Apple Creator Studio

Yesterday’s launch of Apple Creator Studio (ACS) created a certain amount of confusion for Mac users not planning to subscribe.

Some users of Apple’s productivity apps – Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Freeform – were left wondering whether or not they should accept an invitation to update …

Today Pixelmator Pro has launched on iPad for the first time, exclusive to Apple Creator Studio. Here’s what the long-awaited iPad version of Pixelmator Pro can do.

Apple Creator Studio is officially here, and by all appearances a great value for many. Apple offers a 1-month trial for all users, but it turns out there are surprise offers for 3 free months being given too—even if you haven’t bought a new device.

Pages, Keynote, and Numbers have just been updated for iOS 26, iPadOS 26, and macOS Tahoe. The updates adopt a Liquid Glass design and add new features, including many that are exclusive to Apple Creator Studio.

Two weeks ago, Apple announced its brand new Apple Creator Studio bundle, offering its suite of creative apps for a single subscription. Apple Creator Studio is set to launch today, and the first reviews and impressions have hit the web.

Head below for a full roundup. Apple has also published a new press release highlighting how creators are using the new Final Cut Pro features.

Apple’s Mac icons in Tahoe have come under fire from quite a few people. Adjectives that have been applied to them include terrible, awful, amateurish, dumbed down, and objectively bad.

With the announcement of Apple Creator Studio, the company has gone even further in terms of minimal icons for its creative apps, provoking further controversy …

Update, Feb 2: Apple has now pulled the remaining regional trial links. The original post follows below.

Apple may have replaced standalone 3-month trials of Logic Pro and Final Cut Pro with Apple Creator Studio’s 1-month test period, but there’s one way to still get up to 90 days of access, at least for now. Here’s how to do it.

Apple surprised us all on Tuesday with an all new subscription offering for creative professionals, with the launch of Apple Creator Studio. In all honesty, it seems like a great value. After reading through all of the details though, I can already think of some easy improvements Apple could make.

Apple Creator Studio was unveiled earlier this week as a new bundle of powerful creative apps. Despite pushback from some users tired of subscriptions, I think this new Apple offering could be exactly what many of us have long asked for. Here’s how.

It’s been close to a decade since I first started being grumpy about subscription apps. I did acknowledge the benefits right from the start, including giving many developers a more sustainable income, but expressed my unease about where we were headed.

A few years later, I voiced doubts as to whether it was a sustainable business model. But the trend has continued to grow, with Apple Creator Studio the latest example …

Apple has long made its own productivity apps completely free to use on any of its hardware, but that’s about to change.

While core features will remain free, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, and Freeform are set to get AI and premium content which will require a paid subscription …

Apple acquired the app-making team at Pixelmator in late 2024, with the acquisition closing nearly one year ago. Now, in the first major change since the acquisition, Pixelmator Pro is coming to iPad alongside the launch of Apple Creator Studio.