The upgrade is not free for all users,

Only to:

– Early customers (before April 2nd, 2018)
– Customers after August 15th, 2019
– High price customer : 649€ for Pro and 399€ for Artists
– Existing customers who purchased 1.4 from 7th-31st of October 2019 (some retailers are still selling old stock keys of V1.4).

If you are not in one of these group it’s not free, but we have a promotional sale form October 7th to October 31st, 2019.
Orb Composer 1.5 is a really new version with a lot of new features. The €79 price is a very good price considering the new features implemented.