Quite simply, the best five iPad app's out there

Being the huge Apple fan I am, I couldn't exist without my iPhone, mainly for the constant Internet resource, but mostly because they are just such superior phones. However the iPad: well, it just tops that doesn't it. 

(Even my mom has an iPad 2. They are incredibly useful and universal)

Here are what I believe, are the best iPad apps currently available.

1. Vanity Fair:

This elite American publication has produced an app that really is a leader in the magazine and media world. VF with it's extensive features, talented writers and journalists, some of the best in the occupation because of the quality and depth the magazine demands, is one app you must download. Being able to stream this instantly - well, i say instantly, it does actually take a little while to download, but it is lengthy - without purchasing the US mag itself, is just brilliant. I would really recommend purchasing the latest edition and getting a coffee, sitting back, and reading some very stimulating pieces...

The navigation of the app is flawless. You glide from left to write, as you would a magazine, and scroll down as your eye line would to read through the article, its very simple and very effective. You can see as much or as little information on the screen as the options allow, where clicking on an accompanying photo to the piece will allow a pop-up, to pop up, to be privy to further information at your request. 

I think it is the format and formula for how magazines, especially monthly magazines who cannot keep up to date with the day to day blogger's, tweeters and constant news feeds which would render the magazine almost already outdated when it's finally published, can thrive in the 'virtual' future of the industry. For these publications that feature lengthy and considered pieces, and not hype, or the latest thing to happen, it is definitely sustainable. 

An incredible magazine at times.

2. Stella's World

The label's app for the iPad is creative and fun. The illustrations by Barry Reigate only add to the buoyancy of the inner world... The app reads like an insight into the mind of Stella and the foresight of the fashion house. It has beautiful classical music accompanying the backdrop of the ethereal first photo shoot you are greeted with, which is an absolute pleasure. Along with a biography of the 'animated' vision of the illustrator Reigate titled 'Dirty Pretty Things' who created the look; an underwear spread to admire; an art feature on 'Land art' photography today; all reading as a possible scrapbook into what Stella likes and is inspired by herself. 

My personal favourite is the kids range. It's beyond humorous and incredibly original, as you see.

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3. MoMA

I recently viewed the entire Abstract Expressionist New York exhibition through his app and it was amazing to see. The vast display was there, you can click on any painting, a photo encompassing the whole screen lights up, with further information on the painting on the top left hand side, should you want it.

Of course there is nothing like the real thing, seeing the enormity of the work, the intricacy of the painting up close and personal, but it is a very good second. 

Information on the museum/gallery is available, such as: this is the first museum purpose built to display work from the modern era, in 1929. I also believe if you were in New York currently, about the explore the vast building yourself, the app will give you an accompanying tour of all the collections. How awesome is that?!

4. Mail Online

While I'm not a fan of the paper itself, the layout and navigation of the Mail Online app is definitely the best the newspaper industry has to offer. It is simple, clean, has colour coded thumbnails for the different themes, it downloads, uploads and reads very effortlessly and clutter free. I hope, this is how more of the media outlets will choose to showcase their paper virtually.

The Times is also good, but not as easy or visually cleansing as the Mail Online.

The Huffington Post is not bad idea, and is an up-to-date and current concept, but the pages are very 'busy' and i find this less comfortable to view quickly or with leisure.

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 5. Pocket Universe

And finally, a personal favourite of mine. This app is also on the iPhone, but nothing can beat seeing this again on the sizable upgrade of the iPad screen. The aim is to locate yourself, in the universe, and the image of the sky - the night sky option is best - above you will tell you all about what you are able to see - and not - the stars, the rotation, the distance you are from what in space, and it is absolutely astonishing.

I really do recommend downloading this and just viewing at various times, it's really good to be curious. And satisfying to know the answers to things you often fail to look up to even notice transpiring above you...