My Favourite iPad Productivity Apps (2021)
My Favourite iPad Productivity Apps (2021)
Check out which iPad you should buy in 2021 here – https://youtu.be/Wg3VWhu_M6Q
In this video I’ll be going over my 10 favourite productivity apps in 2021.
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00:00 Intro
00:05 Unread
01:33 Instapaper
02:53 Drafts
03:57 Shortform
05:53 Things 3
07:27 Notability
09:09 Procreate
10:18 Day One
11:42 Kindle
12:39 Notion
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Drafts is my favourite! So quick to use on my iPad.
Thank you for the Ad free experience 🙂 *thumbs up*
Hey can you pls share the wallpaper ?
How do you make that apple pencil trick?
Is it just me or does he have apps to use other apps better?
The pen roll tho… missed the rest of the apps
Hey Ali, Great content. A couple fo questions. Im sure you’ve answered these before but, what camera do you use, what software do you edit your videos with and what file type do you upload to YouTube? cheers
wallpaper ?
I love your work. Would you share your book note template for notion?
Shortform reviews are atrocious tho 😂
my also favourite activity on my ipad is talking a not editing videos and photos and also i like about ipad is you can customize your widget with anything you like to put and also i like making music production and also playing music is my favourite tool on ipad while multitasking and using other app on single screen
Made people excited for the ipad by advertising it as the ultimate and one stop handwritten note-taking tool for work and academics, and then goes ahead to shift to actual paper.
But when are we going to get a How-to Spin an Apple Pencil like Ali Abdaal video, I’ll be waiting 😏
Can i have one apple pencil for my ipad 8th gen? Pls 🥺
Gonna get notability for sure today.
Would love to see a list of the top blogs and podcasts you follow!!
Craft > Notion
I envy people who live on these apps, for me it’s extremely overwhelming for adhd lol
while i probably won’t ever be on the same level of productivity you are, you were my inspiration to go back to school and i can’t thank this channel enough. i’m 24 years old and over halfway to my AA now, and i do plan on getting my BA in business marketing. so thank you! you really helped ignite the productivity flame inside me again to do better with my life.
I would love a more detailed review of the app things 3 and how you use it! Great video!
Ali, all this stuff is so overwhelming how can you keep track of all this?
Produce children,ultimate productivity
Hey Ali, can you please explain how you are doing this cool spinning thing with the apple pencil 😀 (9:32)
Man, I really like the background music.
Hey i really like your ipad wall paper, mind sharing where did u get it? Thanks!
the looming is insane 0:59
If not this video, I would never have known about Instapaper. Such a cool app to have.
what’s that wallpaper?
How to get the wallpapers that you had on your ipad
What wallpaper are you using on your iPad?
Just tell me from where do you get those awesome wallpapers ?
Super.
Hey Ali, thank you for making this video. How do you digitalize your paper documents and how do you organize them in apps? Do you have a video for that? Thank you very much
and adobe photoshop is my favourite app
Shortform is a shady site: they’ll keep charging you even if you don’t want their service anymore. I strongly advise against using their services.
Ali, I truly enjoy your YouTube videos and articles–thanks so much for sharing your knowledge! However, I would not recommend Shortform to anyone, and you should probably stop promoting them, too.
I wanted to check them out, but I canceled my subscription eventually because they didn’t have the books I was looking for.
I had unsubscribed several weeks ago, yet they keep trying to charge me $197 almost every day since. I’ve contacted their support twice but the issue is still unresolved. Apparently, their strategy is to keep trying to charge forever until they steal the money.
Short form has 2 stars…. Are you the owner lol
Is things 3 or todoist better?
Purchasing and installing all these apps is not going to help one stop procastinating, it requires a lot of effort and sacrifice
Shortform app has such low rating on appstore. Apparently they steal money
Your video in 0.75x Speed is Perfect !!
Procreate is everywhere
I subscribed because of the Mistborn and Stormlight comment. Also nice vid.
Some useful thoughts there. You have terrible handwriting though, something I can absolutely empathise with. Why is it that people with high IQ have bad handwriting!
Why would one need both Feedly and Unread. What am I missing here.
Very informative video! Yes, I’ve been using some of your productivity apps together with Connecteam. We have been more productive since then.
is that ipad pro 12.9?
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I bought good notes and notability and YES THE FREAKING STROKES!!!
Obstetrics and Gyn? 😂 Great video! Thank you so much ☺️
Is this the tech Ali A?