Apps are really what makes an ipad because there's only so much you can do with the generic apple
apps they get right out of the box you know things like safari apple notes i've been playing around
with a load of different apps to make the most out of my ipad air and also ipad pro so i'll share
what i found so far whether you have an ipad air pro mini or just straight up og ipad my philosophy
is keeping things minimal and simple and so these apps are must-haves to begin with and then usually
i build on top of these apps to personalize your own experience plus most of them you'll be able
to get for free so let's get stuck straight into the first app the first app i have to recommend
and i absolutely love is flipboard this free app collates all the best news and trending topics
into this beautiful flipboard style presentation it's great app for just about anyone because
you can customize the entire app to the topics that you love plus it looks amazing on an ipad
taking advantage the full size of an ipad and it just looks great browsing articles especially
if you have the 12 inch ipad pro this app works amazing with home screen widgets too if you can
see here i've set up two home screen widgets gears and gadgets daily news and yeah i'm able to take a
look at a glance and click into an interesting article to read more if i'd like the second
mustafa app i want to show you is yoink this one right here yoink is a shelf app basically and it
allows you to quickly store items on the side of the screen to use later it sounds simple but it's
incredibly useful let me show you let's say i'm reading a few interesting articles i'm doing some
research and i find some interesting clippings and images all you need to do is click and
hold and click copy image it will automatically pop up over here as well then click add a jpeg
click yes and then you can start to see that we can start to collect a whole bunch of things here
let's also save this image here click whoop that's a link you can also click and hold text click copy
and this will also add as rich text here so you can start to see that you can create a whole bunch
of items here instead of storing it elsewhere which is you know a little bit more inconvenient
and it just collects text snippets images even full size documents it turns your ipad into a
better desktop like experience and makes it that much more convenient for almost any type of power
user so one of the main perks to an ipad is of course the fact that it's amazing to draw on
when paired with an apple pencil procreate is one of the few apps that's an absolutely still
at only ten dollars it's basically a complete art studio that's as simple or as advanced as you want
it to be it's used by creative professionals to create amazing works of art and i also personally
use it to take notes i've tried a variety of note-taking apps and procreate is probably
the most enjoyable when it comes to quick scribbles sketches and note-taking
with the apple pencil for those with the newer ipads with an m1 processor like this ipad air here
this app takes advantage of the extra power you have in the new ipad in the 120 hertz promotion
displays this one's really a no-brainer if you're willing to fork out the ten dollars also for those
interested or curious the cool snap-on case was provided by today's video sponsor moft
this ipad snapcase is the only magnetic friendly case that's also magic keyboard and apple pencil
compatible the unique magnetic snap system adapts to all sorts of things like apple's
magic keyboard tablet stand or even a wall stand so the moft snap case is suited for on the go
and work from home setups especially for creatives and creators it features patented smart connector
passthrough tech so it's compatible with the magic keyboard and along with its ultra slim design
makes it a great fit with the magic keyboard the snap case is designed with the non-scratch vegan
leather it's thin and lightweight for everyday carry and there's also an apple pencil cradle
on the case for added protection and quick access to pencil charging paired up with the innovative
tablet stands and it origami folds to all sorts of flexible space saving ipad setups they're pretty
neat and simplistic products i think they're a great alternative to the usual apple cases i'll
drop a link below if you're interested in picking one up and i'll leave a link to my full ipad home
setup there too next up is pdf expert this is an app that lets you read annotate edit and sign
pdf documents without a specific pdf app it's a bit of a pain to view pdfs let alone edit them
so if you're working with pdfs which is most of us really then pdf expert here is an important app to
have in your ipad library you can do a range of things you can import your pdfs you can also you
know go into one of the pdfs and annotate things make notes i use this app personally to highlight
notes for example if i click on the highlight button here you can literally start highlighting
things you can also edit the pdf up here you can even fill and sign the pdf if you have
legal documents and just overall read and access pdf documents i download from the web in general
you can save these and then re-upload them export them to a bunch of different formats
word excel powerpoint text into image and then you can even upload them into your google drive
that's integrated right here too speaking of google drive if you're in the google ecosystem
impressive if you're not at this point then you'll want to download google drive to manage
your documents in the cloud if you're working remotely with the ipad i personally use and treat
google drive as the desktop for the ipad restore all my folders and files and
downloads if you're planning to open up word documents or spreadsheets within google drive
which i assume you know you will be if you're downloading google drive you'll then need google
sheets and google docs and at that point it's worth downloading the entire g workspace stack
right here next up is a big big ipad app for me and many others which is notion right here notion
is an all-in-one app when it comes to note-taking collaboration to-do lists kanban boards and more
and i don't know how i'd survive without it i use notion to organize my life literally and yeah i
manage everything through notion it's cloud-based so when i jump back onto my laptop or desktop
then all my work is immediately updated across all the devices it works well with other apps
and integrations such as google drive and i'm able to embed documents directly into notion
and then links out to various other apps and documents yes there are other ipad apps that may
do certain things with the notion that much better but i personally prefer having everything in one
spot and sacrifice some benefits for simplicity if you're interested in how i set up all of this
and have set up notion and multiple work spaces i've made a full video on it you can check out in
the description box below if you enjoy reading on your ipad like i do you want to get an app called
instapaper instapaper is an app that saves pages and articles and auto formats them so they're ios
friendly while stripping away clutter and best of all makes all of this offline and available at any
time so you can click onto any app not not app click onto any article and read this at any time
and it's really nicely formatted once it's saved offline too you're able to change the appearance
of the article highlight text here and even have it narrated back to you with the text-to-speech
function it's super easy to use if you go onto google chrome or any sort of uh article
that you're reading from you can literally just click export and then scroll over to insta paper
and then it click it's saved once you go back into instapaper it starts loading and then when
i refresh it it's available at the top ready to be read and it is a great app to have saved so you're
able to build up a library of offline content when you need it a little similar to instapaper we have
of course amazon kindle now amazon kindle was also an app for reading lovers and they must have
starter app in my opinion the kindle app allows you to read ebooks and sync up to your current
kindle library if you already have a kindle so the kindle reader is great because it's not the same
experience as a native kindle of course but it is great for books that have color illustrations
for example or if you have a more coffee table book like this one over here or even a mango
since the ipad is so much larger than kindles you also have access to the usual kindle features like
tracking your reading progress and the dictionary look up and also highlighting so this is a great
must-have app on the ipad to take advantage again of the portability and the screen estate
that you have the next app is really simple but great for productivity enthusiasts it's
called better sleep and it's not just for sleep it's also for focus but it gives you access to a
bunch of ambient noises super cool ambient noises and so you can start to play and mix up different
sounds and match them it really helps me focus when i need you know white sound i use this
app when i need to get in the zone and focus by setting up a timer for an hour working with the
ambient noise and then it sort of fades out when the timer is up this app integrates seamlessly
into the ipad with widgets available and native player controls too next is the photo editing app
by adobe lightroom this app is also an absolute no-brainer for those into photography or even
casual enthusiasts who enjoy touching up photos this is a great app and a powerful one that gives
you a big range of controls to tweak your photo to your liking and it also takes advantage of ipad's
computing power if you already use lightroom cc using it on the ipad is really enjoyable
experience with the touch control sliders the large screen and cloud syncing as well and so
i just love taking the ipad to the cafe and taking my time to color grade photos i've shot on the
fuji x100v for example with all these apps i've mentioned and all the existing ones you probably
use there's going to be a lot of login details so the password manager of choice i use is bitwarden
and they have a native ipad app too it gives me access to all my logins in one spot across devices
and so it's pretty useful when i'm out and about with the ipad there's also this password generator
here which is extremely useful in securing when it comes to creating new logins for new websites
and securing your logins so whenever i need to log into an app on the ipad or save a new login
i've created on the ipad bit water makes it super easy yes you could use apple's icloud keychain
but i prefer a dedicated password manager it's just more secure and works a whole lot better for
non-web logins well guys i hope you enjoyed this video i'll leave links to all the apps
i've mentioned in the description box down below these are the apps that i highly highly recommend
when starting out with a new ipad and so go forth and start building out the rest of your apps if
there are any apps that you'd recommend please do let me know in the comments down below i'm always
on the hunt for new app recommendations always love me a good app and drop a like
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