Apple brings Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro to iPad as $50-per-year subscriptions

Enlarge / Editing a video in Final Cut Pro for the iPad with an Apple Pencil. (credit: Apple)

Apple announced today that it's bringing its flagship professional creative apps to the iPad for the first time. The Logic Pro audio-editing software and Final Cut Pro video-editing software are making the jump to the iPad with multi-touch-optimized interfaces and Apple Pencil support.

Both apps will be available on the App Store starting May 23 for either $5 per month or $50 per year. Each will also have a one-month free trial available.

Both apps have more stringent system requirements than the GarageBand and iMovie apps. Logic Pro will run on any iPad with at least an A12 Bionic chip, including the 8th-generation iPad, the 3rd-generation iPad Air, the 5th-generation iPad mini, and newer models. Final Cut Pro is more demanding and requires an iPad Pro or Air with an M1 or M2—presumably, it's the small amount of RAM included with older iPads that keeps them from running software that much slower Macs have managed to run for years.

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