Apple has begun charging for extra use of its AI features. A new one-time “intelligence usage pack” costs $49.99 and tops up the monthly allowance that comes with an Apple Creator Studio subscription. For now, only Logic Pro sells it.
The pack is spent only after the monthly allowance is gone. Whatever is left over rolls into the next month, but it expires 12 months after purchase. Apple says the same option is coming to its video editor Final Cut Pro, the image editor Pixelmator Pro and Pages, Keynote and Numbers once their updates land this month.
In Logic Pro on a Mac, the purchase sits under Logic Pro in the menu bar, then Intelligence Features, then Show Usage, then Buy More Usage. The packs do not work with Family Sharing: only the Apple Account that was signed in to iCloud at the time of purchase can use one.
Apple’s terms for the packs describe them as prepayment for AI features in its apps, and they are sold as a single, non-recurring purchase. They are not refundable except where the law requires it, cannot be transferred or gifted, and carry no cash value. Apple also says the amount of a pack needed for one task can change with the feature used, how complex the request is and server demand, so it does not promise the same result from the same amount twice. Applicable taxes are added at checkout, and the display of remaining usage inside the apps is only an estimate, which Apple leaves to buyers to monitor.
The terms add that the packs may not be offered in every country or language, and that Apple can change what they cover without notice. The terms do not say how much work a pack buys, and no usage figures for Logic Pro were published with the launch.
Apple had said earlier that it would eventually charge for expanded use of some AI features, and these packs are the first step. The reported push to make Siri more agent-like would lean on the same server-side AI, so more paid tiers elsewhere are plausible, but Apple has announced nothing beyond the Creator Studio apps.
