Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad?

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by mraza007 • 5 years ago

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Hello HN, I recently bought an iPad Air for taking notes and creative work in general.

I would love to know what are your must have apps for iPad

pier25• 5 years ago

ProCreate and/or Linea

mraza0072• 5 years ago

I think i heard about procreate but I’ll check out linea

jerkstate• 5 years ago

Pythonista, Blink (mosh/ssh client), affinity Photo

mraza0072• 5 years ago

I think I have used pythonista on iPhone but is iPad good for coding can you get git client on iPad

simonh2• 5 years ago

It’s much easier with the extra space on an iPad. There’s a git client called Working Copy that works well, and an official GitHub client.

Also consider PyTO for Python on iOS. It’s fully open source and in active development, but much less polished than Pythonista which unfortunately has been moribund for several years now.

Further development options include Codea that’s an excellent Lua dev environment, and Apple’s Swift Playgrounds that provides access to SwiftUI, and later this year will enable uploading apps developed in it to the store.

schappim• 5 years ago

Re Blink.

I've been a long time Blink user and recently switched to ShellFish:

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/secure-shellfish-ssh-client/id...

Like Blink it is fast, but it also has great support for the files app & shortcuts, and widgets. The widgets are actually useful because they have the option to turn on "Location Persistence" which must use an API similar to navigation apps.

[1] I wonder how long this will last before Apple wises up.

Jcowell• 5 years ago

Panels. Good reader app for DRM-free comic books. Octal for Hacker News content. Discord. Procreate if you’re an artist. Streaming apps.

simonh2• 5 years ago

Goodreader is an excellent PDF repository and reader if you have a large library (I’m a TTRPG gamer) although you can get by with iBooks.

I find Google Drive and Google Docs indispensable, but Notability is also excellent. The built in notes app is surprisingly capable though, so you might as well check it out.

partlysean• 5 years ago

I use GoodNotes for all of my note taking and non-artistic sketching. Syncs with my iPhone and Mac, so it’s easy to have them everywhere.

theCodeStig• 5 years ago

Notability

joannanewsom• 5 years ago

PolyGit for your Git client

tailspin20193• 5 years ago

If you have an Apple Pencil, I highly recommend “Concepts” [0]

I use it for general software design/planning like UI wireframes, flowcharts and various other things

[0] https://concepts.app

vr462• 5 years ago

A++ for Concepts, single most important app for me working with clients. So good, has helped me help clients for two solid years now.

tailspin20193• 5 years ago

I’m trying to make better use of it.

I’m curious what sort of things you use it for if you’re willing to share?

alexanderdmitri• 5 years ago

Octal as an HN reader, love it.

Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad?

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