Trivia time: How many native iPad apps are there in the iTunes App Store? 1,000? 5,000? 10,000? Not even close. Apple revealed in October, 2012 that there are more than 275,000 dedicated iPad apps. That's more than a quarter million apps that run the gamut from the social to the business-centric. That's a lot of software battling for a home on your iPad, or iPad mini. As such, you need to be discerning in your app selection—your iPad may quickly fill up, depending on its storage capacity, multimedia content, and lure of free and dirt-cheap apps.
The App Store contains some truly magnificent apps and some... that are not. So the vital question is this: How do you find the gems? The most obvious answer is to read the App Store user ratings and reviews, but that's a potential time-suck of massive proportions. Plus, user reviews can be highly biased, and a little-known app may have only a handful of reviews. The better answer would be to check out PCMag.com's picks as the staff has tested hundreds of iPad apps and weeded out the stinkers.
What You'll Find in This ListPCMag.com's 100 best iPad apps list focuses on native iPad apps that deliver unique and compelling tablet-based experiences all their own, not iPhone apps running in 2X mode. We've broken our selections into seven categories to make finding the best iPad apps even easier: Social Networking, Business, Communication, Entertainment, Creativity, News/Reference/ Information, and Reading. Unless stated, all of the apps presented here are compatible with all existing iPad models.
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