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Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by tailspin2019 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @02:21AM (#27614526)
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

Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by vr46 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @04:25AM (#27615153)
A++ for Concepts, single most important app for me working with clients. So good, has helped me help clients for two solid years now.
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by tailspin2019 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @05:24AM (#27615460)
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?

Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by vr46 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @04:14AM (#27640114)
90% of my use is actually just treating it like a whiteboard. The features that help me are the grid, the smoothness of the tools, the ease of export to slack and so on to quickly share.

For example, I drew a diagram of a river to represent the data flow through the client's company, and was able to shade chunks in yellow to represent team pissing into the river with bad quality data and how that affects the major consumers downstream. They got the idea instantly.

Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by tailspin2019 on Saturday June 26, 2021 @10:47AM (#27642319)
I didn’t expect such a hilarious response to this question :)
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by jerkstate on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:43PM (#27612506)
Pythonista, Blink (mosh/ssh client), affinity Photo
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by schappim on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:14PM (#27612718)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by mraza007 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:53PM (#27612569)
I think I have used pythonista on iPhone but is iPad good for coding can you get git client on iPad
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by simonh on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:24PM (#27612791)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by simonh on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:29PM (#27612827)
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.

Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by partlysean on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @10:04PM (#27613044)
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.
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by Jcowell on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @09:13PM (#27612714)
Panels. Good reader app for DRM-free comic books. Octal for Hacker News content. Discord. Procreate if you’re an artist. Streaming apps.
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by alexanderdmitri on Thursday June 24, 2021 @03:07PM (#27622424)
Octal as an HN reader, love it.
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by joannanewsom on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:47PM (#27613763)
PolyGit for your Git client
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by theCodeStig on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @11:12PM (#27613487)
Notability
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by pier25 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:31PM (#27612415)
ProCreate and/or Linea
Re:Ask HN: What are your must have apps for iPad? by mraza007 on Wednesday June 23, 2021 @08:53PM (#27612571)
I think i heard about procreate but I’ll check out linea