The Best iOS Apps For iPad 2023: Make The iPad Pro Worth It!
Best Productive and Creative iOS Apps for iPad Pro
In this video, Simon shares a list of the best productive and creative iOS apps that make the iPad Pro worth owning. The apps are categorized into notes and note-taking, reading and knowledge, productivity and time management, and creating and creativity.
Notes and Note-Taking
- GoodNotes 5: A note-taking app that focuses on handwriting on the iPad. It includes drawing, inserting images, and building annotated workflows.
- Drafts: A simple note-taking app with a keyboard-based interface that is great for writing videos in a clear minimal space.
- Apple Notes: A native app to the Apple system that syncs across devices. It has the added bonus of being able to quick tap on a locked screen with an Apple Pencil to access it for a quick note.
Reading and Knowledge
- Highlights: An app that helps you highlight PDF documents. It's useful for quoting from research documents or readings.
- Kindle App: Combining the Kindle app on iPad with Readwise and Notion can help capture quotes and references into your Notion second brain.
- Apple Books: A very usable app to highlight readings with the added bonus of helping you export all quotations from one book making it a great manual way to capture ideas.
Productivity and Time Management
- Minimalist: A simple layout task list app with intuitive swipe functions. It has a counter to use for the Pomodoro technique.
- Todoist: An optimized UI task manager that is super smooth across devices. You can input tasks using natural language.
Creating and Creativity
- Notion: A second brain productivity template app that is great for managing projects and planning ideas.
- Procreate: A digital art studio that allows you to create stunning illustrations, sketches, and animations.
- LumaFusion: A professional video editing app that lets you edit videos on the go.
Timestamps are not available for Procreate and LumaFusion.
Best iPad Apps for Productivity and Creativity
In this video, the speaker shares their favorite iPad apps for productivity and creativity. They cover a range of apps from calendar and note-taking to video editing and drawing.
Fantastical
- Combines functions with an events calendar
- Supports natural language input
- Won Mac App of the Year 2020
Notion
- Daily driver for work
- Widget function to create quick buttons to link to key pages
- Optimized workspace designs for use on both desktop and iOS
Creative Apps
LumaFusion
- Amazing editing software similar to Final Cut Pro
- Best video editing app on the iPad
- Can edit multiple 4K video streams without any trouble
Procreate
- Amazing for drawing and painting
Other Apps
- Canva and Photoshop Mix for social media design
- Lightroom and Affinity Photo for picture editing
- Speaker's full collection of best iPad apps can be found in the linked video
Conclusion
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