From movies and television to classic novels and delicious snacks, free trials give you all the benefits at no cost, and we’ve listed the best deals for you.
There are so many free trials out there these days that it’s almost not worth paying for anything. Finally, add up all the trial periods for movie streaming services and you could be watching movies for months without a penny leaving your bank account.
Of course, while they give so much, free trials have a sting in the tail – forget to cancel and you could be charged the full price of a membership.
This is why we’ve listed the best free trials currently available to you, how long they run, how much the service typically costs, and whether you need to cancel to avoid paying.
Amazon Prime Student
Trial length: Six months
Normal costs: £ 3.99 a month or £ 39 a year
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
With a free trial of Amazon Prime Student, you get most of the benefits of a fully paid Amazon Prime member, plus some exclusive student-only offers throughout the year.
That means unlimited free next day delivery, unlimited access to Prime Video’s selection of movies and TV (including Premier League games), Prime Music, and more.
NOW TV
Trial length: Seven days
Normal costs: £ 3.99 a month for kids, £ 4.99 a month for Hayu, £ 9.99 a month for entertainment, £ 11.99 a month for Sky Cinema
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
NOW TV offers separate free trials for four of its services: Hayu (Reality TV), Kids, Entertainment (TV) and Sky Cinema. And best of all, you can take advantage of all four free trials whether you already have a NOW TV account or not.
The only service that NOW TV doesn’t offer a free trial is Sky Sports. However, we have tips on how to get these for less and how to save on NOW TV Passes once your free trials have expired (including canceling your subscription and getting a massive discount.
Apple TV +
Trial length: Seven days
Normal costs: £ 4.99 each
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
A seven-day free trial of Apple TV + is available to all new customers, giving you unlimited access to the streaming service.
However, you can also get a full year free when you buy a new iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, iPod, or Mac. You also get free access to Apple TV + if you have an Apple Music Student plan.
YouTube Premium Student
Trial length: A month
Normal costs: £ 6.99 per month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
YouTube Premium has the feature we’ve all asked for for years – the ability to listen to YouTube videos while the app is closed.
In addition, there are no ads and you can also download videos (music or other) to watch offline. However, we mostly enjoy playing music in the background.
BritBox
Trial length: 30 days
Normal costs: £ 5.99 per month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
A BritBox free trial gives you full access to the platform’s collection of British TV shows and films, including The middlemen, Doctor Who and Love islandas well as a whole host of other content from the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5.
And unlike live TV, you don’t need a TV license to watch BritBox – although, as we always point out, students usually don’t need one anyway.
Next up
Trial length: Seven days
Normal costs: £ 9.99 per month or £ 57.48 per year
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Called the “Netflix of UK Standup”, NextUp offers new customers a seven-day free trial that allows them to enjoy the full shows of all of your favorite comedians, as well as some lesser-known comics that you will love.
BFI players
Trial length: 14 days
Normal costs: £ 4.99 a month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Sign up for a free trial of BFI Player and you’ll find that there are plenty of classic and iconic films out there, some of which even feature BFI-exclusive introductions from Mark Kermode, the country’s most popular film critic.
MUBI
Trial length: Seven days
Normal costs: £ 9.99 per month or £ 95.88 per year
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
MUBI is another film for fans of cult and indy cinema. A new movie is added to stream every day, including past classics and modern masterpieces that you can access with your trial membership.
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Spotify Premium Student
Trial length: A month
Normal costs: £ 4.99 each
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
When you sign up for Spotify Premium, you get ad-free streaming, plus the ability to download songs and podcasts to your phone and listen to them offline.
If you’d like to keep paying for a membership, expressly sign up for a free trial of Spotify Premium Student. This way you get a 50% discount on the usual subscription fee as well as a free Headspace membership.
Apple Music Student
Trial length: Three months
Normal costs: £ 4.99 a month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
You’ll need to check your student status with Apple to get a trial of Apple Music Student, but it’s definitely worth signing up for, rather than the basic plan (£ 9.99 per month).
As mentioned earlier, in addition to all of the music you can stream, a student account also gets free access to Apple TV +.
If you choose not to cancel your trial, you can get all of this for $ 4.99 per month – that’s half the cost of a regular plan that doesn’t even come with Apple TV +. Glob.
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Audible
Trial length: 30 days
Normal costs: £ 7.99 a month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Audible members receive one credit per month to purchase an audiobook regardless of price. That title is yours even if you cancel your Audible membership or free trial. If you are not satisfied with the audiobook, you can return it for another credit.
You also get full access to Audible Original Podcasts and the ability to listen to your audiobooks offline.
YouTube Music Student
Trial length: 30 days
Normal costs: £ 4.99 a month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Confused by the fact that YouTube has YouTube Premium and Youtube music? Yes, we were too.
The main difference is that YouTube is Music purely for music and therefore has a lower monthly cost than YouTube Premium.
It goes without saying that we’re only interested because they offer a 30-day free trial that gives you all of the ad-free, downloadable listening rights that paying members also get.
SoundCloud Go and Go +
Trial length: Seven days for Go, 30 days for Go +
Normal costs: £ 5.99 a month for Go, £ 4.99 a month for Go + for students
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
SoundCloud Go allows you to save an unlimited number of songs for offline listening and remove the ads you hear between each few songs.
SoundCloud Go + offers both, gives you high quality audio and enables access to the entire catalog of tracks on the platform.
Given the choice, we definitely recommend signing up for a SoundCloud Go + trial – it’s longer, offers more, and is cheaper as a student than the standard Go membership once your free trial ends.
lamp
Trial length: Seven days
Normal costs: £ 3.99 per month or £ 28.99 per year
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
While there is a free membership option, be sure to sign up for a free trial of Luminary to receive the extensive collection of podcasts exclusive to the platform, including those from Lena Denham, Russell Brand, and Trevor Noah – all ad-free of course .
TIDAL
Trial length: 30 days
Normal costs: € 9.99 for Premium, € 19.99 for HiFi
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
As this list of free trials shows, there are quite a few music streaming services out there. But what sets Jay-Z’s favorite project, TIDAL, apart from most of the others is that his HiFi subscription gives you “lossless audio” – in other words, incredible sound quality.
This 30-day free trial is for Premium only. However, if you’re a serious audiophile and you like what you find after signing up, it might be worth paying full price for HiFi.
Headspace Plus
Trial length: Two weeks if you sign up for an annual plan, one week if you sign up monthly
Normal costs: £ 9.99 per month or £ 49.99 per year
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
The basic version of Headspace is free, but a paid subscription unlocks the entire library of meditations and courses, including sleep sounds and bedtime exercises.
As we explained earlier, if you already have Spotify Premium Student, you can get Headspace Plus for free as part of your subscription – and that’s completely free, not just a trial!
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ready
Trial length: A month
Normal costs: £ 7.99 a month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Readly is home to nearly 5,000 magazine titles. With your free trial you have access to all digital editions (downloadable online and for offline reading). You can save up to five profiles in your account.
Kindle Unlimited
Trial length: 30 days
Normal costs: £ 7.99 a month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
You will need to log into your Amazon account to view your specific offer for a free trial of Kindle Unlimited as some users may be offered 60 days or more.
As far as we know, all new Kindle Unlimited users are eligible for a free 30-day trial that gives you unlimited access to over a million titles, as well as thousands of audiobooks, and even some magazine subscriptions.
The athlete
Trial length: Seven days
Normal costs: £ 9.99 per month or £ 29.99 per year for students
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Since launching in 2019, The Athletic has rocked football coverage in the UK.
Your seven-day free trial gives you full access to the platform’s exclusive content from some of the country’s top football writers. And once the free trial expires, students can get their membership for up to four years at half price – so choose the student plan!
The week
Trial length: Six weeks (six issues)
Normal costs: £ 32.99 all 13 issues (digital only), £ 35.99 all 13 issues (print only), £ 40.49 all 13 issues (digital and printed)
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
As the name suggests, The Week is a weekly publication that contains the news for the past seven days.
You can get free trials of the publication in print, digital, or both. Whichever you choose, the first six issues are completely free, and The Week promises to reimburse you for any expenses not sent by email in the event you choose to cancel.
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Tastecard
Trial length: Three months
Normal costs: £ 4.99 a month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
You may have heard of Tastecard, the service known for its massive discounts at a number of major restaurant chains. But did you know that Tastecard can also bring you money for movie tickets and day trips?
Sign up for your free Tastecard now to take advantage of all these benefits, and remember that you can even use it for discounts on takeaways.
Graze
Trial length: One box (plus a free fourth box if you continue)
Normal costs: £ 4.49 per box
Hidden costs: You have to pay for the second and third boxes if you want the fourth for free
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Each Graze box contains four snacks for you to choose from. They’re usually pretty healthy, but there are also some chocolatey treats available.
There are no additional costs for delivery. You can cancel your subscription after receiving your first box. You don’t have to wait for the fourth one (which is also free).
Profit memory
Trial length: £ 40 of initial profit
Normal costs: £ 19.99 per month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? No.
Profit Accumulator is an online service and a community that guides you through so-called matched betting. Matched betting is one of the best money making methods we have ever come across, but it can be time consuming.
We recommend reading our own free matched betting guide first. Once you understand the concept and have made your first profit, you can use the risk free trial at Profit Accumulator which will make your life easier.
PlayStation Plus (PS4)
Trial length: 14 days
Normal costs: £ 6.99 per month
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
While the main benefit of a PlayStation Plus membership is the ability to play games online, the most important thing is that subscribers get two full games every month, completely free.
Previous free titles include ice cold classics like Uncharted 4, BioShock: The Collection and Call of Duty: Modern Warfare RemasteredIt’s worth noting, however, that you can only play your free games while you still have an active PlayStation Plus membership.
Nintendo Switch Online
Trial length: Seven days
Normal costs: £ 3.49 per month, £ 6.99 per three months or £ 17.99 per year
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
In addition to unlocking online games, your seven-day trial of Nintendo Switch Online gives you free access to the service’s growing library of NES and SNES titles, many of which can also be played online.
NordVPN
Trial length: 30 days
Normal costs: £ 9.20 per month, £ 41.58 for six months or £ 68.53 for two years.
Hidden costs: Payment can be made prior to the renewal of the plan. However, this will be refunded if you cancel before the end of the trial period.
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
If you want to browse the internet safely and privately, then all you should look for is a VPN (virtual private network). NordVPN is one of the largest and best VPN providers out there. You can now try the service for free for 30 days to try it out yourself.
NordVPN’s free trial gives you the same features as a full membership, including compatibility with almost every operating system imaginable (yes, even cell phones) and the option to use it on up to six devices at the same time.
And if you want to keep using the service after your free trial expires, it may be worth signing up again with a NordVPN student discount for a 15% discount.
LinkedIn Premium
Trial length: A month
Normal costs: £ 24.98 per month or £ 179.88 per year
Hidden costs: None
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
LinkedIn is great for job hunting and is even more effective if you have a premium subscription. This gives you insight into how your resume is performing against those who have already applied, as well as the ability to send messages to people you are not connected to (including recruiters).
In addition, unlike most other companies, LinkedIn regularly offers more than one free trial per customer. So, if you’ve used a trial version of LinkedIn Premium a while ago but want to move jobs again, see if you have another month of free service waiting for you!
Smol
Trial length: A box of nine capsules
Normal costs: £ 4.50 for 24 washing capsules, £ 4.60 for 30 dishwasher capsules
Hidden costs: £ 1 for postage for each capsule type
Do you need to cancel? Yes.
Smol makes eco-friendly cruelty-free washing machine and dishwasher capsules, both of which come in free trial boxes to try for yourself.
And here’s a little tip: if you don’t have any problems using organic or non-organic washing capsules, you can try both for free. Remember, however, that you will have to pay £ 1 postage for each individual set, even if you order them at the same time.
The free stuff doesn’t end there – we have a whole range of ways to get your free cash too.
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