What if I don't renew?

What if I don't renew? Can I continue to use the prior year's apps? If not, is there a subscription that includes just a handful of apps?

By @kathym31603183

=========

Everything stops.  No. Yes & no.  A la carte pricing costs more.  Bundles cost less per app.

Photoshop Elements (approx $100, no subscription needed).  Elements is a light version of Photoshop CC without all the extra bells & whistles.
https://www.adobe.com/products/photoshop-elements.html

Creative Cloud Photography Plan (approx $10/month for 12 months). Includes the following:

• Photoshop CC and Photoshop on iPad
• Camera Raw
• Lightroom on desktop, mobile and the web
• Lightroom Classic
• Portfolio website + hosting
• Adobe Express (free starter plan)
• Bridge
• 20 GB cloud storage (upgradable to 1 TB).
• Free upgrades for paid subscribers

https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/photography.html

Premium Adobe Express ($10/month).

• Adobe Express app (web and mobile)
• Premiere Rush (video editing on desktop and mobile)
• Photoshop Express (mobile)
• Spark Video (mobile)
• Spark Page (mobile)
• Adobe Portfolio website + hosting
• 100 GB of cloud storage
• All premium templates and design assets including the collection of over 160 million royalty-free Adobe Stock photo collection.

https://helpx.adobe.com/express/using/express-overview.html

Creative Cloud All Apps (51 + pro apps & services) and Single App Plans
https://www.adobe.com/creativecloud/plans.html

if you don't have a subscription you cannot use any of those apps.  and the cost to subscribe to those 4 individual apps is greater than the all apps cost.  ie, there is no special bundle that would contain any 2, 3 or all 4 of those apps.

and there's no special deal for subscribing to non-current apps. in fact, adobe pushes users to maintain current apps by not supporting apps older than the most current and immediate preceding app.

It will auto-renew if you don't cancel.

See here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/creative-cloud-subscription-terms.html
and here:
https://helpx.adobe.com/manage-account/using/cancel-subscription.html

If you don't renew, your access to all apps stops at the end of the payment period.  You don't get to keep running apps - you are paying mainly to run the apps, not mainly to upgrade them. (Unlike some software).

The typical professional only uses 3-4 apps, so your use is entirely typical and the standard "all apps" program is priced for you. To get those apps separately would be US$70-$80 per month.