1. Procreate, priced at $12.99, is a digital art app with various brushes, high-resolution canvases, and features like QuickShape, StreamLine, Drawing Assist, and ColorDrop. Users can share time-lapse videos of their creative process on social media.
2. LumaFusion, at $29.99, is a video editing app ideal for aspiring filmmakers. It offers multiple layer edits with 4K ProRes and HDR media, numerous transitions, voice-overs, multilayer titles, fine-tunes audio, and additional features like multicam editing and exporting to Final Cut Pro can be purchased.
3. Canva (free or $12.99/month) is a versatile platform for creating visual content without graphic design experience, offering over 250,000 templates, AI tools, photo editing, personalizing content, and more. Affinity Designer 2 ($18.49), suitable for professionals in various creative fields, combines vector design, pixel-based textures, and retouching into a single platform, supporting Apple Pencil's precision. Concepts (basic features free, $4.99/month subscription) is an app for brainstorming ideas, sketching plans, and experimenting with designs, offering realistic pens, pencils, and brushes that respond to pressure and tilt, as well as scale and measurement tools. Each of these apps can help transform your iPad into a powerful creativity tool.