Apple TV doesn’t have a teacher discount that we could find. The one discount Apple ties to it, free access with the Apple Music Student Plan, is for verified college students only. What we could confirm for saving money is Fluz, which lists 1.5% cashback at Apple, and one thing Apple does offer educators that isn’t Apple TV.
If you teach and you’re hoping to pay less for Apple TV, here’s the plain version of what Apple’s pages say, which cash back routes cover a subscription and which don’t, and where educators do get an Apple price.
How To Get The Apple TV Teacher Discount
There’s no teacher rate to claim. ID.me’s Apple page reads “We’re not aware that Apple offers Teachers discounts,” and Apple’s own Apple TV page has no teacher wording on it. It lists Apple TV at $14.99 per month after a free 7-day trial.
The discount Apple does connect to Apple TV is the student one. The same page says free Apple TV access for students ends when you no longer qualify or don’t renew your Apple Music Student subscription, and that the offer is good for verified college students only and doesn’t extend to a Family Sharing group. A teacher who isn’t also enrolled in college isn’t covered by it.
That leaves cash back as the route we could confirm. Fluz is the one of the three we could tie to paying for a subscription, so the button below goes there. The next sections explain why, and what we couldn’t check.
What The Cash Back Sources Say
Fluz. The Fluz Apple page is titled “1.5% cashback at Apple” and says you get 1.5% cashback at Apple with a Fluz virtual card. Apple’s support page says you can use an Apple Gift Card or Apple Account balance to pay for subscriptions like Apple Music, Apple Arcade and Apple TV, so a gift card is one way to pay for Apple TV. We didn’t buy one, so we can’t confirm the 1.5% applies to a gift card purchase specifically or how it shows up.
Rakuten. The Rakuten Apple page is titled “Apple.com Coupons, Promo Codes & 2% Cash Back,” but its terms say cash back is only available on Accessories, Apple Refurbished products, AppleCare+ and Beats. Gift cards and gift wrap are on its list of items without cash back. A subscription isn’t on the list of what earns it, so we wouldn’t count on Rakuten for Apple TV.
TopCashback. There’s an Apple Store page on TopCashback. We’re not quoting a rate from it, and we didn’t confirm that it covers a subscription.
Where Apple Does Offer Educators A Price
Apple’s education store page lists Apple Creator Studio at $2.99 per month for students and educators, and the page’s footnote says it’s for college students and educators only, with verification required. That’s a separate product from Apple TV, and we didn’t open the offer’s own terms, so check who counts as an educator before you plan around it.
What We Couldn’t Confirm
We didn’t subscribe, so we can’t say how a gift card balance or virtual card payment looks on an Apple TV bill. Apple may run a school or district program that its public pages don’t mention, and a message to Apple support is the way to ask.
Q&A
Does Apple TV give teachers a discount?
Not one we could find. ID.me says it isn’t aware of an Apple teacher discount, and Apple’s Apple TV page has no teacher wording.
Can a teacher get free Apple TV with the student plan?
Only a verified college student can. Apple’s page says the offer is good for verified college students only.
How much is Apple TV?
Apple lists $14.99 per month after a free 7-day trial.
Is there cash back on Apple TV?
Fluz lists 1.5% at Apple, and a gift card can pay for the subscription according to Apple. Rakuten’s Apple cash back doesn’t list subscriptions among what earns it.
Is there an Apple price for educators?
Apple’s education page lists Apple Creator Studio at $2.99 per month for students and educators. That isn’t Apple TV.
More Information:
The details above come from Apple, ID.me, Fluz, Rakuten and TopCashback as their pages loaded when we checked, and they change without notice. See our Apple Music post for the music side, plus more entertainment discounts for teachers and the posts in cash back for teachers.