Summary:
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Apple introduces Apple Creator Studio, a subscription bundling powerful creative tools for video, music, design, and productivity.
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Costing $12.99/month or $129/year, the suite includes Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage.
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Features like Transcript Search, Synth Player, and AI-powered image tools aim to speed up and elevate creators’ work.
Apple is bundling its most powerful creative tools into a single subscription.
The company on Tuesday announced Apple Creator Studio, a new monthly and annual subscription that brings together Final Cut Pro, Logic Pro, Pixelmator Pro, Motion, Compressor, and MainStage, along with new AI-powered features and premium content across Keynote, Pages, and Numbers. The suite is designed for creators working across video, music, design and productivity on Mac, iPad and iPhone.
Meet Apple Creator Studio: giving creators of every kind easy access to powerful, intuitive tools for video, music, imaging, and productivity, all supercharged by intelligent features that speed up and elevate their work. pic.twitter.com/UrOlzQTGRo
— Greg Joswiak (@gregjoz) January 13, 2026
Apple Creator Studio launches Jan. 28 and costs $12.99 per month or $129 per year, with a one-month free trial. Students and educators can subscribe for $2.99 per month. Individual one-time purchases of the Mac apps remain available.
For video creators, Final Cut Pro adds new intelligent tools like Transcript Search, Visual Search, Beat Detection and an AI-powered Montage Maker on iPad, aimed at speeding up edits for social, podcast and long-form workflows. Motion and Compressor are also included for advanced graphics and delivery.
Music creators get expanded Logic Pro features on Mac and iPad, including Synth Player, Chord ID, Music Understanding and a refreshed Sound Library packed with royalty-free loops and samples. MainStage is included for live performance setups.
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On the design side, Pixelmator Pro arrives on iPad for the first time with a touch-optimized interface, Apple Pencil support and advanced AI-powered image tools like Super Resolution, Auto Crop and a new Warp feature for subscribers.
Apple Creator Studio also adds premium templates, a new Content Hub and AI-assisted image and presentation tools to Keynote, Pages and Numbers, while keeping the core apps free for all users.
Apple said the subscription is built to give creators access to studio-grade tools across devices while keeping workflows private and on-device wherever possible.