

Bar some simplification regarding view and export options, it's essentially the same app. On iPad, Scrivener is, astonishingly, almost identical to its desktop cousin. Everything's always within reach, and your work can constantly be rethought, reorganised, and reworked. The feature-rich app provides all kinds of ways to write, even incorporating research documents directly into projects. On the desktop, Scrivener (opens in new tab) is widely acclaimed as the writer's tool of choice. Our favorite iPad apps, learning tools and games for toddlers and children.

Given the quality of the app, it’s well worth the outlay. You get a handful of sounds to play with for free, but the full set requires a one-off IAP. Your mixes can be saved, and sleep timers and alarms are available if you want to use White Noise+ for meditation sessions – or for waking you up should you doze off. Those toward the top play more loudly, and those toward the right have more complex loops. Here, you get 16 slots, into which you drag icons that represent different sounds. The app’s based around a grid akin to smart drums in GarageBand. Fortunately, White Noise+ is none of those things, instead providing a thoroughly modern, tactile take on noise generation. Many apps in this space are a bit new age and flowery, and quite a few are, frankly, rubbish. White Noise+ (opens in new tab) is a sound machine designed to reduce distractions by way of ambient noise. Our favorite iPad apps for learning something new – from astronomy to human history. But otherwise the app is an excellent means of crafting stories on an iPad, and you can export your work in a range of formats to share with friends - and Stan Lee. Oddly, Comic Life 3's filters aren't that impressive, not making your photos look especially hand-drawn. For people who are perhaps taking things a bit too seriously (or actual comic creators, who can use this app for quick mock-ups), there's a bundled script editor as well. Importing images is straightforward, and you get plenty of control over sound effects and speech balloons. You select from pre-defined templates or basic page layouts, and can then begin working on a Marvel-worrying masterpiece. There are plenty of apps that enable you to add comic-like filters and the odd speech balloon to your photos, but Comic Life 3 (opens in new tab) goes the whole hog regarding comic creation. Our favorite iPad apps for painting, sketching, drawing, CAD, pixel art, graphic design and animation.

