Apple adds $49.99 AI usage packs to Logic Pro

In short: Apple updated Logic Pro to let users pay $49.99 one time for extra access to some Apple Intelligence features with usage limits.

What happened

Apple has added a new option in Logic Pro called “Buy More Usage.” It costs $49.99 as a one time purchase. Logic Pro is a music making app, and it includes an AI assistant that can do tasks like starting a new song, setting up a vocal track from a short text prompt, or helping refine a project.

Apple calls the add-on an “Intelligence Usage Pack.” It is meant for specific Apple Intelligence features that have usage limits. Apple says those limits exist because some requests use cloud-based AI models, meaning the work happens on online servers instead of fully on your device (like sending a question to a remote helper instead of doing the work at home).

The pack can only be used by the Apple Account that buys it. Family Sharing is not supported. Apple also says any unused extra usage will roll over month to month, but it expires 12 months after purchase.

In Logic Pro, Apple says the usage limit depends on “the complexity of conversations you have with the assistant.” Users can find the purchase option in the app menu under Intelligence Features, then Show Usage.

Why it matters

This is an early sign of how some AI features may be sold over time, even inside paid apps. For people who rely on these tools for work, it is a bit like buying extra minutes on a phone plan, but for AI help, and with an expiration date.

Source: The Verge AI