Apple Creator Studio subscribers in eight countries can buy intelligence usage packs to keep using the AI features after they reach their monthly limit. A pack is a one-time purchase that rolls over from month to month, but whatever is left expires 12 months after you buy it.
Every subscription includes a monthly allowance for the intelligence features in Keynote, Pages, Numbers, Freeform, Logic Pro and Pixelmator Pro. The packs are available to active subscribers in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. 9to5Mac found that the only pack on sale costs $49.99, which makes it Apple’s first paid add-on for AI features.
Intelligence Usage Packs Last 12 Months
You pay for a pack once, and you buy it with the Apple Account you use for iCloud. Only that account can use the pack, and Apple does not allow gifting, trading or Family Sharing, so your family members cannot draw on the usage you bought.
Your monthly allowance is spent first, and a pack starts to count only after you reach the limit in a given month. Usage you have not spent carries over from month to month until it expires 12 months after the purchase date.
All pack sales are final, and Apple refunds them only where the law requires it. Logic Pro for Mac is the only app that sells packs so far, and you buy more usage there from the Logic Pro menu by choosing Intelligence Features, then Show Usage, then Buy More Usage. 9to5Mac expects Final Cut Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Keynote, Pages and Numbers to sell packs when the rest of the November update arrives.
What the Monthly Limits Cover
If you use only one feature in a month, Apple says you can generate at least the following amounts before you reach the limit. The packs cover the same features once you pass those amounts:
- 50 images
- 250 shapes
- 50 presentations of about 8 to 10 slides each
- Presenter notes for 700 slides
The amounts above are minimums, and what you actually get depends on how complex your requests are, plus server and network availability. The assistant in Logic Pro for Mac has no fixed number, since your limit there depends on how complex your conversations with it are. All limits reset every month.
Apple has not said how much extra usage one $49.99 pack adds. Each request draws a different amount from a pack, depending on the feature, how complex the request is and demand on Apple’s systems.
You can check your usage inside each app. On a Mac, choose the app from the menu bar, then Intelligence Features, then Show Usage, which Freeform calls Show Usage Status.
On an iPhone or iPad, tap the More button, then Intelligence Features, then Show Usage Status. Logic Pro for Mac also keeps a usage history under Show Usage, then History.
Gemini and OpenAI Power the Features
Google Gemini models power Generate Image, Generate Shape, Generate Presenter Notes and the Logic Pro assistant. Those four features are unavailable in Belarus, China mainland, Hong Kong, Macau, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Kosovo, Montserrat, Russia, Turks and Caicos Islands and Venezuela. OpenAI powers Generate Presentation and its slide images, and Generate Presentation works only where OpenAI is supported and Apple Creator Studio is available.
You can use Generate Image, Generate Shape, Generate Presenter Notes and Generate Presentation on an iPhone 15 Pro or later, an iPad with an A17 Pro chip, an iPad Pro or iPad Air with an M1 chip or later, or a Mac with Apple silicon. Those devices need iOS 26, iPadOS 26 or macOS 26 or later, plus an Apple Account with iCloud turned on. The Logic Pro assistant needs macOS 27 or later and works in US English only.
Image Generation and Shape Generation also need Apple Intelligence turned on in Pixelmator Pro on Mac and iPad, and in Pages, Numbers and Freeform on Apple Vision Pro. Generate Presentation, Generate Presenter Notes, Slide Clean Up and the Logic Pro assistant are in beta, and some features have age restrictions that vary by region.
You do not need a ChatGPT or Google account, and the features do not connect to a personal one. The provider receives your request, the content you share and limited context such as your time zone, country or region, device type, language and the feature you use.
