Apple’s iOS versions of its iWork apps– Pages, Keynote, and Numbers– all currently sell for $9.99 on the App Store, while Apple also sells its other premium content creation apps, such as GarageBand and iMovie, for $4.99. With the introduction of Apple’s new iWork for iCloud web apps, there are a lot of questions surrounding what this means for the future of Apple’s productivity suite on iOS. This could signal Apple has plans to offer its premium apps for free in the future… In the past, Apple has only included free apps in the pop up such as iBooks, iTunes U, and Podcasts. Curiously, on iOS 7 beta 3, the recommended free apps screen includes Apple’s iWork suite in addition to other paid apps such as Garageband, iMovie, and iPhoto.

The screenshot above shows the screen that Apple presents most users with when launching the App Store on their iOS device for the first time. Today we get a little hint from the latest iOS 7 beta that Apple might actually be considering making the apps free this fall ( via & iFun). It would make a lot of sense given it’s hard to imagine Apple allowing users to create documents for free on iCloud but not seamlessly transfer from iOS to Mac without having to throw down $30 for the three iOS apps. And produce dazzling presentations with Keynote-all of it with iWork's special bells and whistles that will give your everyday documents extra Apple style.We reported previously on the possibility of Apple making its iWork suite, and possibly its other premium content creation apps, available for free alongside iOS 7 and the launch of new iWork for iCloud web apps. Add style to your spreadsheets with Numbers. Explore iWork's word processing software, called Pages, and start cranking out text that not only reads well, it looks great. He draws on 20 years of experience with Apple software to share his secrets of producing fun and creative files using Apple iWork '09. Dress up office documents the Apple way with iWork '09 and this friendly guide If you're a Mac lover and want to explore life outside of that 'other productivity suite,' here's your chance to dress up your docs with Apple's iWork '09 and this easy-to-follow guide from Mac technology expert, Jesse Feiler.

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