KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 6 -- Serif Labs has quietly made three of its formerly paid iPad apps free on the App Store.

Serif Labs, known for its Affinity Suite that includes Affinity Designer, Affinity Photo and Affinity Publisher has made the iPad versions available for iPads on the App Store for free.

The company had previously teased an event happening on October 30 stating "True creative freedom is just around the corner."

Serif Labs was previously acquired by online graphics service Canva.

It's likely there will also be a new development where the desktop versions of the software is concerned.

Previously Affinity had sold the applications separately but also in bundles that included licenses for the desktop as well as iPad.

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