# Keynote > Apple's free presentation app for Mac, iPad and iPhone Keynote is Apple's presentation app, free on Mac, iPad, iPhone and Apple Vision Pro and usable in a browser through iCloud.com. Decks start from Apple-designed themes, use animations such as Magic Move, and can be shared for real-time collaboration through iCloud or Box. An Apple Creator Studio subscription adds premium templates, a stock media library and beta tools that turn an outline into slides. - **Category:** Presentations - **Made by:** Apple - **Website:** https://support.apple.com/keynote - **Runs on:** macOS, iOS, Web - **Facts last checked:** Oct 5, 2026 ## Pricing Keynote has a free plan. Paid plans start at $12.99 per month or $129 per year for Apple Creator Studio. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** The app is free: creating, viewing and editing presentations and collaborating in real time do not require a subscription. Premium templates, the Content Hub and the AI slide tools are paid. - **Free trial:** Apple Creator Studio is free for 1 month for new subscribers, then renews automatically. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Keynote | $0 | Create, edit and present on Mac, iPad, iPhone and iCloud.com, with real-time collaboration, Apple-designed themes and PowerPoint import and export. | | Apple Creator Studio | $12.99 per month, or $129 per year | Adds premium templates and themes, the Content Hub media library and beta tools that generate slides and presenter notes, plus Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro and Pixelmator Pro. | Read from https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keynote-design-presentations/id361285480 on Oct 5, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Keynote before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **About 17% less on the yearly plan** (Annual discount): Apple Creator Studio is $129 per year or $12.99 per month. Twelve monthly payments come to $155.88, so the yearly plan costs about 17% less. Source: https://www.apple.com/apple-creator-studio/ - **Students and educators: $2.99 a month** (Education): Verified college students and educators pay $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year for Apple Creator Studio. Apple calls it a limited-time offer, and it cannot be shared through Family Sharing. Source: https://www.apple.com/apple-creator-studio/ - **3 months free with a new Mac or iPad** (Other savings): Buyers of an eligible new Mac or iPad can try Apple Creator Studio free for 3 months, claimed within 3 months of activating the device. Source: https://www.apple.com/apple-creator-studio/ ## Key features - **Themes and slide layouts:** Every presentation begins with an Apple-designed theme, a set of slide layouts whose placeholder text and images are replaced with your own. Layouts and backgrounds can be changed slide by slide. - **Animations and Magic Move:** Slide transitions, emphasis builds and Magic Move animate objects within and between slides, with a live preview on the canvas while editing. - **Presenter tools:** A customizable presenter display for rehearsing, remote control from an iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch, multi-presenter slideshows, and a separate window for notes and controls during video calls on a Mac. - **Real-time collaboration:** Share a presentation publicly or with specific people through iCloud or Box and see a list of their changes as they happen. Collaborators can also join from a browser on a Mac or Windows computer. - **PowerPoint import and export:** Imports and edits Microsoft PowerPoint files and exports to PowerPoint, PDF, HTML, movies and images. Apple publishes a feature-by-feature list of what carries over from PowerPoint. - **Creator Studio slide tools:** For Apple Creator Studio subscribers, Keynote can turn an outline into a slide deck with presenter notes and correct layout, typography and alignment issues. Apple labels these features beta. ## Good for - People who work mainly on Mac, iPad and iPhone - Presenters who want animated decks without paying for software - Exchanging decks with PowerPoint users through import and export ## Worth knowing - The apps are for Apple devices only; on a Windows PC, Keynote is available just in a browser through iCloud.com. - Generating slides from an outline, generated presenter notes and slide clean-up need Apple Creator Studio, at $12.99 per month or $129 per year, and are labeled beta. - Apple's compatibility list marks PowerPoint WordArt, text effects, image effects and OLE objects as not supported on import; SmartArt is imported as a shape. ## What people say - **App Store rating of the iPhone and iPad app:** 4.4 out of 5 from 83,347 ratings in the United States, read Oct 5, 2026. This is the store's rating of the app, not a score from ToolGPA. Source: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/id361285480 ## Works with iCloud, Box, Messages, FaceTime, Shortcuts **Tags:** Presentations, Real-time collaboration, Templates, AI features, Works offline ## Alternatives - [Microsoft PowerPoint](https://toolgpa.com/tools/microsoft-powerpoint): Slide presentation app sold with Microsoft 365, free in the browser. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keynote-vs-microsoft-powerpoint) - [Google Slides](https://toolgpa.com/tools/google-slides): Browser-based presentation builder, free with a Google Account. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/google-slides-vs-keynote) - [Canva](https://toolgpa.com/tools/canva): Template-based design platform for slides, graphics and video. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/canva-vs-keynote) - [LibreOffice Impress](https://toolgpa.com/tools/libreoffice-impress): Free, open-source presentation app for Windows, macOS and Linux. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/keynote-vs-libreoffice-impress) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Oct 5, 2026: - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/keynote-design-presentations/id361285480 - https://support.apple.com/keynote - https://www.apple.com/apple-creator-studio/ - https://www.apple.com/keynote/compatibility/ - https://support.apple.com/guide/keynote/welcome/mac Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/keynote Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).