Great free apps for your tablet
Get yourself some great on-the-go tablet apps for no money at all.
There are some surprisingly capable free apps designed for Apple and Android tablets. There are all sorts of utilities, productivity tools and games that take advantage of the tablet’s larger screen. Content creation apps such as Creatic prove the tablet isn’t just for consuming media, the Khan Academy app is great for education and if you want to visit another planet without leaving the comfort of your living room, download Mission to Mars AR. It’s out of this world!
JustWatch
FROM justwatch.com
FOR iPad, Apple TV, Android
With so much TV content available, finding something to watch can be a chore. What with Netflix, Disney+, Apple TV+, iPlayer, Now TV, and so on. That’s where JustWatch comes in. Tick the services you have available, and the app aggregates their content.
Creatic: Graphic Design Editor
FROM creaticapp.com FOR iPhone, iPad
It’s amazing what you can do on the iPad. Creatic: Graphic Design Editor is an awesome design tool for building templates, filters, social media posts, illustrations, photo manipulations, paintings, posters, photos, fonts, stickers, vectors, brushes, colour palettes and more. You can start with a blank canvas if you wish, or choose one of the app’s plentiful templates and modify it to fit your requirements. As well as a design app, it also offers a digital marketplace where you can download other users’ work and upload your own too. Most content is free, and for the rest, prices are low. It won’t produce the artwork for you, but with a little talent and effort you can use Creatic to breathe new life into your art.
Rocket League Sideswipe
FROM sideswipe.rocketleague.com
FOR IPAD, iPhone, Android
Rocket League’s quirky mix of driving and football has gained a cult following on a number of gaming platforms, and with Sideswipe, it’s reimagined for the touchscreen. It features fast-paced, two-minute games, customisable cars and online multiplayer games.
Easy Audio Recorder
FROM digipom.com
FOR iPhone, iPad, Android
Interviews have never been easier. Use Easy Voice Recorder to record speech in high-quality PCM, MP4 or AAC formats, save them to your device or to iCloud, and even transcribe them into text. A small IAP gives you unlimited transcriptions.
Khan Academy
FROM khanacademy.org FOR iPhone, iPad, Android
You don’t have to go to college or university to learn. Khan Academy gives access to a wide range of online courses, all of which are available online for free. A charitable organisation, the Academy ‘has a mission of providing a free, worldclass education for anyone, anywhere’. There are courses available for everyone from kindergarten kids to adult graduates, covering subjects such as maths, science, reading, life skills, economics, history, humanities and more. You can download content for offline learning, and study at your own pace. There are helpful facilities for teachers and parents too. And it’s all totally free, without any in-app purchases.
AudioKit Synth One Synthesizer
FROM audiokitpro.com/synth
FOR iPhone, iPad
It’s breathtaking that this is totally free, with no IAP at all. Built by over a hundred volunteers across the world, it includes more than 400 sounds and 300 presets. It’s packed with features that should keep the budding musician happy for hours.
Universe — AI Website Builder
FROM onuniverse.com
FOR iPhone, iPad, online
This solid website builder lets you create a site on your mobile devices (or your Mac), with no coding necessary. You can put a site together in minutes using simple dragand-drop techniques and AI-powered design. All basic features are free too.
Mission to Mars AR
FROM App Store
FOR iPhone, iPad, Android
Imagine a planet that’s only populated by robots. In fact, you don’t have to imagine it. That planet is Mars, and the robots are the five rovers sent there by Earth. In Mission to Mars AR, you can read about and play with these rovers, experiencing the surface of Mars in glorious 3D, and explore a theoretical future human settlement. Using the power of augmented reality, you can even bring the rovers to Earth and drive them around your house. There’s plenty to see and do here, and it’s more than just a game. It’s difficult to imagine a more fun way to learn about Mars.