Apple Makes It Harder to Try Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro for Free

After the release of Apple Creator Studio, users will lose access to both programs' 90-day trial periods, though they’ll still get 30 days if they sign on to the subscription service.

In what could be bad news for cash-strapped creatives, Apple has quietly rolled back some of its generous free-trial offers for its professional editing software.

Apple Creator Studio, which bundles together the company’s creative tools under a monthly subscription, not unlike Adobe’s Creative Cloud, gives users access to Apple’s music-editing software Logic Pro and its video-editing software Final Cut Pro, as well as image editor Pixelmator Pro, motion-graphics tool Motion, file-conversion app Compressor, and live-performance companion MainStage.

The new bundle costs $13 per month or $129 per year. Discounts are available for students and educators, bringing the price down to $2.99 per month or $29.99 per year.

But one downside of the new creative suite, first spotted by Cult of Mac, is that Apple is ending the 90-day free trials for Final Cut Pro and Logic Pro. Instead, anyone wanting to try either product must now sign up for the full Creator Studio bundle, which offers only a 30-day trial. This means new users get just a third of the time to try the editing tools before the bills start rolling in.