YouTube Premium is the paid video subscription plan you probably want if you spend a lot of time watching YouTube videos and aren’t already paying for an ad removal extension. It comes with several additional features worth having. YouTube TV is the television streaming service from Google.

YouTube Premium is an upgrade of the free YouTube video platform that has changed how the world gets news, goes to school, starts a business, and more. It’s a subscription service that removes ads from your video watching. It also comes with the ability to play videos while your device is locked and you are using other applications, you can download videos and entire playlists to watch on your phone or tablet.

YouTube Premium costs $11.99/month and you can cancel any time. But note that if you sign up on an iOS device the price increases to $15.99/month because Apple charges developers a commission fee to market their apps on Apple’s App Store. This fee gets passed on to you. YouTube Premium comes with cool perks like 3 free months of a Walmart+ membership; 3 free months of Discord Nitro HD Streaming (a turbo kick for the messaging app that lets you stream video from a webcam or share your screen); and 3 free months of PC Game Pass for Mincecraft, Halo Infinite and others. We also can’t fail to mention the 3 free months of the sleeping app Calm Premium Sleep.

YouTube TV is a TV streaming service that costs $72.99/month for 100+ channels. Everyone starts with the Base plan and then can customize upgrades.

• 4K Plus: $5 per month for the first 12 months, then $10 per month
• Entertainment Plus: $30 per month
• Max: $16 per month
• MGM+: $6 per month
• Showtime: $11 per month
• Spanish plan: $34.99 per month
• Sports Plus: $11 per month
• Starz: $10 per month

We hope this brings clarity to naming conventions and helps you decide how best to allocate your digital budget.