Is paid Apple Developer account required for 1.64?

I am attempting to perform automation using Protractor on a real iPhone. I can get the simulator to come up, but I cannot establish a connection with my iPhone. Is a paid Apple Developer account required to use Appium?

No, an Apple Dev account isn’t necessary to run Appium. What errors are showing up in the Appium Server log?
Make sure your iPhone’s UDID is included in the provisioning profile of the app and that the ipa file is signed with a Development identity.