Q: Is the garageband not free anymore?

georgiaa wrote:

 

I downloaded garageband on my iPhone a few months ago but then deleted it after some time. Now that I'm trying to download the app again, although Apple says it's free, I have to pay 4,99 €

Anyone knows any more details?

Download again from your Purchase history, do nor purchase again.

Garageband and the other iLife applications are now included for free with all brand new iPads and iPhones. If you purchased Garageband in the past, then you will have to open up the App Store and tap the "Purchased" tab to see a list of your previously purchased content. From this tab, you will be able to download the version of Garageband you last purchased.

The most recent release  of Garageband includes a substantial amount of new content, and features, that greatly exceeded what might be found in a typical update. As such, Apple launched the latest release as a separate, but optional, purchase. Previously, Apple offered Garageband as a free app that required an in-app purchase to access more loops and content. Now, there are no more in-app-purchases for all of the new content and features, but the user must now pay an upfront cost of $4.99 if they wish to use the latest version of Garageband.

If you do opt to purchase the new release, you will find a myriad of new features. There are hundreds of new loops as well as a an improved smart drum feature, now known as "Drummer". The Drummer feature creates natural sounding drum patterns that are customized to how you play your lead instrument, and the style of the drummer that you choose. The nominal $4.99 price point is an excellent value proposition when considering the number of features and the price of competing digital audio workstations.

Best of luck

Yes, the newest GarageBand version is great. But it needs a lot of storage, because of the extra content.  I would really first try to get the version of GarageBand back that Georgiana already owns And explore it, before downloading all the extra content.

Great! You're welcome

I just purchased iPhone 6 two weeks ago. Garage Band and some other apps (numbers, pages, keynote...) were pre installed. I tried opening them but turns out they were only shortcuts and I need to download the app first to use it. I tried in a wifi network as adviced and it says it is not available anymore. So i went to the appstore and I have to pay for it now. Is there any solution to get my free Garage Band (and other apps) on my phone?

Yo download the iLife appa that come with your phone, go to the "Purchased" tab of the App Store rather than to the store page for each app. The appa should be part of your purchase history.

I cannot see them in my purchased tab because I haven't been able to download them