What does Apple’s Pixelmator purchase mean for your iPhone, iPad, or Mac? This is the most likely scenario


  • Apple recently purchased the popular photo editing app Pixelmator
  • A new theory suggests it could eventually become Apple’s ‘Photos Pro’
  • Pixemator’s apps will continue to exist in their current form “at this time.”

Last week, Apple used some of its spare change to buy one of the Mac’s best photo editors, Pixelmator — and theories have been flying ever since about what the deal means for iPhones, iPads, and Macs.

For now, the answer isn’t much, as the app’s creator says there will be “no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time.” But now Bloomberg’s respected Apple commentator Mark Gurman has shared what he thinks the plan has in store Power On Newsletter – and it’s not as wallet-friendly as we’d hoped.