How to Redeem a Google Play Gift Card on Android, Web and iPhone

Summary: To redeem a Google Play gift card on Android, open the Play Store, tap your profile icon, go to Payments and subscriptions and choose Redeem code. On a computer or iPhone, go to play.google.com/redeem in a browser. The credit lands in your Google account and pays for apps, games, in-app purchases and many Google subscriptions.

• Redeem in the Play Store app or at play.google.com/redeem.
• The card must match your Google account's country.
• Credit works for apps, games, in-app items and subscriptions billed by Google Play.
• Play credit cannot be spent in the Apple App Store.

How to Redeem a Google Play Gift Card on Android

• Open the Google Play Store app.
• Tap your profile icon at the top right.
• Go to Payments and subscriptions, then Redeem code.
• Enter the code or scan the card with your camera, then confirm.

How to Redeem a Google Play Gift Card on a Computer

Go to play.google.com/redeem, sign in with the Google account you use on your phone, enter the code and confirm. The credit is available on every Android device signed in to that account within a few seconds.

Can You Redeem a Google Play Card on iPhone?

You can redeem it from an iPhone by opening play.google.com/redeem in Safari, but the credit is only useful where Google Play billing applies, such as Android devices, some Google subscriptions and Play Books or Play Movies where available. It cannot pay for anything in the Apple App Store.

What You Can Buy With Google Play Credit

Play credit covers paid apps, in-game currency bought through Google Play billing, and subscriptions such as YouTube Premium or Google One when they are billed through the Play Store. Some games also sell currency outside the Play Store through top-up services like UniPin, which can occasionally work out cheaper.

If you mostly want extra cloud storage, compare Google One with privacy-focused alternatives such as Internxt before committing credit to a yearly plan.

Google Play Code Not Working?

• Country mismatch: a US card will not redeem on an account set to another country.
• Wrong account: check the profile icon to confirm which Google account is active.
• Not activated: physical cards must be activated at purchase.
• Scam warning: no real business, government office or tech support asks to be paid in Google Play codes.

Redeem First, Then Shop the Play Store

Once the credit is in your account, it is used automatically at checkout for anything billed through Google Play. If you want to pay for the card itself with crypto, our guide on buying a Google Play gift card with Bitcoin walks through it.

To add credit to your account, buy a Google Play gift card.