Welcome to Club MacStories

Club MacStories is a way to unlock extra MacStories content including, exclusive newsletters, AI and automation tutorials, and the community behind MacStories.

There are three tiers: Club MacStories, Club MacStories+, and Club Premier.

For $5/month or $50/year, Club MacStories members enjoy:

MacStories Weekly. The weekly newsletter that we’ve published since 2015, featuring our favorite iOS and Mac apps, tips and in-depth automation tutorials, apps, exclusive stories, interviews, and more. Weekly is delivered to members by email and can also be enjoyed on the web from the Club tab near the top of the MacStories.net homepage.

Monthly Log. A monthly newsletter with behind-the-scenes stories from the MacStories team delivered toward the end of each month. The Monthly Log is delivered to members by email and can now also be enjoyed on the web from the Club tab near the top of the MacStories.net homepage.

Discounts and free downloads. With a Club MacStories subscription, you’ll also get access to a selection of exclusive perks, including:
* eBook versions of long form MacStories OS reviews; and
* Wallpapers for mobile and desktop;

For $10/month or $100/year, Club MacStories+ members enjoy all the perks of Club MacStories, plus additional content, community access on Discord with direct access to the MacStories team, discounts, and lots more.

Specifically:

Automation Academy. Join Federico’s lessons on all kinds of automations from Shortcuts to AI as he dives deeper into high-level automation concepts and teaches how to make your life easier with automated tools.

Mac Hacks. John’s Mac-centric column explores the modern macOS platform and lifestyle with in-depth guides, tips, app recommendations, and more.

Discord community. Join other Club MacStories+ members and the MacStories team in our Discord community, a place to discuss the latest Apple news, MacStories articles, keep up with what the MacStories team is working on, and get to know fellow Club members.

The Discord server includes community activities such as periodic Town Halls with the MacStories team via voice chat, beta testing of apps, and more. For more on our Discord community, see the Discord FAQ here.

Exclusive app discounts throughout the year. We’ve partnered with the developers of some of the best apps for Apple platforms to provide Club MacStories+ members with access to an ever-changing collection of exclusive discounts throughout the year.

For $12/month or $120/year, Club Premier members enjoy all the perks of Club MacStories+, as well as a subscription to AppStories+, a subscription-only version of AppStories, a podcast about apps hosted by MacStories’ Federico Viticci and John Voorhees.

AppStories+ subscribers get an ad-free, extended, high-bitrate version of the show that is published one day early most weeks.

An AppStories+ subscription costs $5/month or $50/year by itself, but Club Premier members pay just $2/month or $20/year more than a Club MacStories+ subscription.

Go to MacStories.net. On the right side of the navigation bar, you’ll find a link to log into your Club account. Once you’re logged in, you’ll have access to all the Club content, which will appear alongside free MacStories content.

Yes, absolutely. Just select the tier you want to upgrade to above, and you’ll be set. Your plan will change immediately, and you will be charged a prorated amount for the upgrade.

Yes, you can sign up with your old credentials and visit out Plans page to activate at any level you’d like. You can also sign up as a ‘new’ user if you’d prefer.

Yes, please read this article for details.

We do not offer free access or free trials for any Club MacStories tier. We may occasionally produce free samples of newsletters for everyone to see or occasionally cross-publish a story to MacStories.net. You’ll also be able to read the titles and excerpts of newsletter content on the MacStories homepage even if you don’t subscribe.

If you downgrade your Club MacStories subscription, you will no longer have access to the perks that are exclusive to the Club level to which you previously subscribed. We’ll automatically transition you to the new tier, deactivating any perks that aren’t part of your new subscription level.

The Club Discord community is a place to discuss the latest Apple news, MacStories articles, and get to know fellow Club members. The Discord server also includes community activities such as live Town Halls with the MacStories team via voice chat, an AV Club for media, beta testing of great apps, and more.

For more information, read the standalone Discord FAQ here.

AppStories+ is a longer, ad-free, high-bitrate (192 kbps) version of our weekly AppStories podcast that is usually released one day early. AppStories+ features exclusive content that is not available in the regular, free version of AppStories and, for Club Premier members only, the ability to search the show notes from past episodes.

A subscription to AppStories+ is included with your purchase of Club Premier subscription. However, you can also sign up for an AppStories+ subscription separately using your existing Club MacStories account.

You can read more about AppStories+ in the standalone FAQ here.

Yes. Subscriptions are handled with a Memberful integration, which supports HTTPS and is GDPR-compliant. Memberful uses Stripe to securely process payments.

Credit card data is sent securely to Stripe before the payment form is submitted. Memberful and we never see your credit card data – only Stripe does. Stripe is PCI- and GDPR-compliant and secure. You can read the Memberful security FAQ here.

Send us an email at [email protected], and we’ll respond as quickly as possible.

We can also be reached using the #feedback and #club-support channels in the Club MacStories+ Discord community.

Yes. We are fully GDPR-compliant, and you can read our Privacy Policy and Terms of Service.

Absolutely not. We promise we won’t resell or share your email address with any third party. Your email address will only be used to deliver MacStories Weekly, the Monthly Log, and other Club MacStories-related communications.

The MacStories team: Federico Viticci, John Voorhees, and the rest of the MacStories Team.

So, yes, we are people, MacStories is an indie website about Apple, and this is what we do every day with for a living with your support.