Must-have iPad Apps

Procreate

• Popular drawing app.
• Great for relaxing and drawing.

Goodnotes

• Best note-taking app.
• Perfect for "normal" users and academics.
• Allows writing and typing notes, converting writing to text.
• Can annotate by both text and writing with Apple pencil.
• Useful for organizing recipes, storage, and meal planning.

Notion

• All-in-one app.
• Super powerful and organizing-oriented.
• Helpful for digitizing notes, custom pages, subpages, and tables.

OneNote

• Great for annotating by text and writing.
• Allows storing/organizing notes, documents, and files.

Lightroom

• Convenient for photo editing.

Hoopla Digital

• Provides free access to various media with a library card.

Infuse Video Player

• Media player and library organizer.

iSH Shell

• Offers Linux-like shell on iOS.

GoodLinks

• Safari browser extension for saving links.

VectorNotes

• Useful for managing notes/documents.

Additional Recommendations

• YouTube for entertainment.
• Signal for communication.
• Audible for audiobooks.
• Notion and OneNote for note-taking.
• Lightroom for photo editing.
• Adobe app for PDF editing.
• Hoopla Digital for media access.
• Infuse Video Player for media management.
• iSH Shell for Linux access.
• GoodLinks for saving links.

Browser Extensions

• Brave Browser for ad-free YouTube.

Entertainment Apps

• Include YouTube, Twitch, and others.

Conclusion

• Mix of productivity, entertainment, organization, and creativity apps are must-haves for optimal iPad use.
• Each app serves a specific purpose from note-taking to media management and more.