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The iPad is a great tool for students, but also for journalists or writers, for example. In the Apple App Store, you will find an abundance of iPad applications that could be useful not only in your everyday life. In this article, we will show together such applications that will help you to improve efficiency and speed at work. Let's get straight to the point.

Noted ․

If you are looking for a simple notebook for meetings, interviews or lectures, Noted․ is the right choice for you. Notes can be easily sorted into folders, for which you can even create shortcuts and then launch them via Siri. In addition to all kinds of formatting, inserting images or various attachments, the application can also record sound. You can record during the recording, and when the presenter says something important, you can simply mark the section and move through the individual sections after the recording is interrupted. You can also use the last mentioned function on the Apple Watch, and the good news is that you don't need to be connected to an iPhone with it. The application is free, but at this point it only offers basic functions. After purchasing the full version for 39 CZK per month or 349 CZK per year, you get skipping of silent places, fast export of recordings from Apple Watch and many other advanced functions.

Ulysses

Ulysses is very popular among writers, but also editors, journalists and students. The application can act like a truncated text editor, but simplicity is its strength. It supports the Markdown markup language, which is definitely beneficial to learn. You can also export documents to HTML, DOCX, PDF or EPUB, useful features also include the ability to set a goal, how many words, sentences or pages you write per day. The application works on a subscription basis, where the developers charge either CZK 139 per month or CZK 1170 per year. For students, Ulysses offers a special type of subscription, where you get the software for 270 CZK for 6 months.

CalculatorPro

For some inexplicable reason, Apple hasn't added a native calculator to the iPads, which is rather incomprehensible given that it markets its devices as a computer replacement. Fortunately, there are a number of alternatives, and Calculator Pro is one of the good and advanced ones. It offers both basic options and advanced calculations, currency conversions, temperatures, speeds and much more. The application is free, to remove ads you only need to pay a one-time payment of CZK 25.

Adobe Scan

From time to time it is useful to convert printed text into digital form, but these days you no longer need a scanner for this. There are many applications (including native ones) for text scanning, and one of the reliable ones is Adobe Scan. After taking a picture of the text, it simply recognizes it and converts it into a PDF document. You can then annotate, crop, remove handwriting or edit the application using Adobe Acrobat Reader. You don't pay anything to use Adobe's scanner, but you can purchase some of the services that the company offers in the app.

Notability

If you've owned an iPad with an Apple Pencil for some time now, you've surely at least registered the Notability app. This is the perfect tool for writing with the Apple Pencil. Take notes. here, as in other applications, you can sort into folders, to which you then add notes. The application can record audio, and when you scroll through individual notes and tap on a certain place, it will start playing from the beginning of the note. You can also add images and export other attachments or notes. If you have decided on this application, prepare CZK 229 for the purchase.

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