The news of Apple's planned acquisition of photo editing app Pixelmator has caused quite the online stir this week, with fans speculating over how Apple might move forward with a native, first-party photo editing app (and one that happens to be one of the best iPad apps for designers).

Pixelmator announced on Friday that it is being acquired by Apple. The image-editing platform didn’t discuss what life might look like under the corporate

The developers of photo and imaging software Pixelmator Pro and Photomator are joining Apple and a new software subscription could be coming together.

Apple has reached an agreement to acquire Pixelmator, the company behind popular photo and image editing apps Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS,

The Pixelmator team is joining Apple; here’s what this means for its users and the future of native photo editing on iOS, iPadOS, and macOS.

Today, the Pixelmator team, owner of Pixelmator Pro and Photomator apps, said Apple acquired them. Here's what we know.

Pixelmator said there “will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time.”

Now it looks like Apple is moving beyond just the hardware side of photography by acquiring Pixelmator, an image-editing app developer for macOS and IOS. This isn't the first time Apple has tried competing against Adobe with image editing software.

Apple Inc. agreed to buy software maker Pixelmator, adding a popular high-end photo-editing app to its lineup.