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Buy an App Store & iTunes Gift Card for the UK

Ferdousur RahmanSep 29, 20264 min read89 views

The UK App Store & iTunes gift card is a code carrying a face value in pounds, and this listing holds 19 of them, 2 to 500. Here is what the ladder contains today, which storefront the code belongs to, what Apple Account balance can pay for, and the redemption steps Apple itself publishes.

This is the UK listing of the App Store & iTunes family: 19 face values in pounds, from 2 to 500, issued as a code rather than a card. After redemption the amount sits as Apple Account balance, which pays for App Store purchases and subscriptions without a bank card on the account. Apple ties each code to the storefront it was issued for, and that is what this post explains.

Face Values on This Page

Values on the UK page right now: 19 steps in pounds, starting at 2.

2 pounds
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Nineteen steps from 2 to 500 pounds, from the smallest top-up to a balance that covers a year of subscriptions.

Which Country This Card Is For

The United Kingdom keeps pounds sterling and sits outside the eurozone, so a euro card will not redeem on a British Apple Account and this card will not redeem on a eurozone one. This is the family's only GBP listing, and the ladder is the broadest single-market ladder here after Canada and Australia: nineteen values, from 2 pounds to 500 pounds.

Apple's rule is short: a gift card cannot be redeemed outside the country or region of purchase. Apple describes the symptom as the message Code must be redeemed in a different country or region.

What the Balance Pays For

Apps, games and in-app purchases from the App Store.
Music, films and more from the iTunes Store, the Apple TV app or Apple Books.
Subscriptions such as Apple Music, Apple Arcade and Apple TV, plus app subscriptions.
iCloud+, Apple's premium cloud subscription.

Two limits: some purchases still need a credit card on file, and Family Sharing members cannot spend your balance — it is yours alone.

How to Redeem

Find the 16-digit code that begins with X — on a physical card it sits under the peel-off or scratch-off label.
Open the App Store, tap your photo, your initials or the My Account button, then tap Redeem Code. You may be asked to sign in.
Tap Use Camera, or Enter Code Manually if the camera will not read the code. On a Mac, click your name in the App Store sidebar and choose Redeem Code.
Confirm and tap or click Redeem — the balance lands on your Apple Account and shows in your account details.

Delivery

The code is digital: it appears on your order page and in your inbox automatically once payment is confirmed, normally within minutes, and nothing is shipped. What arrives is a 16-digit code for the British App Store in pounds. If anything looks wrong with it, message live chat with the order number and the exact message on your screen.

Before You Buy

The account's country or region has to be the UK, because Apple checks the storefront at redemption.
A gift card cannot be redeemed outside the country or region of purchase — that is Apple's rule, not ours.
If Apple answers that the card has already been redeemed, sign out of the App Store on all devices and sign back in to refresh the balance view.
If it answers that the card is not activated, the code was not activated by the seller — that is a retailer problem, not an account problem.

One Apple detail worth having before you order: the redemption code is the 16-digit number beginning with X, not another number printed on the card, and Apple does not sell gift cards in every country or region — which is why this family carries a separate listing per storefront rather than one card for everyone.