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Apple Announces Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for iPad With Subscription Models

I gotta say, 5 years ago or so, this would have been ground-breaking and impressive. Now, it feels a bit like Apple’s trying to remain relevant. How many folks are using FCP professionally these days? That’s not a rhetorical question, it’s sincere. I think Premiere has never really hit its stride, but I’m hearing more and more from folks who moved over to Resolve since FCP seems to be a very low priority. The subscription model seems like a shameless money grab, and I think will push more people to Resolve. It’s a well-featured app, and since FCP X really changed the game, I don’t see a compelling reason to stick with it.
 
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Logic and Final Cut pricing subsidised by Mac sales, lowest price being about £1000.
They only exist to sell Macs basically.

I think for iPad they had to justify it another way. No one can sell £200 pro software for iPads, that market doesn't work like that. So subscription probably makes sense here as you can really subsidies this product with iPad sales in the same way.

I'm interested in the workflow here though. I think the issue I have with iPad stuff is more that the general workflow of using this stuff is easier on computers than on the devices. Just loading files and stuff... sizes can be huge for video and some audio. Then the fact that its only got 1 thunderbolt port and no headphone out! Just stupid stuff really that makes it easier to use an actual laptop instead.

The biggest thing they could do in wwdc would be to put a headphone socket back in and add an extra thunderbolt/usb c port. That would be crazy!
 
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Hopefully this means that the next iPad Pro is going to be a significant improvement with major OS changes and more powerful hardware. It might be that you will need a 2024 iPad Pro to run these programs :p So if we get a new iPad pro this year avoid it and wait for the 2024 model lol.
 
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gonsawa_ said:
It’s much more reasonable to sell a 300$ software on Mac that on an iPad (a device that cost less than half compared to a MacBook Pro). Also, 49$ per year is much more affordable than Adobe, so i don’t think that it is all that bad
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I agree to that, specially if it means it's going to get constant and more frequent updates, because honestly sometimes it gets forgotten.
Would be great if it somehow were to be bundled with Apple One or in fairness of others that don't need to have it, as a cheaper 'add-on' (like with the sports and similar popping up)
 
gank41 said:
Or would I even be able to use my Focusrite box connected to my 2018 iPad Pro via USB-C? That would be amazing.
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My focusrite box (saffire 6, I think) worked even with my old iPad air 2. As long as it doesn't need a special driver on mac - e.g. ig it supports core audio - it should work. Although, iirc, it only did 44,1 khz back then, so that's not that useful (at least for me, as I do video, that's usually in 48khz)
 
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Even though I REALLY dislike supscriptions and the whole subscription model mess that the App Store has become, at least I can see a good value ratio for Final Cut and Logic Pro for these prices.

Getting full on pro apps with the full functionality for $5 per month/$50 per year is at least a good value proposition, instead of yet another useless "Note-taking-app-No.12" or another "To-Do-list" having the audacity to ask $10 per month for me to TAKE NOTES.
 
nottorp said:
So no occasional use? Or can you subcribe for just a month? Will it be as easy to cancel an apple thingy subscription as it is for a 3rd party?
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I don’t see why it would be any different from canceling any other subscription made via the App Store.
 
I personally think this will become the Mac app when iPadOS and macOS are merged in the not to distant future when touchscreen Macs arrive.
 
Certainly unpopular opinion but for a professional software, subscription makes sense for a lot of users and their companies due to amortization.
 
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Manzanito said:
Weird that their computer counterparts have been one-time-only payments for more than a decade and the ipad versions will only be subscription.
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Still quite cheap, maybe most users needs pro apps just sometimes on iPad or Apple thinks so. Maybe full price would be too high for most new users
 
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I don't mind subscriptions for something that is work related. I pay anyway for yearly upgrades for Adobe, Office, Finale, Sibelius, Maple and now some have switched to subscriptions which costs about the same anyway. I'm pretty sure this means the pro Mac apps will switch to subscription. I think the people complaining the most about subscriptions never paid for shareware back in the day let alone pro apps.
 
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