Apple Introduces New 'Creator Studio' Bundle of Apps for $129 Per Year

[iamgalt]

Plus, it unlocks premium AI features and content across the iWork apps Keynote, Pages, and Numbers across the iPhone, iPad, and Mac, and later in the Freeform app.

Great, so soon Google will be able to read all your documents and spreadsheets, even if you don't use any other Google services. Not to mention the slow transition of apple made apps going to subscriptions. I'm moving more and more towards Linux with every one of these kinds of articles. Someone just needs to make a Linux based phone and I'll be all set.

 

[Astuces iOS]

Not free????

 

[Joseph C]

Wow. I am so happy to see this. I was getting so worried Apple was giving up on its software - this looks very promising indeed.

 

[trash eighty]

Someone just needs to make a Linux based phone and I'll be all set.

These already exist don't they?

 

[e1me5]

It's ok.

 

[headlessmike]

wait, we have to subscribe to use Numbers and Pages now?

MS Office is like $10 with 1TB storage

Affinity is free

For iWork, Apple is adopting the same model as Affinity: the apps are free but the AI features that require server power are not.

 

[njsgdsza]

Okay so where is Photomater???

 

[B-Mc-C]

I’m surprised they didn’t throw in Preview and TextEdit while they were at it!

 

[kkclstuff]

[ NO SUBS! ]
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'ever defiant in Hoagieland'

 

[LeeW]

Apple would never do this I was often told on here, yet here we are.

 

[TechRunner]

I'm looking to upgrade my photo and video editing software from the stock Apple stuff and I would consider this if it was a one-time license. But I'm well over monthly subscriptions for everything.

 

[RedWeasel]

I’m surprised they didn’t throw in Preview and TextEdit while they were at it!

Wait for the Platform Engineer Pro subscription which will enable AI in Terminal.

 

[PotentPeas]

Paying extra for new "AI" features in the iWork apps?
I mean, I guess that's a reason for me to *not* pay for it.

[Edit]
Pixelmator Pro, Final Cut Pro, etc. -- If you go to Apple's web sites for these apps, it does mention this new subscription prominently, but it also mentions that you can still get them as a "one-time purchase" from the App Store. We'll see how long that sticks.

...Some of these apps are pretty expensive (i.e. $300 for Final Cut Pro), so I can see how this looks like a "deal", especially if you could make use of several of them.

(I'm interested in Pixelmator if there is an iPad version, but not if it is subscription only. We'll find out in a couple of weeks, I guess... I presume that all of these apps will get "major updates" on January 28.)

 

[Marbles1]

Everything will be subscription eventually. We won't even own hardware, or if we do it will just be a dumb terminal.

This is the way.

 

[neuropsychguy]

wait, we have to subscribe to use Numbers and Pages now?

MS Office is like $10 with 1TB storage

Affinity is free

No, they are including added features in the subscription, not deprecating the applications. We’ll see what happens over time but for now nothing changes for you.

Edit: I just saw that some others replied to you already.

 

[bg1419]

I like the new icons, but I’m curious what’s going to happen for those of us who don’t subscribe because we already own most of these. Especially regarding the “premium features” for pages, numbers, and keynote. I’d want whatever that is, but I don’t want to pay $12.99 a month for it, because I already have Final Cut, logic, and Pixelmator pro

 

[nt5672]

Wow. I am so happy to see this. I was getting so worried Apple was giving up on its software - this looks very promising indeed.

Oh, you mean the fact that they will now charge you and still not update the Apps in a timely manner?

 

[ralph_sws]

next year it will be $149

 

[tkermit]

Exclusive new AI features and premium content

lol, I think I'm good.

 

[Hank001]

(...) pricing is set at $12.99 per month or $129 per year. (...) and customers who purchase a new Mac or a qualifying iPad with an A16, A17 Pro, or M-series chip or later can receive a three-month free trial.

So it's either $129 per year or get a new device every quarter. Got it!

 

[klasma]

"unlocks premium AI features and content across the iWork apps Keynote, Pages, and Numbers across the iPhone,"

I thought Numbers and Pages were free. With all the features unlocked. Is that not the case anymore?

It’s not the case anymore. “Premium” features now require the subscription. You probably won’t need them, for now.

 

[It’s always something]

I don’t know why I should pay for these features in iWork when I can pay less per month for real Word and Excel plus 1TB of storage 🤷‍♂️

 

[J___o___h___n]

It's a hard "no" from me. "No, thank you"

 

[Scott LaPointe]

For $12.99 / month - it's a bargain. With all the updates that have been free over the years, you can't expect them to just give it away forever. They have to pay employees to write the code to build these apps. It's a better deal than Adobe as I suspect you can use it on multiple devices on your apple account vs Adobe you need a license for each computer. If you are already paying for logic/final cut for iPad, it's only a couple bucks more for access to everything.

At some point they were going to charge for a new version of Logic and Final Cut anyway, so that's what $5-600 ish... so really you are just splitting that cost over 6/7 ( 🙂 ) years, plus the other apps like mainstage and pixelmator bring the value up to what $1K ?, so really you are just splitting your payments over 10 years....

 

[johnhackworth]

Is Aperture included?