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Back to best apps + Reviews + iPad apps 26.12.2011 There are over 100,000 iOS applications in the Apple iTunes App Store for the iPad. The question everyone has is "What are the best iPad apps?" -- it's a subjective judgment, true. But we're listing what we consider the best free iPad apps and the best paid iPad apps. But first, we'll go into the Top Five best iPad apps overall.
THE TOP FIVE
Skype - a free iPad app, includes Skype's standard Internet-phone-calling and instant-messaging and you also get full-screen video.
GoodReader - a paid app, lets you review, mark up, edit and archive any text you've received and then share the results -- it's a must for any professional editor.
Sketchbook PRO - a paid graphics app from Autodesk that produces great results for both casual artists and professionals. There's also a free Express version.
IMovie - a paid app that's perfect for editing videos on the iPad -- you can pull clips together and add soundtracks for professional-looking results.
IA WRITER - a paid word processing app that might be called minimalist. But, sometimes, all you need is a way to type in your thoughts and store them.
BEST FREE IPAD APPS
The CALCULATOR FOR IPAD app gives you a great-looking basic/scientific calculator.
123D SCULPT is a graphics app for the iPad that gives you the illusion of sculpting in clay by simple touchscreen finger movements.
BBC IPLAYER is a TV-service app for the iPad that gives you access to the huge BBC TV-show catalog and then lets you view your choice full-screen.
GOOGLE EARTH is the iPad version of the geographic website that zoom in and out using the touchscreen interface.
BEST PAID IPAD APPS
PAINTERLY is one of the best iPad apps for graphic artists -- it has a wide array of virtual brush types and an import function for photographs.
INSTAPAPER lets your save to your iPad any blog post or article that you see online for reading later offline.
AIRDISPLAY sets up your iPad as a second wireless display for a Mac or PC.
GARAGEBAND is Apple's own music-making application -- the iPad version feels as robust as the Mac version.
The TOCA ROBOT LAB app may seem like a kid's game, but everyone loves to build and explore with robots.
What are the best iPad apps? We hope this list settled that question for you, for 2011 at least. Comments | | | |
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