Apple's iPad comes with built-in productivity tools like notes, calendars, reminders, and more, but there are many apps to help you if you want to explore new ways to maximize productivity and organize your life.
While the iPad started out as a device that could be used to stream content and browse the web on the go, Apple essentially turned the iPad into a computer, allowing it to handle a variety of tasks for individual, work and school use. As a result, there are many apps that can help you create a single place to organize your life, or block distractions and keep you focused on everyday tasks.
Here's a list of the best available in the App Store.
goodnotes
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GoodNotes is one of the most popular iPad apps and for good reason. This app is perfect for those who want to write notes using the Apple Pencil. You can include both handwritten and typed text on one page, adding images, stickers, and even doodles.
Create digital notebooks with blank or governance forms such as notebooks, checklists, planners and more. This app allows you to export your digital notebook or specific pages to PDF or other files.
GoodNotes is also great for drawing and sketching. Though not as sophisticated as some creativity apps like Procreate, Goodnotes is easy to use and is perfect for simple sketches and illustrations.
If you are in a class or meeting, you can also record audio notes that will be synchronized at the moment you write. Additionally, AI can be used to summarise notes and assist in writing.
Create 3 digital notebooks for free. If you want an unlimited notebook, you will need to pay a one-time fee of $9.99 or $29.99 per year.
Check tick
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If you're not a fan of the iPad's built-in reminder app, or if you want a more advanced to-do list and task management app, Ticktick may be the one for you. Can be used for both professional and personal tasks.
This app lets you sync tasks across all your devices and integrate your favorite calendar apps. Create checklists, set up recurring tasks, upload attachments to tasks, share task lists and collaborate with others.
If you want to develop habits like meditation before bedtime, you can set goals in the app to track your progress. And if you don't have time to respond to it, you can turn it into a task that turns it into it, reminding you not to forget to respond to it.
You can also add tasks to better manage tasks. You can also mark tasks based on task priorities.
If you want to focus on a specific task, you can turn on the “Pomo Timer” in your app. It is based on Pomodoro technology that divides work into focus intervals to maximize productivity.
Ticktick is free to use, but if you want additional features such as the ability to add up to five reminders to your task or task, you'll pay $3.99 a month or $35.99 a year.
forest
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Forest is an interesting app that helps you play productivity while helping you with the environment. If you're someone who struggles to stay on a task or is easily distracted, this app might be good for you.
If you need to focus on something, you can open the app and plant the tree. Once you finish focusing on your work, your tree will grow. If you leave the app before the timer ends, the tree will die and die.
You can set “allow lists” for various apps you use to increase your productivity, such as email apps and Microsoft Word. This app also allows you to track productivity.
Over time, create a digital forest that visualizes productivity. If the competition is intense, you can share the forest with others and see how it compares to theirs. As you stay focused and grow your virtual trees, you will earn coins that will save you to help plant real trees all over the world through the trees of the tissues that plant the trees for the future.
Forests for $3.99 to download and you can buy an in-app boost to grow your forest and plant real trees faster.
concept
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Concepts are great apps for taking notes, managing tasks and workflows, organizing lists and habits, working with others, and more. Instead of having to access different apps to manage calendars, tasks and notes, you can do all of this correctly within the concept.
Combine all your workflows in one place, including Slack and Dropbox. One of the great things about the concept is its flexibility and customization options. Whether it's to organize your personal, professional, academic, or passion projects, you can customize it to be what you need.
If you're not sure where to start, you can use templates to create travel planners, product roadmap, and more. The concept also has AI features that help you write and brainstorm ideas. Concept AI helps you get answers about content and turn large amounts of data into digestible action items.
The concept provides a free plan for personal use. The company also offers plans for small groups, along with $8 a month, as well as a business plan for businesses that costs $15 a month. Get 20 AI responses for free. You will then pay $10 per member per month.
Crutons
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Planning what to eat can take a lot of time and may take less time for other tasks. So it would be nice to have an app that will help you with that. To make cooking and meal planning easier, Cluton is perfect for organizing recipes and planning your grocery list.
You can also import recipes from the website or scan them from physical cookbooks. So instead of relying on bookmarked or physical recipes, you can store them together in one place.
You can plan your meals for the week, and if you are confused about what to make one day, the app can generate a meal plan for you. Once you've planned your meals for the week, you can create a grocery list that includes all the ingredients you need.
Crouton also has an in-app timer, so if you have a recipe time-specific step, you don't need to use a different app. Plus, you can tell your family what to do for dinner or if you come across a recipe that your friends knows they like, they can still share the recipe with others.
Crouton offers basic features for free, but if you want unlimited recipes or additional features, there is a $14.99 subscription each year.
Freedom
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Freedom is a great app to focus on your work and to distract you to be more productive. You can start a free session and block the selected time for all devices to distract you.
During that time, you can select which websites and apps you want to block. Therefore, if you are done with your iPad but try to open Tiktok on your phone, you won't see a green screen and will appear instead.
This app allows you to start sessions immediately, schedule future sessions, and set up recurring sessions. If you know you need to be distracted at a certain time each day, you can set up a free session to start at that particular time each day.
If you're someone who listens to a specific sound to help you focus, Freedom offers you a variety of things you can listen to. For example, you can hear the sounds of coffee shops in cities like New York and Berlin, birds crying, and calm instruments.
The app costs $3.99 per month and contains a series of various articles featuring tips on how to increase productivity and better understand digital wellness.
attention
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Notes is a great note taking app that lets you write down your thoughts, import and annotate textbooks, record audio, sketch ideas, and more. This app is useful for both students and professionals, or for enthusiasts.
You can choose to take notes with Apple Pencil, Text, or Audio. If you're trying to find something specific, you can search for notes, such as handwritten documents or uploaded documents.
Notice also provides the ability to summarise AI-generated notes and work side by side with two different notes. Additionally, you can test your knowledge with personalized quizzes based on the content of your notes.
If you want a place to get started, it includes a gallery of templates such as planners, study notes, and to-do lists to attract attention.
It's free to watch, but it offers a monthly subscription for $4.99 to access additional features such as mathematical transformations, automatic audio transcriptions, and unlimited notes.
dodoist
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Todoist is a simple and simple app that lets you record and organize tasks using natural language. Add tasks like “Plan your work every Friday afternoon” and “Do your homework every Wednesday at 6pm” to quickly organize and plan your life.
You can categorize tasks into “Today”, “Next Time” or custom filters so you can focus on what's important right now. This means you can only see what is relevant when you need it.
Todoist can be used to organize a variety of tasks, whether related to work, personal, education, and management goals and reminders. Additionally, you can link Todoist with calendars, voice assistants, and many other tools such as Outlook, Gmail, and Slack.
In addition to the iPad, you can access the services from your iPhone and Apple Watch, syncing between your desktop and all other devices.
The basic functions of Todoist are available for free. Todoist's “Pro” subscription plan allows you to unlock additional features such as AI Assistant and calendar layouts.
Update: This story originally ran in September 2024 and will be updated regularly with new information.