Adobe Launches Premiere for iPhone and iPad

[MacRumors]

Adobe today launched Premiere for iPhone and iPad, bringing its flagship video editing software to mobile devices for the first time.

According to Adobe, the new mobile Premiere app is designed to provide "pro-quality video editing." The mobile version features an unlimited multi-track timeline supporting video, audio, and text layers. It includes standard editing features such as trimming clips, overlaying audio, and synchronizing captions, as well as access to libraries of free creative assets.

Adobe has also built in a speech enhancement tool that removes background noise to isolate voices, as well as automatic captioning with stylized subtitles. The app supports 4K HDR export and allows direct one-tap publishing to platforms such as TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram. Users can also generate sound effects and other creative assets using Adobe Firefly AI, the company's generative AI platform, which is fully integrated into the app.

In addition to editing on the device, projects created in the app can be transferred directly to Premiere Pro on desktop systems without conversion.

The app is positioned as a replacement for Premiere Rush, the company's previous lightweight mobile editor. Existing Rush users will retain access only on devices where it is already installed until the service is fully discontinued on September 30, 2026.

Unlike Premiere Pro on Mac and PC, which starts at $23 per month, the iPhone and iPad Premiere app can be used without a subscription. Optional features, including generative AI credits and additional cloud storage via Adobe Creative Cloud, are available for an additional fee.

Premiere on iPhone is available worldwide on the App Store today. Premiere on Android is in development.

Article Link: Adobe Launches Premiere for iPhone and iPad

 

[bradman83]

I'd love to see a comparison of how this compares versus the desktop Premier, especially the iPad version.

The iPad version of Lightroom is fairly good and like 90% feature complete to Lightroom on desktop (note that I'm referring to Lightroom not Lightroom Classic; the former is similarly 90% feature complete vs. LrC). By contrast, Photoshop for iPad and iPhone is still woefully feature incomplete and Adobe has been taking their sweet time making updates.

 

[rotvaldi]

It’s not on AppStore yet for me

 

[CalMin]

I admire the effort made by these companies to put these apps on our phones, but is anyone doing serious editing on a mobile device? Perhaps I’m just going old.

 

[DougieS]

It’s not on AppStore yet for me

Link in article didn’t work for me, but searching manually “Adobe Premiere” did.

 

[pamon]

Got it downloaded will give it a run and see

 

[hieranonymous]

It boggles my mind that iMovie for iOS/iPadOS still doesn’t support portrait-oriented videos.

 

[Dejesus]

I have adobe suscription and this app ask me for a new suscription? No way

 

[winxmac]

Adobe Premiere: Video Editor
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/adobe-premiere-video-editor/id6742757464

FREE TO DOWNLOAD AND USE

• Everything you need to create great videos is available for free. Only pay when you need Firefly generative AI credits.

Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later.

 

[ralpa]

Adobe is exactly doing what Apple is doing: giant in the industry, getting late and slow to improve, now Adobe just copies capcut and prays people would use. They are years behind now

 

[Phogro]

I admire the effort made by these companies to put these apps on our phones, but is anyone doing serious editing on a mobile device? Perhaps I’m just going old.

I think CapCut has proven that there's a market for on device video editing. It's a different segment of the market though. I'm sure Adobe saw the rise of CapCut and wanted to figure out how they missed that market.

 

[stainless]

I'd love to see a comparison of how this compares versus the desktop Premier, especially the iPad version.

The iPad version of Lightroom is fairly good and like 90% feature complete to Lightroom on desktop (note that I'm referring to Lightroom not Lightroom Classic; the former is similarly 90% feature complete vs. LrC). By contrast, Photoshop for iPad and iPhone is still woefully feature incomplete and Adobe has been taking their sweet time making updates.

They have no incentive to update “in their mind” because they are the 800lb Gorilla and all bow to them… they lost their competitive nature when the government allowed them to acquire Macromedia, which was wrong in my opinion. Adobe isn’t going to move quickly on anything they don’t need to “in their eyes” so long as people pay their monthly subscription, their updates have been a joke at best! Look at their last pay to own version and compare it to the latest update, outside of AI, their “upgrades” are minor parlor tricks….

 

[groove-agent]

When I had Photoshop for iPad it wasn't designed to use with keyboard/ mouse, only touch. It's nothing like using Photoshop for Mac. I wonder if Premiere is the same.

Nevertheless, I'm going to try to avoid the subscription model whenever possible. I ditched my Photoshop subscription and bought Affinity Designer/ Photo, especially after their crazy price hike. It saves me a decent amount of money, especially considering how often I use it.

 

[EatinPonies]

Using DaVinci Resolve, I edit videos across two giant monitors and a remarkably powerful PC. I can't imagine shrinking that genie into a bottle the size of my phone screen.

 

[ArtOfWarfare]

I admire the effort made by these companies to put these apps on our phones, but is anyone doing serious editing on a mobile device? Perhaps I’m just going old.

Totally guessing, but given it's free, I suspect the idea is to get students using it. As they grow into professionals, they'll want to move to a fuller setup which will require the paid version.

If the students are instead exposed to a different ecosystem to start, they may never see a need to move to Adobe's products.

 

[Hank001]

It boggles my mind that iMovie for iOS/iPadOS still doesn’t support portrait-oriented videos.

It boggles my mind that anyone would want to record video in portrait. Look at your TV, it's landscape. Same as my eyes.

On another note, I'm happy with Kino, thank you very much.

 

[canpoyrazoglu]

It boggles my mind that anyone would want to record video in portrait. Look at your TV, it's landscape. Same as my eyes.

On another note, I'm happy with Kino, thank you very much.

While I don't like portrait video too, social media (TikTok/Instagram Reels/YouTube shorts) is a HUGE market that can't be ignored by many.

 

[CocktailHour]

Extra features NOT free. And I'm increasingly allergic to Adobe because they want money every month, like a landlord. Sticking with DaVinci Resolve on Mac/iPad.