Apple’s $50 Intelligence Usage Pack Hits Logic Pro First
Apple has begun selling $49.99 Intelligence Usage Packs for Logic Pro, letting users keep using its AI assistant after hitting monthly limits. Unused usage rolls over for 12 months, and other Creator Studio apps are expected to follow this month.
Apple has started selling a $49.99 Intelligence Usage Pack inside Logic Pro, its music-production app, letting users keep using AI features after they hit a monthly limit. It is the first time Apple has charged for extra Apple Intelligence use, and apple's $50 intelligence usage pack is a one-time purchase.
Logic Pro now includes an option labeled "Buy More Usage." Users reach it through Intelligence Features > Show Usage in the app's main menu.
What the pack covers
The limits apply to AI features that rely on cloud-based models from OpenAI or Google Gemini. Apple says the limit for Logic Pro is "impacted by the complexity of conversations you have with the assistant."
The built-in assistant can start a new song, set up a vocal track from a single prompt, or refine an active project, according to Apple.
Apple had already published a support article in early September describing usage limits for some Apple Intelligence features. The Logic Pro update puts a price on going past them.
Rules and availability
A pack works only with the Apple Account that bought it. Family Sharing is not supported.
Apple says unused additional usage rolls over from month to month and expires 12 months after purchase. It adds that the extra usage is consumed only after a user has reached the monthly limit in a given month.
Packs are available to people with an active Apple Creator Studio subscription in the US, UK, Canada, Brazil, France, Germany, India and Mexico, according to Apple's support page.
Other apps next
Only Logic Pro offers the purchase for now. It is expected to arrive this month in other Creator Studio apps, including Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro and Motion. Pages, Keynote and Numbers, which are getting access to Apple's AI chatbot, are also expected to get it.
Apple has also said Siri's AI features are subject to daily usage limits and that it will offer expanded access through iCloud+ plans. It has not detailed how that will work.
Creator Studio apps remain available through either a subscription or a one-time purchase.
