Apple has added a $49.99 one-time purchase option for additional AI usage in Logic Pro, giving Apple Creator Studio subscribers a way to keep using its assistant after reaching their monthly limit. The option appeared in an update reported on 9 November, The Verge reported. Creator Studio is Apple’s subscription bundle for creative software, including Logic Pro, Final Cut Pro and Pixelmator Pro.
Key points
- The $49.99 pack adds usage after the monthly allowance runs out.
- Purchases belong to one Apple Account and cannot be shared through Family Sharing.
- Unused additional usage carries over between months and expires after 12 months.
- Logic Pro currently has the purchase option; other Creator Studio apps are expected to follow in November.
Logic Pro puts $49.99 beside its usage meter
Logic Pro users can reach the purchase button through Intelligence Features and then Show Usage in the app’s menu. The $49.99 pack is the only purchase option there, 9to5Mac reported. The purchase adds to the usage included with Creator Studio rather than replacing the subscription.
Apple Creator Studio costs $12.99 a month in the United States, Notebookcheck reported. Subscribers who stay within their monthly allowance can continue using the included AI features without buying a pack. Those who reach the limit pay separately for more capacity.
Apple introduced the Logic Pro assistant in an update dated 27 October, AppleInsider reported. The assistant can set up a vocal track from a prompt, begin a song or make changes to a project, according to The Verge. The new purchase option applies when use of features subject to limits exceeds the included allowance.
Apple had set out limits for some cloud-based Apple Intelligence features in a support article published in early September, The Verge reported. The Logic Pro option puts an additional charge beside the existing subscription for users who need more of that cloud-based capacity.
Apple Account holds the extra allowance
The purchased allowance belongs to the Apple Account used for iCloud when the pack is bought. It cannot be used through Family Sharing, 9to5Mac reported. Additional usage is consumed only after a subscriber reaches the regular monthly limit for a relevant feature.
Unused purchased usage carries into later months, while the regular allowance resets each month. The purchased balance expires 12 months after the transaction, according to the terms reported by AppleInsider. A subscriber who buys capacity therefore has longer than a single monthly billing period to use it, but the purchase does not create an indefinite balance.
The regular monthly allowance can cover up to 50 generated images, 250 generated shapes or 50 presentations of 8 to 10 slides each, AppleInsider reported. The outlet also listed presenter notes for 700 slides among the uses covered by that allowance. These are different ways of using the included capacity, rather than quantities added to a single subscriber’s monthly entitlement.
For the Logic Pro assistant, Apple says the amount consumed depends on how complex a user’s conversations are. Notebookcheck reported that the amount of additional work covered by a $49.99 pack is not fixed. The purchase price is set, while the capacity used by an individual request can vary.
Gemini and OpenAI features across Creator Studio
Apple says Google Gemini models power the Logic Pro assistant, as well as some image and shape generation features, Notebookcheck reported. OpenAI powers automated presentation generation. The usage packs apply to limited features within Creator Studio, rather than providing additional access to every Apple Intelligence feature.
Active Creator Studio subscribers can buy packs in Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, India, Mexico, the United Kingdom and the United States. Logic Pro is currently the app offering the purchase option. Subscribers in those markets bear the extra charge if they choose to continue using a limited feature beyond its monthly allowance.
Apple’s AI assistants for Pages, Keynote and Numbers are part of its expansion of AI tools across creative and productivity software. The expected availability of usage packs in those apps would put the same purchase option alongside features used for documents, presentations and spreadsheets.
Apple is expected to add the purchase option to Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, Motion, Pages, Keynote and Numbers in November, The Verge reported.
