Software & Productivity

2TB costs $99.99 a year on Google One and $119.88 on both iCloud+ and Dropbox. Verified prices, cost per terabyte, and who shouldn’t pay at all.

Creative Cloud Pro is $69.99 a month — $839.88 a year. Here’s the app count where it starts paying, and the cheaper plan most people should be on.

Notion Plus is $120 a year, Evernote Advanced $249.99. Verified prices, the note limits that force an upgrade, and when neither is worth buying.

Spotify Premium is $12.99 a month — $155.88 a year. Here’s the listening threshold where it pays for itself, and who should stay on Free.

YouTube Premium is $15.99 a month — $191.88 a year. It bundles YouTube Music, so the real question is what ad-free video costs you on top.

Spotify $12.99, Apple Music $11.99, YouTube Music $11.99. The decision isn’t the catalogue — it’s whether ad-free YouTube is worth $4 more.

Kindle Unlimited runs about $144 a year. Here’s the break-even maths, why the catalogue isn’t the Kindle store, and who should use a library card instead.

Audible runs about $180 a year for 12 credits. Here’s the break-even maths, what the same books cost elsewhere, and who should skip it entirely.

All three cost about $12 a month alone — and about $20 for a whole household. The family plan is worth more than the choice between them.

If you already pay for Spotify, your audiobooks are already paid for. Here’s when Audible is still worth $15 a month — and when nothing is.

All three cost about $20/month in 2026. The tiers above and below that price are where the real differences are — and most people need neither.