Limit yourself to using only the standard interface on iPad Air It’s hardly possible, and it’s not necessary. In the AppStore you can find many applications for every taste and functionality. If you like to draw, you can graphics programs. Your hobby is photography, download a photo editing app. For any of your hobbies, you will find a worthy application, you just have to look.

Will be discussed here useful programs for work, communication, learning, suitable for your hobby. Among them, you can find one that suits your needs in terms of functions and price range. Meet as paid applications for iPad, and free.

The best apps to stay informed

Programs aimed at getting you to read the news fall into this category. Keeping abreast of events is an important component of social life. If your activity is related to news, these programs are perfect. Even if you don’t work with news directly, knowing what’s going on in the world is useful and necessary for your general outlook.

Reader

This is one of the popular RSS readers today. Pairs seamlessly with Google Reader. Synchronizes read and unread articles, and has wide functionality. You'll be able to star articles, explore, and more. But you won't be able to unsubscribe from the RSS feed. from a tablet. You can also save separately selected texts (long or of special value) to Instapaper and review them later. You will be able to send links to E-mail and other services. Subscription is paid.

Flipboard

This is a kind of magazine for the iPad. Its job is that it collects your friends' posts from social networks like Facebook or Twitter , and creates something like a colorful magazine out of this news. This application supports Google Reader and gives you the opportunity to read news by displaying it in magazine form. There are also publishing “channels”. These are newspapers that deliver their material ready for review. You can download the program for free.

Zite

The purpose of this application is not to give you all the information, but only that which will be of interest to you. So, during use, the program marks the articles you like and subsequently generates material based on these preferences. This takes into account the topic of information, your attendance on social networks and activity on them. The problem of reading the same news has been resolved. The downside is that there is no support for the Russian language. But you can download Zite for free.

ReadItLater

Common problem modern man, lack of free minutes. During the working day, they may send you an interesting article or news, but you will not be able to read it right away due to the fact that it is large. ReadItLater solves this problem. You can easily send the received link to the application and review it later. On the Internet there is an analogue of this service Instapaper but he doesn't have free version and has a great price for paid subscription. You also have the opportunity to save multi-page news.

Programs for social communication

Communicating with interesting people, maintaining relationships with former classmates, colleagues or classmates is also important and necessary. In order to do this easily and quickly, special applications for communication and communication have been invented.

Friendly

Many of us have Facebook pages. But there is no one of the same name yet special application for iPad. Using a regular browser page is inconvenient. Therefore, for those who have a page there, there is Friendly. You have all the standard functions: you can scroll through the feed, like it, upload photos or comment on other people's news. There are both paid and free subscriptions to choose from. The disadvantage of the free version is frequent advertising, due to which monetization occurs.

Twitter

Twitter is very common social network today there is also a microblogging base. There are many clients who allow you to work with it on the Internet. The official client offers an interesting interface design, other developers offer additional features use. This is how Echofon Pro automatically synchronizes all incoming messages. This will solve the problem of reading the same text on different gadgets.

IMO.im

This client is from the category of “messengers”. You can find many such clients on the Internet. Choose according to your taste. This messenger is in Lately has popularity. it has support for ICQ, Facebook, Skype, Jabber/GoogleTalk, MSN and Steam (this is for communication between gamers). There is also support for VKontakte , which is very popular in the Russian Federation. You can download the messenger for free.

Skype

You will certainly be pleased with the opportunity to communicate with loved ones via Skype. Many of our relatives live far from us in other cities and even countries. An important component of warm family relationships is communication. Talking to your sister who is studying in another city can sometimes be very important. Skype provides this opportunity. If you're not on your first iPad, all you need is a camera, installed application And good signal Internet. You can not only make calls, but also chat. Although the client's functions are limited, you can use it for free.

Classmates

Although this application is available for tablets, it is difficult to call it functionally developed. It performs basic functions, but it is unlikely to bring much joy to use. But still, it is better to use such “classmates” than to use a browser. We can only hope that the client will develop in the future, because the social network is quite popular.

"Readers"

Another popular category is “readers”. Reading on the subway on the way to work or school is a nice thing to do. Specialized applications that allow you to download free books, buy paid books, and subscribe to magazines are perfect for this.

iBooks

This standard application software for Apple gadget. Here you can download in epub books or buy them. Unfortunately, in the Russian Federation, use the iBooks Store If it doesn't work, you'll have to use the American one. You can top up your account to purchase books through gift cards. If you accidentally deleted iBooks , then you can download it for free in the AppStore.

Kindle

A good alternative to iBooks. Unfortunately, the iBooks Store The library is not as extensive as Amazon's. So if you don't find something, you can search here. Big advantage e-books What's different about paper books is that you don't have to wait for the book to arrive in the mail. After clicking, the book instantly appears on your device (taking into account the speed of your Internet, of course). You can download this reader for free.

Zinio

This client was created for convenient use of the service of the same name. Allows you not only to purchase books, but also to subscribe to magazines. If you like to look through glossy magazines, then this client is for you. Download for free.

For education

TED

This abbreviation stands for Technology Entertainment and Design. Translated from English it is Technology, Entertainment and Design . This is a very good shining example of game-based learning. Speakers are famous laureates Nobel Prizes, famous political figures. The usual current topics are raised and options for solving them are offered.

To attend such lectures, many people shell out large sums of money. After some time, the video goes online for free. With help this application you will be able to access large storage. You can pre-download the video and watch it on the go. Video files with subtitles are also available.

Star Walk

In fact, it is a digital planetarium. You can use this program as a high-level astronomical reference book. There's one more thing similar application related to space - Solar Walk. Topic focus - solar system. Both applications were developed by VITO Technology (Novosibirsk). She develops encyclopedias in in electronic format dedicated to space. She won an Apple Design Award for her development achievements. . Both programs can be downloaded for a fee.

MoMA

The release of this application is a credit to one of the world's leading museums. The field represented is art. It offers an introduction to the works of artists who worked in the direction of abstract expressionism. Pictures of the paintings are offered in the extension with high quality. You can easily change the image scale and examine the details of the picture. Many paintings have an audio supplement, voiced by the museum curator. You can watch videos in which you can get acquainted with the basics of art, drawing techniques and basic terms. Downloaded from the AppStore for free.

Articles

Reading Wikipedia is interesting and useful, but doing it in a browser is not always convenient. This program created to brighten up the learning process. Thus, you have received an encyclopedia that you want to read. For which it received the Apple Design Award. There is a cost to download for use, but it's worth it.

We got acquainted with Apple hardware iPad Pro. We found out that this is the most productive tablet based on an ARM processor, equipped with a magnificent screen and a capacious battery. But we also said that due to its size, the iPad Pro suggests different use cases than the iPad Air. In the second part of the article, we will analyze these scenarios in detail using the example of specific applications, and also examine branded accessories for the iPad Pro - the Apple Pencil stylus, case and cover.

Accessories

At the presentation of the iPad Pro, along with the tablet itself, two very interesting accessories were presented: the Apple Pencil stylus and the Smart Keyboard cover. In the US, they went on sale simultaneously with the iPad Pro itself, but in our country the Apple Pencil was delayed by about a week and a half, and the Smart Keyboard cover still hasn’t arrived (and it definitely won’t arrive until the New Year).

For this reason, we were only able to briefly get acquainted with the Smart Keyboard. In general, this is a hybrid of a cover and a keyboard, that is, it can be closed so that it completely covers the screen, like a cover, or you can open it and install the iPad Pro on it at an angle - so that it looks like an open laptop. It is for connecting the keyboard on the tablet that there are contacts on the left side.

There is one more position: in it the keyboard part is at the back, holding the tablet installed at an angle convenient for watching videos.

Thus, the Smart Keyboard completely replaces the regular cover, although with it the tablet still becomes a little thicker. As for the comfort of the keys themselves, in the few minutes that we held the Smart Keyboard in our hands, the key stroke seemed very comfortable to us, as did the covering material. However, the keys themselves are still slightly smaller than standard laptop ones, although the distance between them is quite sufficient, reducing the likelihood of hitting an adjacent key.

Let us repeat that the Smart Keyboard has not yet gone on sale, but any Bluetooth keyboard, including the Magic Keyboard, can be used as an external keyboard with the iPad Pro. In addition, there are already similar Smart Keyboard solutions from third-party manufacturers (for example, Logitech).

If you still want a branded accessory, then you can take a regular cover (without a keyboard). It costs about 5,000 rubles and protects the device’s screen, unlocks it when opened, and also allows you to conveniently place the tablet on the table at different angles.

The cover is only available in two colors - dark gray and white. The same colors are also available for silicone case. It costs more - almost 6,600 rubles.

The case can be used in conjunction with the cover, as in the photo below. However, you must be prepared for the fact that in this version the device will become significantly more bulky and will no longer be perceived as thin.

However, of all the branded accessories, the most interesting is, of course, the Apple Pencil. And we will focus on it.

The news that Apple would release a stylus was received ambiguously by the company's fans: everyone remembered how Steve Jobs disliked styluses and how he mocked them at the presentation of the first iPhone. However, unlike the iPhone and previous iPads, the new iPad Pro is positioned as a professional device, including one intended for designers, artists, etc. And here you can’t do without a stylus.

The stylus is sold separately, for 7,790 rubles. Not cheap? Yes indeed. However, of all the tablet styluses that we have encountered (we are not taking professional Wacom tablets now), this is the most convenient. Therefore, it deserves consideration as a separate product (which, in fact, it is).

The stylus is packaged in a white oblong box, inside of which, in addition to it, there are information leaflets and a spare cap and tip.

The stylus itself is quite thin (maybe a little thicker than a regular ballpoint pen), its body is made of white glossy plastic with the exception of the tip of the rod, the rim around the base of the cap and the plug for connecting to the iPad. The plastic feels quite pleasant to the touch, holding the stylus in your hand is comfortable.

If we open the cap, we will find a Lightning plug underneath. This plug is needed to connect the stylus to the iPad Pro. Just insert the stylus into the Lightning connector on the iPad Pro and it starts charging (there is a battery inside the stylus). Moreover, in order to be able to work for several hours, it is enough to keep the stylus connected to the iPad for only half a minute.

In addition to recharging, connecting the stylus to the iPad Pro is necessary for them to become friends. That is, when you take out the stylus you just bought, you need to insert it into the iPad Pro to establish a connection between them.

At the other end of the stylus there is a metal rod covered with a plastic tip. And here we come to very important things. The fact is that the stylus recognizes not only the pressure applied, but also the angle of contact with the tablet. In addition to this, you can hold it not only near the shaft, as we usually hold a pen, but also closer to the cap, like a pencil when shading. This is a valuable moment for artists.

Let's give a few examples. For simplicity and clarity, all of them will be done in “Notes” - a pre-installed application that, starting with iOS 9, has also received drawing capabilities.

This is just handwritten text. Yes, the author has clumsy handwriting. But believe me, it’s no better with a regular ballpoint or gel pen :) In fact, writing by hand with using Apple Pencil is quite convenient - there is almost no delay between the stylus touching the screen and the appearance of a line (according to at least, it is not felt). The only not very pleasant feeling is the rather “slippery” surface of the glass. That is, there is no characteristic “grip” as in the case of ordinary paper. But, I repeat, this does not cause severe discomfort, and, most importantly, even despite this feeling of sliding, you still manage to write in almost the same handwriting as on paper (although at first it is unusual, and sometimes you have to make some efforts to make the letters turned out to be readable).

Another example: pencil shading. Instead of a tool that imitates a pen, we chose a “pencil”, held the stylus higher and made these wide translucent lines with a wide brush gesture. And then, taking the pencil closer to the lead and working with smaller gestures, the usual thin lines were drawn on top.

Now we take a “felt-tip pen” and first draw a regular line, and then make a very small angle between the stylus and the screen, thickening the line.

This entire line was drawn without lifting the stylus from the screen, it is continuous.

Despite its convenience and clarity in terms of demonstrating new features, Notes, of course, is not a professional tool. But the iPad Pro already has apps that artists, illustrators, and designers can use. We will talk about them in the next part of the article.

iPad Pro Apps

So, we smoothly moved on to the topic of applications for the iPad Pro. Let us immediately note two points. First of all, all applications that worked fine on other iPads will work correctly on the iPad Pro. That is, application creators do not have to optimize them in any way. During the time we used the iPad Pro (several weeks), we were not able to find a single application that crashed or was somehow displayed incorrectly. However, since the screen area of ​​the iPad Pro is much larger than that of the iPad Air, the question arises of changing the application interface so that the elements do not look too large and auxiliary icons, menus, etc. do not take up so much space from the main content. And this is still the problem (this is the second point that is worth considering). For some reason, even the largest developers have not yet made a move and optimized the interface for the iPad Pro. As a result, for example, extremely inconvenient Facebook and VKontakte clients, terrible YouTube, etc. That is, all this is tolerable, but you get less pleasure from using them. So, when buying an iPad Pro, be prepared for the fact that many familiar applications will not look as good as you would like. However, there will be no ladders or other artifacts that could be observed with increased resolution. What's more, Apple has achieved perfect font scaling, meaning text always looks smooth even if the app isn't optimized for the iPad Pro.

In this section of the article, we will give examples of successful applications that not only look good on the iPad Pro screen, but also allow you to unleash its potential and see the benefits of a large screen.

Procreate and Adobe Sketch

Perhaps the most powerful drawing package on the iPad Pro is Procreate. The application is paid, but its capabilities are very wide. Even working with layers is supported.

Less functional, but free and very convenient application for sketches - .

We will not talk in detail about these applications and will give the floor to a professional 2D illustrator Yuri 'Yarrow' Vishnyakov, whom we invited to our studio, gave him an iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil stylus and asked him to work in Adobe Sketch and Procreate. His impressions, the work process itself and the final result are on video!

However, the iPad Pro will be of interest not only to those who create, but also to those who study art or talk about it. Here are just two examples that impressed us the most.

Second Canvas Museo del Prado

Last year, Madrid's Prado Museum of Fine Arts released the Second Canvas app, which featured selected masterpieces from the museum's collection (paintings by Durer, Leonardo, Bosch, etc.). The main difference between this application and many other collections of painting reproductions (of which there are many in the App Store) is that all the paintings here were presented in high resolution.

The application looks great on a regular iPad, but there you have to choose: either you see only a fragment of the image (but in all the details), or the whole picture (but without details). On iPad Pro, you can open an image full screen and see plenty of detail without sacrificing the overall experience.

Artsy

An excellent free app for connoisseurs contemporary art- . This is a constantly updated catalog of auctions, with the help of which collectors can place bids or request information about paintings of interest, and art lovers of the 20th–21st centuries can track the works of their favorite artists from small galleries and private collections (that is, something that you simply cannot find on the Internet , because these are little-known things).

Like the Prado Museum app, Artsy allows you to see paintings in a fairly good resolution, significantly exceeding the resolution of the iPad Air. Therefore, the iPad Pro will be the most convenient and enjoyable way to explore the Artsy catalog and immerse yourself in the world of contemporary art.

In general, if you love fine art or, moreover, work in a field related to it (for example, you give lectures about art, are engaged in dealer activities, are related to galleries, etc.), then the iPad Pro will be the most convenient for you tool. In fact, this is the first mobile tablet, approaching the size of an A4 sheet, that is, the most common format among art albums.

Solar Walk 2

Of course, not only painting-related applications benefit from increased screen size, but also any application in which visual material plays a dominant role (provided that this material is represented in the application itself in sufficient quantities). high resolution). For example, in Complete Anatomy, medical students will be able to most clearly familiarize themselves with the structure of the human body (including individual muscles, bones, etc.), and those who study astronomy or are simply interested in space will certainly be delighted with Solar Walk 2.

Here we can look at 3D models of cosmic bodies (planets, stars, comets, etc.), created based on real photographs, and also learn all sorts of details about them.

Of course, you need to understand that all of the listed applications work perfectly on the iPad Air. But it is on the iPad Pro that they look optimal and allow you to study the content presented in them with maximum convenience and pleasure.

To complete the conversation about applications, we note that the advantages of the iPad Pro are obvious in the regular Microsoft Office- especially in Excel, where you can see a lot more data on one screen, but also in Word. In addition, the dual-window mode, which appeared in iOS 9, is the most reasonable and useful on the iPad Pro (we can assume that few people used it on previous iPads).

Games

The situation with games is somewhat less clear. It seems that this is an area that, at first glance, should also clearly benefit from a larger screen, but in practice, not everything turns out to be so simple.

Let's start with the most obvious examples. Of course they look great on the iPad Pro Board games: chess, backgammon, checkers, solitaire. This is especially valuable if you want to play the game with someone together (i.e., you use the tablet simply as a convenient replacement for traditional equipment). So, the iPad Air was still too small compared to a regular chessboard to be considered in such a role. The iPad Pro is a different matter.

The second genre, which is also definitely more convenient and beautiful on the iPad Pro, is Tower Defense. Since the basis of this genre is small turrets, guns and the like, when the display size increases, all this becomes more visual, more expressive, and, ultimately, easier to control. Good example- Anomaly Defenders.

Do you have a small child? Do you play games with him on your tablet? Then the iPad Pro is also worth a closer look. For example, there is an excellent project Botanicula, which children are delighted with (and many adults too).

You can play it with your child, and for such a pastime the iPad Pro is the optimal size, while the iPad Air is too small. All sorts of small objects, as in the mentioned game (there are a lot of spiderbugs, boogers and other even not immediately noticeable elements), are visible better on the iPad Pro, and since they are larger, the eyes get less tired.

In the puzzle genre, the iPad Pro is generally very comfortable to use. But there is not always a noticeable difference with the iPad Air. For example, in Botanicula - there is, in Room Three, where there are a lot of details (all sorts of gears, bolts, levers, etc.) - also, in Monument Valley on the iPad Pro you can see the entire structure, which is also wonderful. But in Shadowmatic - does it matter whether you rotate an object on a larger or smaller screen? Although the iPad Pro has no shortcomings here either.

We have listed several game genres. Have you noticed what they all have in common? The fact that during the game process the tablet lies on your table or on your lap. You don't have to hold it in your hands; these games don't use an accelerometer or gyroscope. It’s much more difficult with those games where these hardware elements are used, and, therefore, the tablet must be kept suspended. Let's say with racing.

Specifically in the case of the iPad Pro, this will be useful, for example, when using professional applications that are only available on Mac. For example, you can open a full-fledged Adobe Photoshop via your Mac. But here you should immediately be prepared for several problems. To begin with, for some reason the picture on the iPad Pro is not clear enough, it’s cloudy - this can be clearly seen in the fragments of two screenshots. The first screenshot is a website opened in Safari on a Mac (where the screenshot was taken), and the second is the same page, but opened through an iPad Pro remotely connected to a Mac. Originals are available by clicking.

Apparently, the application does not yet use the large resolution of the iPad Pro (or does not use it quite as it should). But, according to company representatives, the developers are aware of this and are working to solve the problem.

The second problem with Parallels Access is its lack of stability and smoothness. But this is already a common problem, which concerns not only the iPad Pro. Of course, the iPad Pro solves another important problem: those elements of Mac applications that looked too small on the iPad Air look almost the same here as on the 13-inch MacBook Pro or MacBook Air. But it is probably premature to expect that you will run Adobe Photoshop on a Mac and have a full-fledged working tool on your iPad Pro, although no one is stopping you from experimenting in this direction.

conclusions

Of course, it is impossible to cover at least most categories of applications within the framework of one article. It is also impossible to give recommendations for all professions and specialties. That is, this is not a complete guide, but rather highlights and specific examples that are intended to show you the possible advantages and disadvantages of the iPad Pro. And only by supplementing this review with reflections on your forms of working with the tablet, you will be able to conclude whether you need an iPad Pro and why.

If we briefly summarize the above, we get the following picture: for artists/illustrators/designers, the iPad Pro with the Apple Pencil stylus is excellent mobile platform, but not the main working tool; for those who are interested in the fine arts as a consumer rather than a creator - yes, this is a great gadget; For gamers, this is a good option only if they like certain gaming genres that do not require holding the tablet up.

In terms of hardware, this is an excellent device, but when buying it, you must clearly understand why you need such a large tablet. If you don't know which option to prefer - iPad Air 2 or iPad Pro, take the iPad Air. It is more versatile, more mobile and often more convenient even when using it at home (not to mention going out with it anywhere). If you have a clear understanding of exactly how you will use the iPad Pro and why you need the largest possible screen size, then it’s a different matter.

That is, the iPad Pro must be bought meaningfully, consciously. And this is its fundamental difference from the usual iPad, which most people purchased according to the principle “this one has it, this one has it, but I don’t have it yet” or “let me try to see what kind of miracle this is.” Steve Jobs was right: 10 inches is truly the optimal size from the point of view of such consumer use. And you don't need a stylus for this either. But with the iPad Pro, Apple is moving into different territory, trying to attract professionals and people who make informed choices and use the tablet as a tool to solve specific problems (not necessarily professional, but still clearly defined).

It's great that Apple has made iPad apps that aren't optimized for the iPad Pro run very smoothly and correctly. The fonts worked especially well - the text always looks perfect (with the exception of virtualization tools, of course). But Apple has not yet managed to encourage developers to refine the application interface specifically to the size of the iPad Pro screen, and this is important for the further development of this direction, which undoubtedly will happen.

You can argue for a long time whether Apple’s current strategy is wrong or not, recall numerous violations of Jobs’ covenants, etc. But with all the noted shortcomings and features, the iPad Pro as such was a great success. One can hardly argue with this. And now it is not only up to Apple whether new formats for using tablets will appear and become widespread, focused specifically on devices with big screen. Much here will be determined by the steps of competitors (surely they will try to release something similar to the iPad Pro - but how successfully and how soon?), developers, iPad sales Pro. However, Apple would not be Apple if it had not made bold, controversial steps - and here Jobs’s former comrades very clearly follow the line he outlined: not to enter an already existing territory, but to create their own sphere, form a new market, new user requests. Will it work out or not? Let's see. But what we would definitely like to hope for is that the iPad Pro will shake up the swamp that the tablet market has become, and we will see many more new and interesting things.

To conclude, we offer you our video review, where we share our main impressions of the iPad Pro and show some of the applications mentioned in the article.

P.S. For the excellent combination appearance and hardware features, we give the iPad Pro our editorial Original Design Award:

There's no doubt that the Apple Pencil is an impressive design and digital art tool, but to get the most out of it, you need the right iPad Pro apps—ones that really take advantage of its power and flexibility.

Luckily, as this list shows, there's already a strong list of iPad Pro apps from companies large and small that really let the Pencil shine. All you need is talent! (And Apple Pencil). iPad Pro.)

Here are 13 great apps that make the most of the Apple Pencil—and with iOS 12 around the corner, they're sure to be better than ever.

01.

Affinity Designer iPad is quickly becoming the new tool for designers and artists on the go

• Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
• Price:$19.99 / £19.99

Serif's latest offering, Affinity Designer for iPad is quickly becoming the new ool outlet for designers and artists on the go. And it comes with full support for Apple Pencil's drawing capabilities in terms of precision, pressure sensitivity, and tilt functions.

It includes all the essential tools for creating on the go and with very user-friendly interface for iPad. Affordable one-off cost under $20/£20, you'll be hard pressed to beat iPad app Pro to improve quality and price - for busy listings.

02. Adobe Illustrator Draw

Adobe's drawing app for iPad takes you straight to the top of the class

• Requirements: iOS 11.0 or later
• Price: For free

As designers, you'll be well aware of the talent offered in Adobe Illustrator CC, but you may not be familiar with Illustrator Attract. Illustrator Draw is more than just a vector digital sketchbook - this drawing app for your iPad has all the popular and most useful features Ai, wrapped in a simple user interface designed to quickly generate ideas and concepts while you're on

Features include simple vector drawing tools with separate drawing and photography layers, and the ability to sync with Creative Cloud. With this feature, you can also download Adobe Illustrator-compatible files and work with them on iPad using your Apple Pencil.

The application allows you to draw perfectly straight lines and geometric shapes, rename layers and use shapes from Adobe Capture CC. Improved perspective grid also means you can display shapes in the perspective plane. All told, this is an essential app for iPad-owning Ai users.

03. Autodesk SketchBook

Autodesk 3D specialists have created an application for drawing in Sketchbook

• Requirements: iOS 10.0 or later
• Price: For free

Autodesk may be known mainly for pro-spec 3D applications like 3ds Max and Maya, but in Sketchbook it has a powerful sketching app with an incredibly natural drawing experience - something that excels in exploitation the latest technology ProMotion from the iPad Pro and, of course, the Apple Pencil.

With 170 custom brushes, full PSD layer and blending support, and a toggle predictive stroke that transforms your drawn lines and shapes into crisp, precise shapes, Sketchbook is probably the best free drawing app out there—and incredibly, it doesn't cost a penny or in-app purchases.

04. Procreate

Procreate is the king of natural media apps on the iPad

• Requirements: iOS 11.1 or later
• Price:$9.99 / £9.99

It's the king of natural media apps on the iPad, and it's completely transformed with the addition of Pencil. Sure, you can use your finger along with it, a simple stylus, or even one of the increasingly complex and expensive third-party styluses from the likes of Adonit, but none of them give you the fluidity and similar experience that the Apple Pencil does.

This is partly because of the Pencil's thin tip, partly because of the low latency and double-speed sampling rate, and partly because finger peeling is almost flawless. But all that technical stuff just fades into the background when you're faced with the joy of sketching with a 6B pencil, turning it flat to block in large areas of shadow or dropping colors.

The last major release was Procreate 4, which featured a major technology overhaul as well as many improvements including the introduction of wet paint and an intuitive, redesigned menu. Read our full review Procreate 4.

05.

• Requirements: iOS 10.3 or later
• Price:$19.99 / £19.99

Another one from the series, Affinity Photo is a fantastic alternative to Photoshop on Mac computers and Windows with a built-in set of tools, amazing performance and a one-time price instead of subscription fee, as well as her iPad versions, used by Apple to show off the iPad Pro and Pencil, is equally impressive.

Although it is compatible with more early models iPad, when you pair it with iPad Pro and Pencil, Affinity Photo really comes to life. Already designed to make the most of the iPad's hardware and touch features, on the iPad Pro it's also built to take full advantage of the sensitivity and angle of the Pencil.

It's built for a professional workflow with support for raw and PSD files, as well as full cross-platform performance and file compatibility in case you feel the need to add some ultimate polish to your desktop. But the thing is, you probably won't need it.

05. Adobe Comp CC

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Almost all applications and games optimized for other Apple tablets work without any problems. However, there is a whole list of special applications that every iPad Pro owner simply must try.

Don't have an iPad Pro? Well, that's not a problem. Any of the apps listed below will work fine on other iPad models.

Procreate 3

The Procreate app has always provided one of the best ways for drawing on iPad. Especially for the release of the iPad Pro, the developers from Savage Interactive have made the application even better. Procreate 3 includes support for all multitasking modes, an interface updated for the larger iPad Pro screen, a special mode for working with, and much more. Procreate 3 is suitable for both ordinary users who love to draw and professional artists.

Coda 2

Web developers are likely familiar with the Coda app. Coda 2 for iPhone and iPad, along with the Mac application, were the main development tools for many because they offered so many possibilities. Now you can work on website development on the iPad Pro, and it is on the 12.9-inch tablet that this process will bring maximum results. Just look at Coda 2's support for Split View mode, which allows you to track changes made on the site in real time.

Astropad Graphics Tablet

The Astropad app lets you use your iPad Pro as a graphics tablet for your Mac. Astropad supports all popular editors, including Photoshop, Illustrator, Lightroom, Corel Painter, Manga Studio, Pixelmator and many others, allowing any user to customize the work environment for themselves. Apple Support Pencil was also implemented by the Astropad developers.

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft's office tools are still considered the best of their kind, especially the spreadsheet tool, Excel. On iPad Pro with Microsoft Excel creating tables, charts, graphs and working with formulas becomes truly simple, and support for the Split View mode opens up an incredible variety of amazing possibilities for the user.

Note: for full use Microsoft Excel and other office software Microsoft applications on iPad Pro, the user must pay for an Office 365 subscription. Otherwise, the document editing function will not be available.

Other applications office suite Microsoft:

• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft OneNote
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Umake

Even though the iPad Pro cannot fully replace personal computers right now, applications such as Umake are the first step towards a “world without a PC.” Umake is a revolutionary application that allows you to create high-quality 3D models directly on your tablet. Moreover, you can start working with Umake even without experience in modeling - detailed guides and the advice will help you understand all the intricacies of this difficult matter, albeit at a basic level.

Paper 3

Together with the Paper 3 application, your iPad will turn into a real notepad, in which you can store any notes, sketches, tables, or whatever your heart desires. IN latest update Paper 3 is now fully functional iPad support Pro, which automatically made the app mandatory for download on the 12.9-inch tablet.

Adobe Comp

Adobe has optimized several of its applications for - each of them is of separate interest. As an example to follow, we chose Adobe Comp - a tool that allows you to translate ideas into sketches as conveniently and quickly as possible. The support implemented in the application allows you to make sketches even more accurate, which directly affects the entire process of transferring an idea from your head to digital paper. After sketching, as before, you can transfer it to Adobe Photoshop CC, Illustrator CC or InDesign CC for further processing in just a few clicks.

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This week the new generation went on sale with an 8-core A12X Bionic processor and a 7-core graphics co-processor. The new tablets have achieved record performance - in benchmarks they even outperform some MacBook Pro models with Core i7! In addition, they received a long-awaited design update and . And of course, to unlock the full potential of these amazing devices, proper software is required. Which? We'll tell you in this article!

Although iOS 12 did not manage to come close to macOS in terms of convenience, some applications are already more comfortable to use on the iPad than on the MacBook. Given the positioning of the iPad Pro, it is easy to guess that we are talking mainly about applications for creativity.

If you've already purchased an iPad Pro (2018), be sure to install these apps to get the most out of your tablet!

This article presents the best apps from different categories. This is not promotional material.

Procreate

If you bought an iPad Pro with new Apple Pencil then app Procreate a must-buy for you – even if you are not an artist or designer! This application opens up enormous possibilities for you. You can create complex illustrations and designs, or just relax by drawing mirror designs and patterns. This is also one of the best apps for digital calligraphy available on iOS.

There are thousands of tutorials and tips available on the Internet for working in Procreate. You will not only find videos on YouTube with detailed explanations(including in Russian), but also ready-made templates, brushes and fonts.

Adobe Lightroom CC

Mobile Lightroom from Adobe is deservedly considered one of the best applications for processing and organizing photos on the iPad. This is not a full replacement Photoshop– but that’s why Lightroom and is a hotel software in the Adobe line. With it, you can quickly process photos using an extensive set of tools and the ability to create your own filters.

Some functions (including synchronization with desktop Lightroom And Photoshop) are available only to Creative Cloud subscribers, but even the free functionality is more than enough for basic processing.

Microsoft Outlook

It's quite funny that despite its bad reputation among Windows users, Outlook is one of the most convenient mailboxes for both iPhone and iPad. This application is feature-rich, stable and supports a large number of email services.

But its most important advantage is the ability to replace several applications at once. Here you go Mailbox, calendar, and file storage - and all this in one program! Thanks to this, you can schedule a meeting, set a reminder, download everything in a couple of taps necessary files and send them to your boss.

Affinity Photo

Affinity Photo– the closest replacement in terms of functionality Photoshop for iPad Pro (at least until the release of full-fledged Photoshop for iOS). You'll have full access to photo editing, and it's faster than ever on iPad Pro 2018. The app allows you to add as many layers with different blending methods and masks as you need. In addition, more than 120 brushes are supported.

And, of course, the application is adapted for Apple Pencil for precise processing of individual parts of the image. Also here you can work with RAW and get access to a huge number of tools. Oh yes, last but not least - you can upload PSD files from your computer and process them on your iPad using Affinity Photo.

Affinity Designer

Another drawing app on our list, Affinity Designer allows you to sketch wherever you are. If Photo from the same developer is intended to replace Photoshop, That Designer– rather an analogue Adobe Illustrator. With it you can create vector images. That is, right on the tablet you can work with any graphics: logos, brochures, posters, etc.

Use Apple Pencil to draw, then enhance your image with dozens of available tools. Affinity Designer– a must-have for every designer: even if you specialize in UI, you can use your iPad Pro to create mockups.

LumaFusion

Not available on iPad (yet) Final Cut X, but in the App Store you will find LumaFusion– iOS video editor with the widest functionality on this moment. Moreover, this program literally flies on the new iPad Pro – even when processing and rendering 4K video!

You will get a full-fledged editor with support for 3 tracks for video and 3 tracks for audio. Of course, other important video editor features are also present - such as support for slow-mo, transitions, audio mixing, adding text and trimming audio and video.

Autodesk SketchBook

Autodesk took a step towards creative people around the world and made their own application SketchBook free for iPad and iPhone. And this is already a sufficient reason to install SketchBook, grab your Apple Pencil and start drawing! Even if you don’t consider yourself such a creative person or are not very good at drawing, just try: you never know where such attempts will lead, and sketches definitely help you relax!

Paper

Paper is another creative iPad app that is worth installing even for people who are usually far from creative. This is one of the first applications of this type to be released for the iPad and showed how convenient and fun it is to draw on the tablet's display. And this was years before the announcement of the Apple Pencil and the positioning of the iPad Pro as tablets for designers and artists! Today Paper can be used not only for quick sketches, but also for creating full-fledged drawings, as well as notes, tables and diagrams.

If you have so much information in your head that it's about to explode, use Paper you can transfer everything to the tablet screen and organize your thoughts and tasks. You can use templates ranging from regular tables to an iPad interface, allowing you to Paper you can even work on the UI.

LiquidText

If you often work with PDF for study or work, be sure to download LiquidText. This program will change the way you think about working with such files. It allows you to quickly add comments and annotations, as well as select parts of the text into separate notes with the ability to work with them separately in parallel with the main text.

LiquidText makes PDF as flexible a format as possible. Just open a document and start drawing, compiling clippings, and making handwritten comments. And yes, you can open links using the built-in web browser without leaving the app!

Microsoft Office Suite

Programs from the series Microsoft Office needs no introduction – and they're perfectly adapted to the iPad. If you already have an Office subscription, you can use your account to access Word, Excel And PowerPoint. At the same time, on the tablet you will find almost all the functions of the desktop version, including key combinations, cloud synchronization, templates and much more.

Annotable

Here you will find everything you need to annotate images. You can easily crop what you need, blur parts you don't want to show, zoom in on the objects you want with a magnifying glass, and add your own comments.

iCab Mobile

Safari is a great browser, but its main problem is the update speed. While third-party browser developers update applications regularly and actively respond to user comments and remarks, Apple updates Safari only with the release new iOS– so we have to wait years for the introduction of some functions and bug fixes. In addition, functionality Safari and most others mobile browsers significantly reduced.

Considering that new iPads The Pro is more powerful than some MacBooks and is great for web surfing. The browser will help you use the tablet's capabilities to the fullest. iCab Mobile. It is as close as possible to desktop browsers. Here you will find an interface a la Chrome, convenient tab management, download manager and much more. In addition, you can install additional extensions - here they are called modules. With the help of modules, you can save pages in .EPUB and even do things that are not available in iOS itself - for example, watch YouTube videos in picture-in-picture mode.

Good Notes 4

If you're looking for an advanced note-taking app for your iPad Pro that maximizes the potential of your Apple Pencil, check out Good Notes. You can draw and write over any image, or choose one of the template backgrounds.

It is worth noting that in Good Notes(unlike standard Notes) the handwriting recognition function actually works. If necessary, you can easily translate what you have written by hand into printed text. You can also import PDF documents into the application and make annotations on them.

iA Writer

iA Writer can safely be called one of the best text editors for iPad. It's not cheap, but it will definitely appeal to users who have to write a lot - including on a tablet. It provides a convenient system for storing and organizing files, as well as a special mode that turns all text light gray except for the sentence you are currently typing. This allows you not to be distracted and concentrate on your work.

This is an excellent service for delayed reading, allowing you to save an article on one device so that you can read it later on another. Using a browser extension Clip to Evernote you can quickly save a clipping from the text or the entire article at once, add tags and select a folder to save. Free subscription allows you to synchronize data between your computer and two mobile devices, so you can save an article you like on your computer and then read it on your iPad on the way to work.

You can synchronize up to 60 MB of data per month, while the size of one note should not exceed 25 MB. Of course, this will not be enough for video synchronization, but for articles and images it is quite enough.

Teams

The new iPad Pros come with iOS 12 on board. And one of the coolest features of iOS 12 was Teams for Siri. They allow you to launch an entire chain of tasks with one word or phrase. Teams compatible with . Their number is constantly growing and already includes Carrot Weather, Streaks, Overcast, Trello and other programs.

Google Docs, Sheets and Slides

Google Docs is available for iPad and yes, it's hardly the best app text editor. However, it fulfills its stated functions, is regularly updated and supported by developers. And in some cases, when using Google products for work is mandatory, but you don’t have a computer at hand, this can save you time and nerves.

The same can be said about the other two office applications search giant. They are free, great for collaborating with documents, and are not very different in functionality from their desktop and browser versions. Considering that the new iPad Pro is equipped with a USB-C connector, you can display your presentations on the big screen without Apple TV or adapters.

Download Google Sheets in the App Store