Whether you're after the latest free iPad apps or the paid for App Store essentials, T3's app experts pick the best iPad apps to grab in 2013
Just bought an iPad 4 or iPad Mini and need some guidance on what to grab from the Apple Store? Helping you furnish your Apple tablet with the top quality, free and paid for apps, T3's specialist iPad app reviewing team will be picking out the very best apps available right now.
So whether you scroll aimlessly through the App Store, or plan to invest in an Apple tablet in the near future, here's our monthly updated list of what the T3 app experts have uncovered this month.
Notegraphy
With a design that fits well within the iOS7 aesthetic, Notegraphy lets you create beautiful looking text with automatic formatting and instant sharing through a whole host of social networks. Check out the gallery and feast your eyes upon other works of art.
With a bit of work and patience you can create some really nice looking pieces, which look rather professional. It takes a bit of time though, but stick with it and soon you'll have a gallery brimming with top class looking text. The Instagram of writing? In time maybe.
Repix
Photo editing apps are two a penny on the App Store, and it doesn’t look like the influx of picture altering tools is going to be stopping anytime soon. Repix hopes to offer something a bit different, giving you even more control over your snaps than before. There are over 28 brushes, 15 filters and it works really smoothly. With iOS came a few new shooting formats, square for instance, and Repix has built support for this in.
Paperless post
Days of drawing and creating your own party invitations are long gone; there are apps for that now. Design the card through the app, customising everything from fonts and backdrops, to colours and alignment and then you can track RSVPs and even communicate with your guests. If you're not a design whizz, there are a load of pre-made templates to save you time.
Dailymotion
Record, cut and add a limited choice of filters to your videos before uploading straight to the Dailymotion site. Along with adding your own content, the app lets you browse through Dailymotion's massive library of videos, covering a whole host of genres in an easy to navigate manner.. Instant fame is all but assured, though we at T3 do not guarantee this.
Facetune for iPad
Price: £2.49 | Download Facetune for iPad
The pictures you take are rarely perfect. More often than not you’re stuck with lopsided smiles and the odd closed eye. Facetune looks to change this, giving you chance to touch up your self-portraits and ensure you don’t look like a horror film extra. While it may look simple of the surface, this app is really quite, with a load of options and tweaks. A bargain for the price.
Microsoft Remote Desktop
If you’re an iPad user with a PC running the latest version of Windows 8 then this could be a killer app. Access all your files and apps from anywhere, with multi-touch gestures and simple set-up, your iPad just got a bit more productive. Plus, it’s free, which is often a variety for these virtual machine type apps.
Cobook Contacts
The iPhone contacts app is hardly the pinnacle of Apple’s design, Cobook on the other hand is a joy to gaze upon. With a new iOS7 look, contact pictures running down the side and quick access to Facebook and Twitter, this is a great replacement. Another handy feature is My Card, which plugs all your details into a business card like interface which can be easily sharable.
Bob Dylan Bootlegs
Fan of Bob Dylan? Get downloading. Journey through 35 rare releases, with visual timelines for each track, a ton of snaps, in-depth video interviews as well as interactive lyrics, so you can sing along at the top of your voice, all packed into a tidy package. This app is jammed full of content, plus it’s presented in a smooth and easy to get navigate way.
Jimdo
Choose a layout, pick a domain name and, well, that's about it: welcome to your spanking new website, and it’s already optimised for mobile devices. Already rocking a Jimdo created site? You can still get all the benefits of the app by simply punching in your account details. So… Lunch then?
Morning
Make the morning less of a chore with this useful, highly customisable app that lays out your day’s events, weather updates and even traffic info in an easy to digest manner.
£1.99 | Download
MusiXmatch
Fancy yourself as the next Adele or Justin Timberlake? Test out your skills, in private hopefully, with song lyrics over-laid on music videos. Well, anything is better than those terrible lyric videos on YouTube.
Free | Download
BlogLovin’
If you’re a blog loving junkie then this app is the perfect way of organising band keeping up-to-date with all the latest posts and viewing them in a simple, streamlined fashion.
Free | Download
Shazam for iPad
Never again will you be driven crazy trying to remember the name of ‘that song’ with this useful music recognition service. It can even auto recognise music, so no need to even tap any buttons.
Free | Download
Travel Organiser
If you’re planning on jetting off for some much needed sun this summer, then check out this handy travel app to make sure you have everything ready to go. It will conveniently build a personalised itinerary and then let you smugly share it via Facebook.
Free | Download
Unmechanical
The beautiful side-scrolling puzzle game that throws you into an underground world full of pipes and physics based puzzles is powered by the Unreal Engine so expect slick 2D and 3D visuals while you try to scurry back to the surface.
Price: £1.99 | Platform: iPad 4.0+ | Download Unmechanical iPad app above
Speakerfy
This clever social sound app can sync up to 250 iOS devices over the same Wi-Fi network so you can turn them all into speakers which makes them ideal for silent discos parties or presentations.
Price: £0.69 | Platform: iPad 5.0+ | Download speakerfly iPad app above
KickMap London Tube
Marking the 80th birthday of the iconic map this app has redesigned the underground layout making lines clearer and more visible and plotting lines and landmarks closer to their actual location.
Price: £0.69 | Platform: iPad 5.0+ | Download KickMap London Tube iPad app above
Fuel Monitor
If you are trying to save the pennies this year this miser-tastic GPS helper is one of the best ways to work out how much your car’s guzzling on journeys in real time or in advance, for 60,000 vehicles. No petrol money, no lift!
Price: £1.49 | Download Fuel Monitor iPad app above
Morpholio Trace
Turning your Apple tablet into a digital tracing paper book, the ultimate doodling tool for creative types loads up layers of tracing paper onto the screen and let’s you throw on more sheets to help you see the creative process from start to finish.
Price: Free | Download Morpholio Trace iPad app above
Star Map 3D+ Star
Stretch your knowledge of the constellations beyond Orion’s Belt by raising your iPad to the sky and using the on board GPS and compass to pick out stars, planets precisely in view from your current location.
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