If I already own Final Cut Pro on my Mac device, will I still need a subscription for the iPad Pro version?

The answer has already been given by Apple, you will still have to pay for the iPad version. They are considered separate applications. Apple has always held their apps to be separate between desktop and mobile versions.

A great, completely free workflow if you already have Final Cut Pro on the Mac is to start editing in iMovie on the iPad, and then sending that to iMovie for Mac, and converting that into a Final Cut Pro for Mac project. That way, you don't have to spend a single dollar. iMovie for iPad is actually fantastic, as long as you're not a super advanced editor you can do 90% of what Final Cut Pro can do in it for the iPad version.

Send the iMovie for iPad project to iMovie for Mac, and then import that into Final Cut Pro: Send projects to Final Cut Pro from iMovie on Mac - Apple Support

Just wondering will I need a subscription for using Final Cut Pro on my iPad Pro if I already have the program what the?

The two apps are completely different. Each amount is required.

Just because you say they’re the same application does not make it so. They are only the same in name. They work differently and have different features.

I don't know about you, but I paid $300 twelve years ago. To this day, there have been dozen of updates to FCP and all of them have been free. I have been able to use this on all my macs, and my family members (my wife and three kids) have been able to use it too, under Family Sharing. I do not feel entitled to a freebie on a completely new application on a different platform.

DaVinci Resolve is at least as good as FCPX and is available FREE for the iPad (iOS 16 or later).

Projects on DVR or FCPX can be interchanged easily for editing via XML.

I’m a little upset that I paid $300 for Final Cut Pro for my MacBook Pro and still have to pay a subscription fee to use it on my iPad. I can maybe see a small onetime fee, but every month, forever, I don’t think so…..

Why should I pay for development of something I don’t want?

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Agree to disagree.

FWIW, I never even saw the point of running FCP on the iPad, when the mac is far more apt for it in so many ways; and, unsurprisingly, the iPad version has but a fraction of the capabilities of the Mac one.

I frequently come across people who think that they must have FCP because it is a pro app and costs shedloads of cash compared with iMovie, which being free must be no good.

In many cases such folk would probably find that iMovie could do everything they need.

I can't speak for the iPad version as I have never even seen it but the Mac one is very capable and even has features that aren't present in FCP.

The answer to that is unknown at this time. My guess is that they will be separate purchases.

I didn’t expect it for free. One time purchase is fine. Just not a recurring monthly fee forever. I don’t like or buy subscription based software very often.

That is bogus marketing that we allow apple to get away with.

One time fee yes! But monthly subscription, daylight robbery! Absolutely not fair

I've enjoyed LumaFusion, which exports to FCPX easily, too.