What are must-have iPad apps?

You purchased a new iPad, you’re all excited and giddy, can’t wait to test out all of its features, you look at the countless options of apps, which bewilders you, and you don’t know which ones to download. You might’ve searched around, and asked yourselves or your friends, what are the must-have iPad apps? You don’t have to search any longer, as I have given below options to fill up your iPad with productive, useful, as well as fun apps. Keeping it in the year, here are the best 22 iPad apps. 

The Best iPad Apps

1. Adobe Photoshop Mix

Adobe has many photo-related apps in the app store; however, Photoshop Mix is especially alluring. The app brings a few of Photoshop’s most powerful tools into an easy-for-user iPad app. Photoshop Mix appeals to a broad cross-section of users, which range from those who simply wish to create collages to hardcore Photoshop users who wish to add iPads into their workflows.

MSRP Free

$0.00

2. Apple GarageBand

GarageBand is Apple’s seminal, entry-level digital audio editing app. GarageBand provides many professional-level features, including piano roll-style note editing, an expanded sound palette, as well as additional recording tools. You could even record as well as edit audio from third-party instrument apps using GarageBand.

MSRP

$0.00

at Apple App Store

3. Adobe Lightroom

Adobe Lightroom is the go-to digital photo workflow as well as editing application used by many of today’s professional photographers. There are times when you would rather edit photos on a sofa or a train seat rather than at a desk. The Lightroom iPad app allows the users to work directly with raw camera files, perform local adjustments, and also allows lens-profile corrections. Lightroom is a powerhouse among mobile photo editing apps.

MSRP $9.99

$19.99 Per Month

at Adobe

4. CapCut

CapCut is from the makers of TikTok, the app makes it easy for anyone to edit videos on a mobile device. With a longer time, limit, and enhanced editing options, it is a free upgrade for TikTok creators looking to level up their videos.

MSRP Free

$0.00

at Apple App Store

5. Duolingo

If you have been looking to learn or practice a language on your iPad, Duolingo is the way to go. The app has expanded its pool of languages over the past few years, it currently offers a couple of dozen choices, ranging from Danish to Vietnamese. Duolingo can still be used for free, however, there is also a Duolingo Plus tier, for $12.99, which removes ads, it also gives you the ability to download lessons for offline studying.

MSRP Free

6. Google Earth

Traveling can prove to be expensive, well it is, but the free Google Earth app is not. By keying in a location such as “Coney Island” or “London,” you will be able to zip to the other side of the globe in mere seconds to check out satellite as well as aerial imagery. Geo-located Wikipedia articles will also help add insight to your journey.

MSRP Free

$0.00

at Apple App Store

7. Google Translate

One of the biggest hurdles people face while traveling is language. You might think that you are just asking for directions to a music festival when might be insulting the town’s sacred goat deity. If you don’t want your words to be the end of you, use Google Translate. This app has the capability to quickly translating either written text or spoken words. You could even use this app to do the speaking for you, you can also input text through your camera or handwriting.

MSRP Free

$0.00

at Apple App Store

8. Crunchyroll

Being a huge anime fan, I can say I was used to heavily relying on media importers to catch the latest episodes of Dragon Ball Super because say what you want, the Tournament of Power arc, was a must-watch. Thankfully, now you no longer need to, as you can watch Attack on Titan, JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure, Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Children, along with more than 20,000 other episodes of other shows on your iPad with Crunchyroll. The cherry on top, many programs are available just an hour after they air.

Per Month, it Starts at $7.99

Free Trial

at Crunchyroll

9. Hulu

Sadly, Hulu no longer offers a free viewing tier, however, the service is still an excellent way to watch streaming television shows the day after they air on networks, along with movies as well as original programming, on your iPad. Its Watch Party feature synchronizes shows between you and your friends so that you can enjoy content together, that too safely.

Per Month, it Starts at $6.99

1-Month Free Trial

at Hulu

10. Spotify

Spotify is an ear- as well as an eye-catching app to enjoy and for streaming music players on your iPad. The app boasts collaborative playlists, and commercial-free listening if you happen to have premium, on-demand playback, coupled with cool, music-tempo-adjusting features for runners.

Free in the App Store, but the Pro version starts at $9.99 Per Month.

$9.99

at Spotify

11. WWE

The WWE Network cuts out cable companies, it straight delivers 720p pro wrestling streams directly to its fans, like me. Using the app, you can stream shows 24/7, including original content, for example, backstage interviews as well as documentaries like the Last Ride. The schedule tab shows you what’s coming on next, and commercials are limited to brief ads in between shows, and not during. 

MSRP $9.99

$0.00

at Apple.com

12. Microsoft Excel

Microsoft has to be commended for its impressive job of shoehorning the mammoth industrial plant that is desktop Excel into the narrow dimensions of a tablet. You will have many essential desktop options, for example, formatting, sorting, filtering, columns, rows, and charting styles, to be used on your iPad. Excel for iPad gets the job done more elegantly as well as efficiently than any other tablet spreadsheet app can.

MSRP Free

$0.00

at Apple.com

13. Dropbox

If you are on the search for an infinitely simple way to keep files in sync between your iPad, desktop, as well as phone, Dropbox for iPad is your bet. It is simple to use while being free, it also offers offline file access.

MSRP Free

$0.00

at Apple App Store

14. Google Maps

When Apple replaced Google Maps with its own Maps app, it caused major backlash, which led to Tim Cook apologizing. Apple Maps has come a long way since its initial release; however, you might still prefer Google Maps.

If you want your iPad as a navigation tool or to map your route before you get into the car, Google Maps is the best app available on the App Store. Despite Apple’s Maps being pretty, Google Maps is still the most functional option.

MSRP Free 

$0.00 

at Apple App Store

15. Dictionary.com

The Dictionary.com iPad app has one of the best online dictionaries around without the high price tag. You will get access to a Thesaurus as well as a Word of the Day. Tip: Try using vocal pronunciations of each word so you are sure you are saying it right.

MSRP

Free (Offers In-App Purchases)

At Apple App Store

16. Mint

Mint’s iPad app allows the money-conscious to see where they are spending as well as where they can save. You just need to simply create an account and add your bank, credit card, loan, as well as retirement accounts, then Mint will automatically import and categorizes your transactions. It is a great way for you to create as well as track budgets.

MSRP Free

$0.00

at Mint.com

17. Tidal

This is Jay Z’s music streaming service named Tidal, it is one of many subscription-based music apps, however, it differs from Slacker Radio and Spotify as it is aimed at music fans who are willing to pay a premium for exclusive content, quality editorial, along with lossless, 16-bit CD-quality sound.

MSRP $9.99

Free 30-Day Trial

at TIDAL Music

18. Apple iWork

If you are having any doubts regarding the iPad’s productivity chops, you don’t have to look further than Apple’s iWork for iPad. These are three separate apps—Keynote, Numbers, as well as Pages that amount to a mobile office suite, they are must-have apps for getting your work done on Apple’s slate.

MSRP $9.99

$0.00

at Apple.com

19. Alto’s Odyssey

Alto’s Odyssey is the follow-up to 2015’s Alto’s Adventure, this game continues the series’ known ability to combine the mechanics of a smooth, endless runner with the breathtaking visuals of skiing. You have to travel down the mountain while completing goals, collecting coins, and earning upgrades.

MSRP

$4.99 

at Apple.com

20. Device 6

Device 6 explores the concept of narrative as well as a choice by using text to take you on a surreal journey, though Device 6 is mainly a text-based title, the game is not completely a “text adventure.” Device 6 is more related to an enhanced digital novel with puzzles. The game will not be for everyone, however, if you are a gamer who digs experimental gameplay, then you should give it a go.

MSRP 

$3.99

at Apple.com

21. Asphalt 9: Legends

Shiny cars and a blistering sense of speed, and new graphics for a racing game, yes sound like an Asphalt game, and Asphalt 9: Legends is no different. This gorgeous free game will make you appreciate every penny you spent on your new tablet, though I prefer Asphalt 8.

MSRP Free

$0.00 

at Apple App Store

22. Bastion

Bastion stands out among mobile RPG games, thanks to its impressive story, voiceover acting, along with beautiful art design. You will be playing a character who must venture out into a post-apocalyptic fantasy world to collect rocks that can help upgrade your home. You have plenty of tasks to complete as well as upgrades to unlock before you are done.

MSRP Free

$0.00

at iTunes

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