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In our iPadOS 15 review, we mentioned that we think that iPadOS got some much-needed refinement, making the user experience on iPad even better. You just got your brand new iPad. You've set it up. You tried out all the built-in apps. And now you're starting at that big, beautiful screen and wondering — what's next? Well, the App Store is home to hundreds of thousands of the best iPad apps any of which can transform the screen you're holding into a new wondrous tool or toy.

The best iPad apps are the most effective way to turn your iPad into the best iPad, so you can get everything you want done. Organize your life, get real work done, draw and sketch, and so much more, the best iPad apps are only a few taps away.

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No matter what type of device you own, you are always going to need a way to keep track of the dozens of passwords you collect from apps and websites. 1Password makes it incredibly easy to store information across all of your devices so you only have to remember the one you use to unlock the app. It also works with Touch ID, so you can keep your passwords ultra-secure.

1Password

Keep all your passwords in one place, and generate strong passwords to prevent your accounts from being breached.

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Of course, no iPad would be complete without Apple's suite of productivity apps. With Pages, Numbers, and Keynote, you can create and edit the best files and documents around. And, if you are sharing your work with Office users, no problem — iWork is compatible with Microsoft's counterparts.

Pages

Apple's own word processors. Create documents from scratch or use the built-in templates for resumes, letters, business cards and more.

Numbers

Crunch the numbers, make tables, and all the other wonderful things spreadsheets can do.

Keynote

Put together a presentation in a series of slides, with plenty of transitions and other features to make your visuals really pop.

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Microsoft's Office line of productivity apps are similar to Apple's iWork but are better for those still more comfortable with Microsoft's design. You can view, edit, and create documents on your iPad with these free apps, but with an Office 365 subscription, you'll get some really nice extras, like 1TB of OneDrive storage, Skype calls from phones, an Outlook.com email account, and more. If you prefer Microsoft to Apple, you'll want to download these best iPad apps on your new iPad right away.

Microsoft Word for iPad

The same Microsoft Word you know and love right on your iPad.

Microsoft Excel for iPad

Fully featured spreadsheets. Make charts and graphs with ease and display your data however you see fit.

Microsoft Powerpoint for iPad

A beautiful and simple presentation creator. POwerpoint has a ton of themes, transitions, and features that make any slide exciting.

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You'll be hard-pressed to find anyone who thinks that Apple's own Calendar app is one of the best iPads apps, but Fantastical 2 is practically the polar opposite. It's an incredibly robust app for keeping track of your daily events and keeping track of your reminders. There are three different views, to show you your days, weeks, and months at a glance. Plus the sidebar keeps you on schedule with your events and reminders. That's right. Fantastical also connects to your Reminders app, so if you've set a task to grab some milk on the way home from the store today, it'll show up in Fantastical.

Fantastical

The only calendar you will ever need. It's a beautifully-designed app with all the best features for keeping track of your day-to-day life.

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I discovered shortly after I started using Mint that it automatically creates a budget for you. After you connect your credit cards and bank accounts, the app automatically creates a budget based on average spending habits. You can increase or decrease the maximum for each budget and add or remove categories. Income and expenses are automatically added when you make purchases with your credit or bank cards. Cash transactions must be manually added.

If you don't really need a budget, but like having one, just to see how you are doing, use Mint for the finance tracking and take advantage of the budgeting feature.

Mint for iPad

Hook up your bank cards, and Mint will make a budget for you based on your spending — its as simple as that.

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YNAB is a fantastic app to have on-hand for really understanding how to budget your money. It helps you evaluate your lifestyle and decide what purchases are the most important to you right now or what can be put off so you can save up. You allocate every dollar that you make to some budget. If you've gone under budget for the month, your income will roll over to the next month. You can easily and clearly see where you've saved and how much you can set aside for a big purchase.

YNAB (You Need A Budget)

If you don't know where to start when it comes to making a budget, YNAB does all the heavy lifting for you. It's a great way to track where all your money goes.

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If you can't stream movies and shows on your big screen TV, watching them on your iPad is the next best thing. With a paid subscription to Netflix, you can access thousands of titles. If you are already a subscriber, all of your history, favorites, and queues will be waiting for your on your tablet.

Netflix

It's where you want to go to watch awesome original series like Stranger Things, Altered Carbon, The Witcher and more!

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Similar to Netflix, Hulu gives subscribers access to thousands of TV shows and movies right on their iPad. You can watch current seasons of some of the most popular shows on television the day after they air. Plus, Hulu's exclusive content makes it worth the monthly price. If you already subscribe to Hulu, your history, favorites, and queues will be available on your iPad.

Hulu

Not only does Hulu have original series, but it also has a wide selection of awesome tv shows and movies.

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To round out the media streaming trifecta, add YouTube for hours of homespun fun. Don't forget to subscribe to iMore to keep up to date on the latest and greatest Apple product reviews. And, of course, there's always cat videos.

YouTube

The world's most popular video upload service, there's everything and anything on YouTube.

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If you've made the plunge into the 2TB iPad Pro, you probably don't need to worry about storage, but for everyone else, there is Dropbox. Dropbox is a cross-platform cloud storage service that lets you keep photos, videos, documents, and more in one place. You can access your account from anywhere you have Internet access, and you can also share content with others without having to give them your personal account information.

Dropbox: Cloud Storage & Drive

Backup, sync, and share all your files, videos, and documents from your iPad to other devices and people!

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If you have a Google account, you may want to look into using the Google Drive cloud service. Similar to Dropbox, you can save all manner of files, including videos and pictures. With Google Docs, you can collaborate in real-time with others, too. The only requirement is that you must be signed up with Google, but if you are, it's by far one of the best iPad apps we've used.

Google Drive Cloud Storage

Fantastic cloud storage for documents and flies all accessible through your Google account.

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Microsoft's cloud storage service is also the best way to transfer data between your iPad and your PC. When you sign up, like iCloud, you get 5GB of free storage. For $2 a month, you can get 50GB, and after that, you can subscribe yearly and also get Office 365 for $70 to $100 per year.

With the OneDrive app for iPad, if you have Office, you can get to work on documents right in the app, with the ability to save right in the app. Photos are automatically tagged so that you can find them easily, and you can share everything. You can even access files offline so that you can get work done when you don't have an internet connection.

Microsoft OneDrive

If you're an iPad use who also uses a PC, OneDrive is the best cloud storage service for you.

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Having the Kindle Reader for iOS is like having a Kindle inside of your iPad. When you purchase a book on Amazon, you can send it to your iPad directly from the website. When you open the app, it will be there, waiting for you to download. Thanks to landscape mode, reading on the iPad feels more natural.

Kindle for iPad

An extraordinary large catalog of books and audiobooks available for purchase and all of it is connected to your Amazon account.

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Did you know that you can check out ebooks from your local library? Overdrive makes it easy to get those books onto your iPad. You can connect your local library number to check out books, read them, and even return them. You can place books on hold and get a notification when they are ready to checkout. All of this, and you don't even have to exit Overdrive.

OverDrive

With access to the collections 24/7, the ability to create wishlists, and OverDrives automatic returns feature, you'll never need to step foot in your local library again!

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Comic book readers will really enjoy getting their weekly fix right on their iPad. Comixology has the largest selection of comics across all distributors including majors and indies, plus get your Manga fix without having to wait for the next Anime convention. You do have to purchase books from the ComiXology website before you can download them. Now that Amazon owns the service, all of your Kindle comics are readable in the Comixology app.

comiXology — Comics & Manga

Batman, Spider-Man, Hulk, Superman, and many more. If you love comics and manga this app is one of the best ways to read them on your iPad.

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A relative newcomer compared to the rest of the list, Bear might seem simple, but it offers a great deal of flexibility for handling text, which makes it one of the best iPad apps in our books. It's true that Bear is good for both notes and to-do checklists, but it's support for Markdown, a variety of themes, and simple organization makes it a great tool for many different kinds of writing. Add images, files, code blocks, and more to spice up your work and give it more context.

In terms of options, you've got few. Choose how to sort your documents, pick a theme, pick your font, and even control fine-grain details such as font size, line height and width, and paragraph spacing. If you'd like to sync your work between Bear on your iOS devices and Bear for Mac, you can purchase a $1.49 per month subscription to Bear Pro.

Bear

Bear is a focused, flexible notes app that can be used by anyone from writers to chefs. It's excellent editing tools make it one of iMore's favorites!

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For bloggers and those that use plain text or Markdown to write, iA Writer is a must-have for the iPad. You can concentrate on your work by activating focus mode, use special tools to highlight such things as nouns or conjunctions, and get a preview of what your finished work should look like once it is published. The customizable keyboard lets you select specific functions you use the most, like headers, bullets, or bold font. Documents can be stored and accessed in iCloud or Dropbox for easy access across any device. Oh, and there's Night mode.

iA Writer

Clean and simple design makes iA Writer easy to use and read without getting distracted.

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Every good writer knows that journaling is how you keep your skills sharp. Day One is a streamlined digital journal app for keeping daily notes, musings, and ideas in order. You can add photos and locations to your entries and create multiple journals for different themes. For example, you could keep one journal specifically for writing song lyrics, and another for keeping track of your photoshoots. Bloom Built created an exclusive cloud storage service to keep your journal accessible across all of your devices.

Day One Journal

Journaling made easy. Write every day about anything you want and easily navigate through past journal entries at any time.

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Notability is a note-taking app that lets you handwrite your notes instead of typing them, which is fantastic for new iPad Pro owners that also have the Apple Pencil. In any given note, you can sketch, handwrite, type, cut out a section and paste it back in, and record audio that is saved with that specific note. It features palm detection, so you can write with your hand resting on your screen (the way most people handwrite) without confusing the program.

Notability

The best app for quick notes, sketches, annotations and more. Palm detection works great and lets you write comfortably while using your iPad.

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Pinterest is a social networking website for crafting, cooking, and building your dream home. It is sort of like a digital scrapbook for anything you are passionate about. The official app looks great on the iPad. You can browse through pins in your feed, search for specific topics, and see who is saving your posts. Your pins are all saved on your personal board for quick access when you want to check a recipe or see if that couch matches your lounge chair.

Pinterest

Big beautiful photos on different boards really make this app pop on the iPad. Find inspiration? Just pin it!

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You might think that Twitter's own iOS app is perfect, and if you do, that's totally fine. But if you're a diehard Twitter user, you'll probably want something a little more robust, with better features and ways to view your feed. Tweetbot lets you sync your timeline across all of your devices and puts you in control of what you see.

You can mute tweets by certain users, mute hashtags, and even keywords so that you don't get so frustrated with all the crap flying around that you just up and quit Twitter altogether. You can still do everything as you would normally — DMs, tweet, view lists, a night theme for low-light environments, and more.

Tweetbot for Twitter

Tweetbot is one of the more robust Twitter apps out there. It works with you for your needs, not the other way around.

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You may recall that former iMore managing editor Serenity Caldwell reviewed the Apple Pencil entirely in sketch. The go-to app she uses for her amazing art is Paper. It is the perfect app for sketching out ideas, creating graphs, doodling, and more. There are also some impressive tools for taking notes and annotating images. It's an all-around useful app for sparking creativity.

Paper

With Paper, you can create numerous journals designed to capture your sketches and even notes. There is a nice variety of tools offered in Paper, and it's very intuitive to use.

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If you're looking for a great sketching app, you definitely need to take a look at Linea. It's simple to use but has robust features. It has lots of colors (including customizable shades), supports layers, and has five drawing tools, each with three-line style options. It's the perfect app for sketching or storyboarding ideas for bigger projects. The artist in you will love how easy it is to use, especially if you've got an Apple Pencil to go along with your drawing.

Linea Sketch

Linea Sketch features a simple and intuitive interface while also providing users with a variety of powerful tools that work great with Apple Pencil. Plus, it easily helps you make perfect circles and shapes to create the best drawings.

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For creating full digital paintings, you'll want to step into Procreate. It has dozens of highly customizable painting and drawing tools with a wide array of color options. You can paint on top of colors and blend shades for a very realistic art experience. It also has additional digitizing features, like adjustable motion and perspective blur, color balance, and more. The project tracking feature lets you record your progress as a time-lapse video that you can share with others.

Procreate

Procreate is one of the most powerful sketching, painting, and illustration apps that you can buy for your iPad, and it's built for professionals and works flawlessly with Apple Pencil.

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When it comes to online purchases, the iPad is the perfect mobile device for finding what you want. Amazon practically has every single sellable item in its online store and the mobile app makes it easy for you to find what you are looking for. You can add items to your wish list, compare items, check for daily deals, view recommended products, and of course, buy it all. If you shop on Amazon, you'll want this app on your iPad. Just be careful, shopping is so easy you might spend all of your hard-earned cash.

Amazon

The largest online retailer in the world, Amazon is available all over the world and has the largest variety of items. If you want it, you likely can find it on Amazon

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For reseller shopping, eBay has practically everything you can think of, plus everything else that Amazon won't sell. On your iPad, you can search for products and filter by price, ending time, and distance. You can also refine your search by sold items, condition, and auction or buy it now. View full-screen photos, compare items, and bid on that vintage toy you know you shouldn't buy. Or, add it to your watchlist to see just how much you could have gotten it for.

eBay

eBay is great for finding old collector's items and rare things, you'll never know what you might find when you're scrolling through.

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Whether you shred on an electric guitar or drop beats on a synthesizer, GarageBand makes it easy for you to create music. You can download tracks you've recorded from another program, connect your instrument with an adapter, or capture your inspiration using a microphone. Even if you don't own a single instrument, you can create multi-track songs since GarageBand includes dozens of guitar, bass, keyboard, and drum options that you can use to create realistic-sounding digital music. Once recorded, you can export your tracks to Facebook, Youtube, SoundCloud, and more.

GarageBand

Apple's simple and eeasy to use interface makes it easy to create tracks. You can even create beats and loops with ease using the built-in instruments.

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The iPad is an incredible device for music creation. There are hundreds of apps that all do amazing things. You can lay down beats, clip loops, create synth sounds, and a whole lot more. Audiobus is like a digital pedalboard for connecting music apps. You can link up to compatible apps, like SoundPrism, to combine the music they both make.

Audiobus

Audiobus is indispensable for any iPad musician working with multiple programs.

Games

Gaming is another animal (and another post) altogether! We rounded up the best games for iPad because there were just too many to list here.

What do you recommend?

This list focuses on a broad spectrum of apps that are a staple of owning an iPad, but there are thousands of great titles in the App Store that become favorites among iPad users. What are some of your favorite apps that you would recommend to someone brand new to the Apple ecosystem?

Updated October 2021: These are still our favorites apps for new iPad users!

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If you are having trouble controlling your spending and keeping your money under control, a budgeting app could be the answer. There are a plethora of budgeting applications like money management, personal finance, and budgeting applications out there So, how will you know which is the right one for you? Well, what you need to do is to find which ones are built with the most users in mind and also have exclusive options for people with special requirements.

What do these Apps do?

These apps help you in understanding the flow of your income and expenditures and facilitate your complete control over your finances. They can connect to your bank account and credit cards to download transactions and categorize your spending patterns according to the budget you set. The popular ones are inexpensive, user-friendly, and include features that are tailored to your budgeting approach.

Mint

If you want a free budgeting app to connect all your monetary accounts in one digital environment, then mint should be your choice. Not only does it give you a high-level snapshot of your financial health, but also total control of your spending patterns. The app can be used to keep track of their spending and savings, in addition to setting and tracking budget objectives

Users can link their different types of accounts like bank accounts, money management accounts, retirement and investment accounts, credit cards, and other financial accounts with Mint. It monitors all of your monthly expenses and sends timely alerts so that you don’t miss your payments.

It can also record your transactions and classify them into pre-defined budget classifications after you connect your financial accounts, making it easier to track. In addition to Mint's predefined categories, users can also create their own custom categories to suit their needs.

Data Safety With Mint

Best Budgeting Apps That You Can Hook Up To Your Bank Online

The best advantage is, it uses the latest security methods, like robust encryption, multi-factor authentication, and other security procedures, to guard user information. A four-digit security code for mobile devices helps in protecting your Mint account

Users can manage the accessibility to mobile, from the account itself. For the protection of financial data, you can switch off mobile access. Or in case your device went missing or was stolen, you can deactivate your account from your online account.

You Need a Budget

Best Budgeting Apps That You Can Hook Up To Your Bank Of America

If you don’t mind paying a bit extra to get access to a budget app with advanced features, then this should be your choice. How is it different from popular apps? While lots of free apps only show your spendings, You Need a Budget targets a different concept called zero-based budgeting. It helps in allocating all of your money to be used completely. It takes care of your expenses, debt, and savings.

Four Pillars

Pillar 1 : Every single denomination of money is given a job.

Pillar 2: Be truthful to your expenses and accept it

Pillar 3: Make room for adjustments in case you’ve overspent a month.

Pillar4: Develop Money management as a habit

These pillars help you have better control of your finances and make your life easy and stress-free. The steps involved in this are

• Establish objectives. To improve how you manage money, you'll first develop a strategy for your spending, savings, and debt repayment.
• Connect your bank and credit card accounts. You can better track your money by linking your bank account, credit cards, mortgages, and other debts.
• Make a financial plan. You can create your own categories and decide how much money you wish to spend on each one.
• Make plans for future transactions. Make a budget for future expenses so you know how your next salary will be spent.

Obtain copies of your bills and financial documents. This will help you track all of your costs, including recurring and one-time payments. Examining previous credit card and bank statements may also be beneficial. It will take some time to get everything set up, but once you do, you will be able to utilize the app successfully.

Conclusion

Today, we have covered two budgeting apps from both free and paid categories. The budgeting apps are not limited to these two apps. It is beneficial to use them for the financial sustenance of your life.