while Black Friday and Cyber Monday sales are arguably the best times of year to get most gadgets, but they’re also a great time to save on subscriptions and services you already have or want to try. Whether it’s an audiobook service like Audible, a VPN service like ExpressVPN, or an online learning subscription like Masterclass, you can usually find good subscription deals this time of year. Many of them also make it easy to subscribe, if that’s what you’re looking for a gift for a loved one this year. To make it easier to find the services you want and need this year, Engadget has picked the best subscription deals you can get for Black Friday this year.
The best Black Friday subscription deals
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$1 for three months of Amazon Kindle Unlimited ($35 off): Amazon’s e-book subscription service gives you access to a catalog of thousands of titles to choose from, unlimited reading, Audiobooks to listen to, and embedded magazines to read.
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Audible Premium Plus for three months $3 + $20 audio credit ($64 off): This deal gives you one title for each of your three months of subscription, plus unlimited access to Premium Plus books, podcasts and other libraries. Anyone who doesn’t already subscribe to Audible can get this deal, and you’ll get an extra $20 in Audible credit to use at your discretion.
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MasterClass Premium $10/month ($10 off): Premium subscriptions, which include access and offline access for six devices, are half off for the holidays. Other MasterClass subscription levels are also discounted. Those who love to learn and want to pick up a new hobby (or improve an existing one) can take courses with some of the best in their field.
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Lifetime access to Rosetta Stone for $149 ($250 off): Those looking to learn a new language (or two) can get lifetime access to Rosetta Stone for less on Black Friday. A one-time fee gives you access to the company’s Dynamic Immersion courses, TruAccent speech recognition technology, to help you improve your pronunciation and learning skills on mobile and desktop.
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Adobe Creative Cloud $30 per month ($30 off): First-time subscribers can get half off Creative Cloud for the first year of membership, bringing the cost down to just $30 per month. This gives you access to Photoshop, Illustrator and the rest of Adobe’s suite of applications.
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Headspace annual plan $35 ($35 discount): our best choice for the best meditation app has tons of courses that address specific concerns and worries, a good in-app search engine that makes it easy to find the right meditation you need, and additional yoga routines, podcasts, and music sessions to try.
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Quiet annual plan $35 ($35 discount): Another one of our top pockets best meditation apps It’s a great choice for anyone new to meditation, in part because of the many short and focused sessions it includes. There’s also a dedicated children’s section, and subscribers get access to a library of soothing music.
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ProtonVPN Plus two-year plan for $72 ($168 discount): our best choice for the best VPN is based on an open source framework and has a no-logs policy. Its easy-to-use apps are available on most platforms including iOS, Android, macOS, Windows, and others, and some of them even include a kill function.
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ExpressVPN two-year plan plus six additional months for $150 (82 percent off): Our top pick the best VPN It provides access to tons of servers for travelers and had some of the fastest connections of any VPN service we tested. In addition to the VPN, this subscription level gives you access to an ad blocker and a password manager.
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NordVPN Plus two-year plan and three additional months for $121 (70 percent off): In addition to VPN access, NordVPN’s Plus plan gives you a password manager, ad blocker, malware protection, and more. gives
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