There's a free trial, but you will have to buy it.
There's frequent sales basically once per season though, that offer it at an amazing price for what it is! It's a one time purchase that can be put onto 3 devices at a time.
The PRO (standard) version is really powerful, so don't worry about it not being worth it compares to the fancy EX. Many creators I know use the basic version (same for myself).
The ipad version is subscription based unfortunately