

iPad apps can’t track everything you do, as tools like RescueTime do on Macs and PCs, but Focus Keeper will count how many of your pomodoro periods you worked through along with how quickly you started work again. Once the time is up, take your short break, then restart the timer and start on the next task, and repeat through the rest of your workday. By default it has a ticking clock sound in the background you can turn that off if you find it distracting. Start a timer, and Focus Keeper will count down for 25 minutes before reminding you to stop for a break.

Focus Keeper is a pomodoro timer for iPad to help. But distractions are only a notification away, and if you work on the same thing too long, you might end up burning out before finishing the project. IPad full-screen apps make it easy to focus. But alongside them, the tools in this roundup will help you be more productive on your iPad.

You’ll likely still need other coding, design, writing, or other industry-focused apps. There are likely other industry specific apps that help in your work.įor this roundup, though, we focused on tools everyone can use-tools to help you work faster, not the main apps you’ll use for your job. Web apps typically work as well in Safari on the iPad as they would on a computer. You can use Microsoft Office on iPad today, along with basic versions of Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom. iMovie and GarageBand are handy for more creative work. The built-in Mail and Calendar apps sync with G Suite, Office 365, and more-and include keyboard shortcuts like their desktop counterparts. Pages, Keynote, and Numbers form a robust office suite for documents, presentations, and spreadsheets on your iPad. Your iPad comes with apps to get work done right out of the box. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. We're never paid for placement in our articles from any app or for links to any site-we value the trust readers put in us to offer authentic evaluations of the categories and apps we review. We spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software.
