Do i need topay to use the ionic view app and the uploads
Nope thats free.
It would cost many ionic developer if this important piece of software would not for free.
Many people relying on the possibility to test their apps on ios or android without own an Mac for example.
The additional services like push, analytics, deploy and so on are not free.
Is this a real thing? 
Thanks for your answer it help me a lots. thanks