Apple Pages
Apple Pages is a document app for writing, arranging, and designing files.
What Apple Pages is
Apple Pages is a document app for writing, arranging, and designing files. It includes Apple-designed templates for reports, resumes, posters, and digital books, and supports both word-processing and page-layout documents such as newsletters. Documents can include images, video, audio, tables, charts, and shapes. For review, Pages provides comments, threaded conversations, and change tracking.
Pages can open and edit Microsoft Word and text files, then export to EPUB, Microsoft Word, RTF, TXT, or PDF. Collaboration works through iCloud or Box, and Mac users can insert EndNote citations. Pages for iCloud lets users create, edit, and share documents at iCloud.com from a computer. The app remains free for document creation, editing, and collaboration. Apple Creator Studio adds premium templates, royalty-free content, and intelligence features; the listed plan costs $12.99 a month or 129 USD per year after a one-month free trial. Some intelligence features require an Apple Intelligence-capable device and may have usage limits. Pages is available on iOS, macOS, and the web.
Good
- Free for creating, editing, and collaborating.
- Includes templates for reports, resumes, and posters.
- Imports and edits Microsoft Word files.
- Offers comments and change tracking.
Watch out
- Some intelligence features require a capable Apple Intelligence device.
- Some intelligence features have usage limits.
- Listed device requirements include recent OS versions.
Who it suits
Pages suits people creating anything from text documents to designed layouts, especially those who want templates or collaboration tools. It is also an option for users who need to work with Word files or export in several document formats.
Verdict
Pages combines document editing with layout, review, and export tools, while core creation and collaboration remain free. Creator Studio is an optional paid addition for premium content and intelligence features.
Plans and prices
From Apple Pages's own pricing page, checked 30 Sep 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Pages | Free | Create, view, edit, and collaborate on documents without a subscription |
| Apple Creator Studio | $12.99 a month | Premium templates, royalty-free photos and graphics, and intelligence features in Pages; subscription also includes other Apple creative apps · $12.99 per month or $129 per year after a 1-month free trial |
The facts
Each one read from Apple Pages's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- AI limits
- Some Apple Creator Studio intelligence features require an Apple Intelligence-capable device, and some use third-party models with usage limits and restrictions.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Document types
- Pages supports word-processing documents and page-layout documents such as posters and newsletters.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Import and export
- Pages can import and edit Microsoft Word and text files and export documents as EPUB, Microsoft Word, RTF, TXT, or PDF.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Integrations
- Pages supports document collaboration through iCloud or Box and EndNote citation insertion on Mac.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Media and objects
- Users can add images, video, audio, tables, charts, and shapes to documents.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Purpose
- Pages is a document app for writing, laying out, and designing documents.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Review tools
- Pages includes comments, threaded conversations, and change tracking for reviewing documents.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Subscription distinction
- Pages remains free for creating, editing, and collaborating; Creator Studio adds premium templates, royalty-free content, and intelligence features.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Support
- Apple provides a Pages User Guide for iCloud with help topics including collaboration, document creation, and troubleshooting.checked 30 Sep 2026
- System requirements
- The App Store listing requires iOS 18 or later, iPadOS 18 or later, and macOS 15.6 or later for the listed devices.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Templates
- Pages includes Apple-designed templates for documents such as reports, resumes, posters, and digital books.checked 30 Sep 2026
- Web access
- Pages for iCloud lets users create, edit, and share documents on iCloud.com using a computer.checked 30 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker headquarters
- Apple’s newsroom identifies Cupertino, California as its location.checked 30 Sep 2026
Where it runs
- Platforms
- The Pages app is listed for Mac, iPad, and iPhone, and Pages for iCloud is available on the web.checked 30 Sep 2026
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