Ipad App reviews from Reddit
Summary
We analyzed 188 Reddit reviews across 40 subreddits and 51 posts to rank the best Ipad App brands recommended by redditors, including communities like r/ipad, r/6thForm, r/CSULB, r/piano, r/indianmedschool. Top-rated brands include GoodNotes (4.7/5), Apple (4.5/5), Notability (4.3/5).
Stats
Reviews188
Subreddits40
Posts51
Brands81
Products33
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#1
GoodNotes
4.7
(40)
"Personally liked Goodnotes the best. Hassle free, good interface and one time purchase is available and will be enough for years."
"For large files like Harrison Goodnotes is best."
"Definitely goodnotes"
"Goodnotes is my fave!"
"GoodNotes 6 if you are happy paying. That’s the ultimate of what people seem to go for."
"Goodnotes 6 has to be the best notetaking app for ipad rn."
"Goodnotes 6"
"I used goodnotes to do exactly this during all of my clinical rotations and absolutely loved it."
"Create 1 document per patient, title it the patients initials or room #."
"School - Goodnotes and Notion are my favorite."
#2
Apple
4.5
(18)
"Goodnotes has a killer presenter view that enhances teaching."
"Notability allows you to upload and write on notes, with many templates available."
"The adapter works seamlessly to connect the iPad to the projector."
"GoodNotes is excellent for taking notes by hand with an Apple Pencil."
"An excellent app for music production on the go!"
"Perfect for taking handwritten notes."
"I really love GoodNotes and it’s what I use to write notes and download my class readings."
"The FltPlanGo app is essential for flight planning and works seamlessly with XPlane."
"Submarine Reddit has great support for iPad Pro."
"IBooks allows you to store PDFs and has a wide range of books available."
#3
Notability
4.3
(12)
"Notability! So versatile"
"Notability is amazing for note."
"I really like notability."
"Notability has been incredible for me. Very organized, can handle large PDF files and you record lectures while taking notes with the feature to replay both writing and recording as if it was in real time."
"I have notability , and it’s been great for handling/generating pdfs and also syncs across devices."
"For small pdf annotations notability is best."
"Notability- it is paid, but I found it worth the money."
"I like notability !"
"Notibility is good if you want something free but also has a subscription for more features."
"I use notability, it's great."
#4
Procreate
4.8
(10)
"Procreate is fantastic but it does cost money"
"Procreate the goat"
"If you draw at all, procreate is a must."
"I use procreate and like it"
"Procreate but Sketchbook is one of the best ive ever used."
"I personally use Procreate because it’s very affordable, has a lot of features, very easy to learn & get used to."
"Almost everyone drawing on an iPad is using Procreate."
"Procreate is really the gold standard, there are YouTube tutorials that make it pretty easy to learn."
"I also have Procreate, both because I enjoy drawing but also use it to make diagrams sometimes."
"My fiancée uses Procreate, not specifically for mapmaking however I have seen several people here using it :)"
#5
OneNote
4.2
(6)
"One note! syncs easily between my mac & ipad, easy to sort/organize, & just super user friendly"
"I just use 'one note'. Unlimited page layout horizontally and vertically for adding more and more to notes when revising."
"I think OneNote would be good for the ipad."
"One note! You can use it on your computer as well which is super useful."
"Onenote recently introduced a dark mode for iOS."
"It’s all preference."
#6
Microsoft
4.6
(5)
"I use Microsoft’s OneNote to write notes on my iPad during class and then I use Zoom to show the iPad over the PC in the classroom. In OneNote, you can import PDFs into your notes and draw/write on them."
"OneDrive allows easy access to documents from my PC on my iPad."
"The Microsoft suite is essential for productivity."
"Useful for typing rough drafts and memos."
"Work Folders could be a possibility. There is an iPad app."
#7
CollaNotes
4.8
(4)
"Collanotes. It's the best out there and It's free"
"Guys, try CollaNotes premium! You won’t regret."
"I use collanotes, happy with that."
"Collanote. Free, and does the job."
#8
AMRC
4.3
(4)
"Amrc. I didn't realize how good it was until I downloaded it myself."
"I like amrc."
"Another vote for AMRC."
"AMRC is amazing and worth to buy the pro version."
#9
Noteful
4.3
(4)
"Try noteful, bought the premium version right away."
"Either Goodnotes or Noteful."
"I like Noteful, the free version is fine, the paid ($5ish) gives you more options."
"Noteful."
#10
Nebo
4.3
(4)
"Nebo is great for mind mapping."
"I like Nebo."
"I really like Nebo but it's paid."
"Nebo app has an infinite sized canvas option that I use for sketching."
#11
Freenotes
4.0
(3)
"I use freenotes, they are free and has everhthing gn has"
"Freenotes."
"I just use freenotes because it gives me the best handwriting."
#12
Adobe
5.0
(2)
"Go for Adobe Fresco. Completely Free."
"Adobe Fresco is free now, I believe. You can sketch in raster and in vector."
#13
forScore
5.0
(2)
"ForScore and the IMSLP."
"[forScore] is the usual recommendation."
#14
Anki
5.0
(2)
"Anki is all you will need."
"Anki is my holy grail and the only reason I'm passing A-levels."
#15
Google Calendar
4.5
(2)
"To organise my time for both revision and lessons, I also use Google Calendar."
"Google Calendar is a great alternative."
#16
Piascore
4.5
(2)
"Piascore is a free app similar to forescore."
"I use Piascore mostly because it was free."
#17
NoteDrafts
4.0
(2)
"Notedrafts! Same feel as the native app, but not customisable squeeze and double tap function, but I prefer it to Notability and Goodnotes."
"Catch notedrafts while it's free. It has templates for journalin (in English)."
#18
ibisPaint
4.0
(2)
"Ibis paint is good as well and it's free with some pay to unlock features"
"Ibis paint or clip studio paint (free trial)"
#19
Alien Blue
3.0
(2)
"100% Alien blue. I'm pretty sure it's the official reddit app right now."
"I found Alien Blue to be hard to navigate."
#20
GarageBand
5.0
(1)
"I found Garage Band to be the easiest to set up."
#21
Duolingo
5.0
(1)
"Duolingo and Memrise are awesome."
#22
Memrise
5.0
(1)
"Duolingo and Memrise are awesome."
#23
Kesting
5.0
(1)
"I give my stamp of approval for Kesting's apps."
#24
Justin Guitar
5.0
(1)
"Justin - justinguitar just put out a new one for 1 minute chord change helps you practice improving speed It's free."
#25
MarginNote 3
5.0
(1)
"A great alternative, and I personally use it myself, is marginnote 3. It uses your iCloud as your sync service so, just one time payment."
#26
Musescore
5.0
(1)
"Musescore of course."
#27
Korg Gadget
5.0
(1)
"Korg gadget is amazing and cloud syncs projects that can be exported as ableton proj or stems."
#28
Goodnotes
5.0
(1)
"Goodnotes 6."
#29
Noteshelf
5.0
(1)
"I personally love both Noteshelf and Goodnotes."
#30
Element Note
5.0
(1)
"I use Element Note, it’s amazing."
#31
Miro
5.0
(1)
"I use miro for most of my everything."
#32
Master Your DSLR Photography
5.0
(1)
"Hands down the best app is on the iPad App Store."
#33
Lemur
5.0
(1)
"I and many others use lemur as a way to trigger drum patterns."
#34
Yoga Studio
5.0
(1)
"Go with Yoga Studio as others have mentioned."
#35
Scribd
5.0
(1)
"I garuntee you that Scribd is the best place to find them."
#36
Amazing Slow Downer
5.0
(1)
"I do find it pretty amazing."
#37
Nova
5.0
(1)
"MIDISynth Control is a great app for editing patches on iPhone & iPad."
#38
Nomad
5.0
(1)
"Nomad sculpt is the best 3D app for iPad in my opinion."
#39
Savage Interactive
5.0
(1)
"Procreate is an amazing app for digital artists!"
#40
iLovePDF
5.0
(1)
"Sobrang ok po sya sa notability kasi pwede kang gumawa ng divider per subject."
#41
GeoShred
5.0
(1)
"GeoShred Control is worth a try … it’s free."
#42
Notion
5.0
(1)
"Notion is perfect for typing up class notes."
#43
Alien
5.0
(1)
"Classic mode activated enhances the experience!"
#44
Beatmaker
5.0
(1)
"Probably the best option for you is Beatmaker 3. It's on the MPC side but much more complete, like a DAW."
#45
CollaNote
5.0
(1)
"Collanote is a great note-taking app that rivals Notability and GoodNotes."
#46
Flora
5.0
(1)
"Flora is excellent for increased productivity."
#47
IMSLP
5.0
(1)
"I just downloaded to the Books app."
#48
iAlien
5.0
(1)
"Fully featured and looks really nice on an iPad."
#49
Guitar Toolkit
5.0
(1)
"Well worth the price of entry. It even allows you to plug in the notes you're fretting and tells you what chord you're playing."
#50
FileExplorer
5.0
(1)
"I personally like FileExplorer. It supports many protocols including Windows, Mac shares, DropBox, OneDrive, etc.. and has a local storage as well."
#51
Jamup
5.0
(1)
"This is what I use to play guitar now."
#52
Ergopad
4.0
(1)
"[ergopad](https://pashutk.com/ergopad/)?"
#53
BaconReader
4.0
(1)
"Baconreader"
#54
Tony Northrup
4.0
(1)
"Well written, easy to understand has a bunch of videos and covers enough subjects to get a beginner started"
#55
Lynda.com
4.0
(1)
"Get a subscription to Lynda.com"
#56
Canva
4.0
(1)
"You could upload your art to Canva. Com web based design program"
#57
Affinity
4.0
(1)
"I’ve also heard good things about Affinity"
#58
JamUp Pro
4.0
(1)
"I'm using JamUp Pro, Stompbox and Garage Band. They've each got their pros and cons."
#59
Stompbox
4.0
(1)
"I'm using JamUp Pro, Stompbox and Garage Band. They've each got their pros and cons."
#60
Cody
4.0
(1)
"Www.codyapp.com"
#61
Korg
4.0
(1)
"Korg gadget with all the plugins it costs about 250, looks and feels like the mpc, has a lot of sample based gadgets"
#62
Kodi
4.0
(1)
"My best suggestion would be to side-load a media streaming tool such as Kodi"
#63
Plex
4.0
(1)
"Plex will definitely play from a server to the ipad...pretty sure it'll play flac too."
#64
Concepts
4.0
(1)
"Concepts. Vector based, infinite canvas, exports to a lot of formats."
#65
Remote Mouse
4.0
(1)
"Remote mouse. Great little app, you need to install it on both your Mini and the IPad."
#66
MidiPad
4.0
(1)
"I think MidiPad might meet your needs."
#67
TouchOSC
4.0
(1)
"There are lots of free ones, but I like two paid apps in particular - TouchOSC and MIDI Designer Pro."
#68
Microsoft Whiteboard
4.0
(1)
"Microsoft whiteboard works great for me."
#69
Nikon Learn & Explore
4.0
(1)
"You may want to check out the Nikon Learn & Explore app."
#70
Flac Player
4.0
(1)
"Put the FLACs directly on the iPad, and play them, with Flac Player."
#71
Quizlet
4.0
(1)
"I prefer quizlet over other flash card apps like anki, but both are great!"
#72
iPhone Calendar
4.0
(1)
"The pre-installed iPhone calendar app is useful."
#73
GeoGebra
4.0
(1)
"GeoGebra is great for visualizing mathematical problems."
#74
Mendeley
4.0
(1)
"It lets me annotate everything I need and sync across devices."
#75
AstroPad
4.0
(1)
"AstroPad offers a two-week free trial, making it a great option for users."
#76
Easy Canvas
4.0
(1)
"Easy Canvas is much cheaper than AstroPad, making it a budget-friendly choice."
#77
AlienBlue
4.0
(1)
"It's not perfect, but it somehow feels like home to me."
#78
Sibelius
4.0
(1)
"Sibelius can export into PDF, making it easy to share scores."
#79
Finale
4.0
(1)
"Finale also supports PDF export, which is very useful."
#80
TI-Nspire CAS
3.0
(1)
"I use the (paid for) TI-NSpire CAS app for the limited data analysis I sometimes do."
#81
The Omni Group
2.0
(1)
"But it’s really expensive."
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