If you are an iPhone user, you will know many applications and games that have been around for years and years. App Storeand it is possible that you use some of them in your daily life, since when they have been around for so long, it is because they work well, and despite being simple, they are very useful.
However, there comes a day when Apple considers that they can no longer receive support, either due to a drop in users, or because there are newer and better alternatives. This is the case of what has happened to the one we will see today, and that many people still used.
Pixelmator stops receiving updates
If you've been using Pixelmator on your iPhone or iPad for a while, you may have already noticed that the app hasn't changed much for quite some time. Well now that has a clear explanation: that version of Pixelmator is not going to be updated anymore. It's not that they're going to delete it or stop working from one day to the next, it just stays as it is.
For many people, Pixelmator was just what they needed. A simple app to edit photos without getting into complicated things, without a thousand strange menus and without having to learn anything. You opened the photo, adjusted four things, saved and that's it. Therefore, although it is not a tragedy, it makes some people a little sad to see it stop.
If you have it installed right now, you can continue using it as always. There are no strange warnings or new limits. It simply will not receive new features, nor major changes, nor adaptations to what comes later. She freezes at the point she is at now. We do not know if, in case of a problem or need to increase the iOS version, it will adapt, although everything indicates that it will not.
This all makes a lot of sense if you look at what Apple is doing since it bought Pixelmator. The focus is no longer on the simple app, but on Pixelmator Pro, which is the most complete versionthe one with the most tools and the one that fits best with the rest of Apple's creative apps. That is the one they are moving, improving and putting into their new creative package.
So, without saying it directly, Apple has decided that it is not worth maintaining two paths at the same time. The basic version is for those who already have it and it is worth it, and the Pro version is the one that receives real attention. It is not something unusual for Apple, it has happened before with other apps.
On a day-to-day basis, this doesn't change anything immediately. But in the long term it means that Pixelmator, as you knew it, is no longer going to evolve. If one day it falls behind or does not fit with new versions of iOS, there will no longer be new solutions there.
So, summing up. Pixelmator doesn't die, it doesn't disappear and it doesn't leave anyone stranded. He just stays still. And Apple continues with its idea of grouping the most powerful tools into something bigger, so it is true that, if you use it, you should think about evolving, since one day you will run out of it, so it is good to keep changing, although many find it sad.
