P: Full version app for Apple iPad Pro

Hi everyone,  I originally posted this question 3 years ago.  Thank you for all your replies!  You may or may not have seen the news this week that the newest iPad Pro, to be released sometime in early 2019, will indeed support a full version, albeit an iOS app, of Photoshop CC!!  With that in mind, I notice that the iOS printer user experience is still less than satisfactory.  I encourage each and everyone of you to send feedback to Apple requesting they improve this.  I for one am excited about the new iPad Pro, but won't be buying one unless they include the advanced printer features that are available on the Mac software.  If you have tried printing using AirPrint, you know what I am talking about.  If they keep the printing the same, that means I will still need a MacBook Pro just to print.  Ugh.  

So true.  If clip studio art and affinity can create an ipad pro version, so can Photoshop

Affinity Photo

Not true, the ipad pro runs the desktop version of clip studio paint. Its my daily go to software.

> Apple can create a tablet under osx, just like Microsoft has done with Surface. Who likes microsoft that uses surface, >

I think Apple made it pretty clear when they came out with the iPad Pro that they're not planning anytime soon to undercut sales of either their laptops (very popular) or their iPads (also very popular) by coming out with a hybrid that is neither. Unless Adobe has Apple insider information that a tablet is due out any day now, I don't think Adobe should wait on them. They need to start competing with the other image editing apps on mobile devices now if they want to take the market.

They were among the leaders for the mobile apps when all those devices were underpowered, finding ways to get around device limitations and giving us something we could take to the desktop easily. Now that we have a high-powered iPad Pro available to us, I sincerely hope they are hard at work on how to translate it  to the iPad Pro without dumbing it down to "mobile device" level.  The iPad Pro has some serious processing power that changes our expectations of mobile devices. We'd pay for a good image editing app from Adobe. They don't have to offer it in the App Store for free. It's a costly enterprise, but the longer they leave us without something, the stronger their competition obviously becomes.

With Affinity Photo, Pixelmator,  and now with Clip Studio Paint having a perfect translation of their desktop app onto the iPad Pro (I think it actually runs better on the iPad Pro) any excuses as to why Photoshop isn't on the iPad Pro are just that,  excuses.  There's no reason why they can't make a version for the iPad Pro,  and I mean a full version,  not these little apps that you have for it, like Sketch where its so limited,  its not usable for me for pro use.   Its disappointing to see Adobe fall behind in the game and letting their competition let them look bad.

Yes, good point, but Adobe is currently wasting a lot of time to maintain these many single Apps like PS Express, PS Mix, PS Fix and LR CC.

Apple can create a tablet under osx, just like Microsoft has done with Surface. Who likes microsoft that uses surface, who likes apple that uses ipad pro osx. Adobe do not waste your time reinventing the wheel. Spend more time on new features.

I am definitely in support of a more complete Photoshop for iPad Pro. Both Affinity Photo and Pixelmator have shown both that the iPad Pro is now capable of running near-desktop applications, and that there is a demand for it. There are too many apps right now... Keep Express, and make a full-featured version that is subscription-only (as in part of the CC Subscription plans) that is at least on par with what Affinity Photo can do.

Have installed Astropad and Duett and yes you can do a few things but you cannot compare it with a direct installed PS on iPad.