Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro Arrive on iPad, But Apple Switches Up How to Buy Them
Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro on the Mac are two of PCMag’s top-rated media creation applications, and now they're finally coming to the iPad.
Though video-editing applications and audio workstations are two of the most screen-hungry categories of program, Apple has shown a knack for shrinking big interfaces to small ones as evidenced by the innovative iOS design for its consumer video-editing app, iMovie.
The new apps arrive on May 23, but in a major switch, Apple will charge a subscription for them. The macOS version of Final Cut Pro costs $299 while Logic Pro is $199, both one-time payments. The iPad versions of each app, however, have a $4.99-per-month or $49-per-year subscription price. I can't think of any previous Apple app requiring a subscription before. There is a one-month free trial if you’re not ready to commit to the subscription.
Final Cut will require an iPad with an M1 or later processor, which includes the new iPad Air and iPad Pro but omits the current standard iPad or any iPad sold before 2021. Logic Pro for iPad is a little less stringent in its requirements; it runs on regular iPads with Bionic 12 chips or later, which started shipping in 2020.
In its press release(Opens in a new window), Apple highlights that the "touch-first interface of iPad." But since Windows supports touch input natively, competing programs have long been able to take advantage of touch on devices like the Surface tablets, including touch in Adobe Premiere Pro(Opens in a new window) and Ableton Live. That said, the Apple iPad versions of Final Cut and Logic are designed from the ground up for touch, while the Adobe touch features are appendages to the main software functionality.
Standout features of the Final Cut iPad app
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