be used for Family Sharing.
5. You must provide the mobile phone number that your card's issuing bank has on file for you. Some cards do not have mobile numbers associated with them. If this is the case with your card, contact your bank to update or replace it.
6. This payment method can't be used for AppleCare+ installment plans. You can't remove other payment methods if they're the only accepted payment method for your installment plans.
7. With TrueMoney, you must provide the mobile phone number associated with your TrueMoney account.

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Published Date: August 12, 2022

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