15 Best Productivity Apps For iPad In 2024

Pros

• Unit conversion: Convert areas, currency, measurements, and other units.
• Apple Watch compatibility: Compute on your wrist.

Cons

• Confusing for casual users: Advanced functions will take time to learn to use.

Pros

• Document detection: Scanbot has excellent sheet detection and will tell you to move your camera closer for a high-quality scan.
• Faxing functionality: Directly fax scanned images from your iPad.

Cons

•  Price: You’ll have to spend extra for advanced features such as OCR and Search and sending faxes.

Pros

• Easy image crediting: Gladys remembers original links for images.
• Multiple text versions: Paste the plain, rich text version, or even HTML formatted versions of copied text.

Cons

• Limited: It can hold up to 10 items. You’ll have to pay extra for unlimited items.

Pros

• Easy project management: Set tasks, organize deadlines, and create checklists in just one app.
• Keyboard compatibility: Connect it to an iPad keyboard to use Things’ keyboard shortcuts. Make and move tasks, then complete them without touching your screen.

Cons

• Manual task input: No natural language processing means no shortcuts using Siri.

Pros

• Simple: No fussy features – just a timer, task management list, and reminders.
• Time management insights: Check Focus Keeper charts to monitor productivity during Pomodoro intervals.

Cons

• Doesn’t track everything: You can still be distracted by notifications, so you need to be honest about sticking to the timer.

Pros

• Compatibility: Multiple styli, such as the Apple Pencil, Wacom, and Pencil by FiftyThree all work with GoodNotes.
• Access: Through the iCloud, GoodNotes will sync notes across all your Apple devices.

Cons

• Complicated: You can set unique customization options, but these can confuse new users.

Pros

• Compatibility: Use FiftyThree’s pencil, an Apple Pencil, or any other stylus to draw.
• Precision: The pencil+ruler feature creates precise lines and shapes.

Cons

• Cost: You’ll have to pay for features that are free in similar apps, like changing pen size and cutting and pasting across notes.

Pros

• Versatility: Mark up PDFs with a stylus or your finger.
• Easy editing: Edit text and images just like in Adobe Acrobat Reader, but on your iPad.

Cons

• Cost: You’ll pay extra to edit text and images.

Pros

• Annotates screenshots: Run it in the Photos app to quickly annotate screenshots.
• Multiple annotation options: Point sections with arrows, add text, or zoom in on areas.

Cons

• Cost: You’ll pay extra to unlock extra annotation tools and colors.

Pros

• Real-time preview: See your team’s changes in real time from your iPad.

Cons

• No mobile editing: You can see changes or share slides, but you can’t edit from your iPad.

Pros

• Compatibility: Installed fonts work with many apps such as Office Suite Pro, Word, and Excel.
• Easy font installment: Add fonts through iTunes file sharing, or apps’ “Open In” dialogue. Install single or multiple fonts at once.

Cons

• Not all fonts supported: Fonts with Cyrillic or Asian characters may not be supported because of file size.

Pros

• Apple Watch compatibility: Use it as a remote control to do actions like zoom, open bookmarks, and scroll.
• Customizable filters: Block banners, ads, and tracking scripts.

Cons

• Paid: Other browsers with comparable features are free.

Pros

• Link previews: Use 3D Touch to preview links from different services.
• Integrations: Opener opens links in nearly 300 apps.

Cons

• Paid: No free or trial versions.

Pros

• Snippets: Type abbreviations to insert frequently-used text.
• Folding: Hide document sections while you’re editing.

Cons

• Confusing: It takes time to figure out the various features.

Pros

• Versatility: Actions take text from a note and do multiple things, such as emailing it, sending to other apps, or saving it as Google Docs.
• Apple compatibility: Use an Apple pencil to write handwritten notes in Drafts, run Drafts on your Apple Watch, or sync it with your other Apple devices.

Cons

• Complicated: Customizing actions takes time and effort to figure out.