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Best presentation apps for iPad and iPhone in 2024

Presentations are a handy tool for students,  teachers , and professionals. Moreover, you can also use them at parties and events because gone are the days of boring slides that fail to retain your audience’s attention. Today, you can quickly create captivating slideshows that communicate your message effectively and engagingly. So, check out these best presentation apps for iPad and iPhone, no matter what kind of project you’re working on in the classroom or the boardroom.

• Google Slides
• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Slideshow Creator
• Adobe Spark Video
• Prezi Viewer

Although Canva is well-known as a graphic design app , it can also help you create spectacular slides for a presentation that will wow your audience. There are tons of professionally designed templates that you can customize according to your needs.

Moreover, you can add your own brand elements like logos and images to create a unified look. The best part is that it is incredibly easy to use, yet gives you impeccable results. You can add your original pictures, illustrations, and text, or choose from the extensive database of design elements that it offers.

Price : Free (In-app Purchases start from $0.99)

2. Google Slides

Creating top-notch presentations with Google Slides is a breeze. It has a highly intuitive user-interface that makes your work easy. Further, the real-time collaboration feature lets you work with your friends and colleagues. You can add and rearrange slides, format text, and shapes with ease.

Further, you can also open and edit PowerPoint slides right from this app. Another notable feature is that it lets you work even offline. So, if you ever find yourself without an internet connection, your work won’t hit a roadblock. Lastly, Google Slides supports several languages, such as English, German, Italian, Japanese, and more.

Price:  Free

3. Microsoft PowerPoint

Across the world, PowerPoint has been synonymous with presentations for decades. In recent years, this tool has come a long way. So what better way to get creative than with this official app from Microsoft. It features a range of powerful and customizable slides and templates that will make you stand out.

Moreover, you can use a new AI tool called Presenter Coach that will help you practice your presentation and get real-time suggestions to adjust your pacing, avoid “umms” and speak confidently. Finally, there is seamless syncing with OneDrive that ensures your projects stay consistent across devices.

Price:  Free (In-app Purchases start from $6.99)

4. Notability

This is a renowned note-taking app for your iPad , but it doubles up as an excellent way to share presentations with others and keep your audience engaged. It has a lot of useful tools like ink, highlighter, text, and audio. If you’re working on a compatible iPad, you can even handwrite and sketch with Apple Pencil to bring your projects to life.

Further, the laser pointer makes it easy to direct attention to specific parts of your work. There’s also a multi-note feature that lets you view another note on your device that stays hidden from the audience whom you are presenting to. Not surprisingly, this is a bestselling paid app on the iPad App Store

Price : Free (Offers in app purchase $4.99)

5. Slideshow Creator

If you want to make a more casual presentation for family gatherings or parties, check out this easy-to-use iPad and iPhone presentation app. It offers various slideshow styles for everything from birthdays and graduation to sports events, invitations, and more.

You simply have to select the style you want, select the photos, videos, and music you want to collate, add text and captions, and then export it into a video that you can share through social media or project on a big screen.

Price : Free (In-app Purchases start from $4.99)

Here’s the app that Apple itself uses to present brilliant creations to the world. It’s the most powerful app to present your ideas on an iPhone or iPad. In addition to all the basic features, there are advanced options like animated charts and cinematic transitions to add that extra flair with ease.

Further, Keynote Live allows you to present a slideshow that your audience can follow on their Apple devices or online on iCloud.com. Finally, with the built-in real-time collaboration feature, it lets you work with your team seamlessly. Thanks to the Keynote for iCloud, even Windows PC users can collaborate.

7. Adobe Spark Video

This one’s a video editor app that also lets you create professional presentations. Within minutes, you can put together compelling video stories replete with professional images that highlight your message. You can even select the soundtrack that you like best, and the app will compile everything with beautiful cinematic motion.

Whether you want to inform, persuade, or inspire, your presentations can make an impact with this app. You can even access, edit, and share your video from a browser using Adobe Spark. All this functionality for free is a pretty sweet deal.

Price:  Free (Spark Subscription Monthly – $9.99)

8. Prezi Viewer

This iOS presentation app makes sure that you outshine everyone else. It’s intuitive and innovative, with stunning animations that draw your audience’s attention to precisely where you want it. You can even access and showcase your work offline if you need to.

When presenting, you don’t need to keep looking behind you because you can see your work on your phone screen too. Moreover, your iPhone or iPad acts as a clicker too! This neat app also supports multiple languages, including English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, and Japanese.

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So, when are you making your next presentation with one of these apps? Let us know your favorite in the comments below.

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8 Things I’ve Learned Using an iPad for Presentations

I love using my iPad for travel to conferences, and not just because it’s so lightweight and its battery lasts all day. For one thing, with the LTE version I’m not beholden to conference Wi-Fi; while some conferences have good connectivity, I never want to count on it. With the iPad I can nearly always get online.

But the iPad isn’t convenient only for attending conferences. It’s a good tool for presentations, too-or at least an excellent backup for a dedicated computer. I can easily be ready to present if I have a last-minute computer replacement.

Still, I had some things to learn the hard way about using an iPad for presentations. Perhaps I can save you a few steps.

The Basics of Getting Started

Learn the differences between “desktop” keynote and the ipad version.

While I present nearly exclusively from an iPad, I usually build my initial presentation on a Mac. I build all of my presentations in Keynote, and store them in iCloud. I can (and do) make tweaks to a presentation on-site via the iPad version of Keynote, but it always feels as though I’m slightly fighting with the software.

Keynote supports a customizable presenter display in both versions. On the Mac desktop version, you can pick three ways to give yourself that during-the-talk cheat sheet, instructing it to show you the current slide, next slide, and presenter notes. On the iPad, the presenter display options only give you a “two out of three” option, between current slide, next slide, and presenter notes. I begrudgingly pick Next Slide and Presenter Notes, and then I hope the venue has a confidence monitor that shows me what’s on the projector behind me.

Some folks prefer to use Powerpoint or Google Slides. This distills down to religion, and I can confidently state that those people are wrong. Both tools offer iPad versions as well, but I’m not well versed in them. Deckset doesn’t offer an iPad version, and I’ve not had much patience for the swath of custom JavaScript-based presentation tools that render Markdown inside of browsers. I want to like them, but I can’t quite get there yet. As a result, use Keynote; you’ll be happier. As an added bonus, the presentations live in iCloud; with a bit of notice you can grab a copy on someone’s Mac, iPhone, or iPad and be back in business should calamity befall your iPad.

Do be aware that this means that if your presentation requires a demo in a terminal or a web browser, you either get to do some awkward transitions—or accept that presenting from an iPad isn’t right for this talk. I still haven’t found a good way to give my “Terrible Ideas in Git” talk from an iPad due to its live demos…

Invest in a presentation remote

A presentation remote is a necessity, unless you enjoy being trapped behind the podium. I treated myself to a little luxury with the  Logitech Spotlight .

This device does it all. It speaks its own wireless protocol via a USB-A dongle that plugs into most laptops, but the Spotlight also speaks Bluetooth with a great range. Its battery charges using a built-in USB-C port that hides behind the dongle, and a single charge lasts for months.

I freely accept that most folks find the idea of paying $129 for a single-purpose device a bit nutty. Those folks generally don’t give double-digit numbers of presentations a year. A word of caution: Don’t leave it behind at the podium after your talk. It’s expensive enough to buy the first time. Please don’t ask me how I know.

Pay attention to fonts and typefaces

I have a condition I jokingly refer to as “typeface blindness.” I can’t tell the difference between most fonts unless I stare at them and actively work out what I’m seeing. I’m told this is atypical, and whenever I forget this fact I get reminded on Twitter. “Well, that’s the fifth talk so far today that uses Helvetica (the system default)” always makes me facepalm. As a result, I make it a point to not use system default fonts.

Contrary to what many folks believe, you can use custom fonts on iOS, but the process is a bit arcane. Do yourself a favor and drop the $2 for  AnyFont . This magic app streamlines an otherwise incredibly painful process.

Lessons I’ve Learned

I’m conservative here; while you can save money by buying third party adapters, I find that minimizing the risk of screwing up a presentation in front of 400 people is worth the extortionate rate that Apple charges for first party adapters. You’ll want both HDMI and VGA adapters. Both of these are available in Lightning and USB-C flavors, depending upon which generation of iPad you’re using. Note that this is less of a concern with USB-C than it is with Lightning adapters—just make certain you test all of your adapters before you leave home.

Save time; don’t bother looking for DVI adapters. The iPad officially doesn’t support it, Apple doesn’t sell them for Lightning, and I’ve only ever encountered it on the speaking circuit once. Your test a few hours before your talk will validate that you’ll be okay.

You can never be too rich, too thin, or have a big enough battery pack

Grab a beefy battery pack, and you can go days without finding a power outlet. You don’t want to discover that the podium power strip is full, the extension cord is a trip hazard, or that you don’t have the right adapter for the country you’re in when it’s time to give a talk. Having a battery pack that can borderline jump-start a car means you’re fine so long as your iPad battery level is anywhere about roughly 3%. (Too much lower and the tablet won’t boot at all.)

I like Anker products for this, but your mileage may vary. I soundly endorse finding reputable brands. Saving a few bucks on chargers, cables, or batteries that (a) plug into a very expensive electronic device and (b) have a propensity to include “sets the building on fire” in their list of failure modes just never seemed worth the trade-off to me.

Note: If you need to give away something at a booth, don’t use branded USB battery packs or chargers, as swag. At best, they’re cheap and feel flimsy. At worst, something with your logo on it started a fire.

Spend extra for an LTE connection

You can tether your iPad to a mobile device or ride on conference Wi-Fi. However, if you’re presenting frequently it’s worth the extra money to get an iPad version that can speak to the cell networks. Suddenly you no longer care what the conference Wi-Fi password is, whether you remembered to charge your phone, or if the captive portal login page is going to expire and pop up again mid-presentation.

Speaking of which…

Before the presentation, turn on both “Do Not Disturb” and “Airplane Mode”

In presentation mode, Keynote swears that it blocks pop-ups, reminders, incoming calls, and other distractions. To its credit, I’ve never seen it do otherwise.

That said, I always enable Do Not Disturb on my iPad. I put the device in airplane mode. And only then do I plug in the projector. Perhaps I’m paranoid, but you’re also not seeing horrible screenshots from my talks that feature embarrassing notifications, either.

Update nothing before your presentation

If a new iOS version or a Keynote update comes out the same week as your presentation, fine. But resist the upgrade. It can wait a day.

There have been enough regressions in software over the years that I’m extremely hesitant to trust that everything will “just work” an hour before I go on stage.

These are the sometimes-hard-won lessons I’ve learned after spending a year giving talks solely from an iPad.

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10 Must-Have iPad Apps for Interactive Business Presentations

Apple iPads and mobile devices have become essential business tools across the globe since their release in the late 2000s.

They serve many useful business functions such as email, messaging, media and many administrative tasks with default settings alone. Combine that with some of the best iOS apps for business optimization, a nd your device will be a business power-house machine. 

Why you need it: iOS currently holds a dominant position in the enterprise world. In 2018, 79% of mobile business use came from iPhone’s and iPad’s, with 41% of that coming from iPad usage.

Check out these five apps to help make and present interactive business presentations.

iPads and smartphones offer efficient solutions to everyday projects in the business world. Expedite any and all tasks, such as note-taking, creating presentations, communication, CRM, file sharing, and many others. Continue reading to see our list of some of the best apps to install on your devices for optimal productivity in the office.

5 Must-Have iPad Apps for Interactive Business Presentations

• Prezi Viewer . If you use Prezi to create your interactive business presentations, you can present them with your iPad anywhere. While you won't create the presentation in the iOS app itself in this case, Prezi is such a powerful and unique tool for creating presentations that it’s worth trying for your next presentation.
• Microsoft PowerPoint . Practically synonymous with presentations, Microsoft PowerPoint is a great tool for informational and photo slideshows. Play from your device, broadcast to your TV or share via the cloud.
• Google Slides . Make, tweak, collaborate with colleagues, and share or present slideshows directly from any of your devices. Make beautiful slides instantly. You can also work with PowerPoint slides in Google Slides.
• Adobe Spark Video . From novices to experts — Adobe Spark is a great resource for creating video presentations. Easily splice together video clips, photos, text overlays, music and even your own narration, and the app will handle the rest. Then present your video or share it on your blogor social media account. Just as the iPad and business presentations go together, so do the iPad and the business professional. As a member of the business world, it is important to stay organized, connected and up-to-date on the latest technology. This is where the iPad comes into the picture. T he iPad is there to help organize and complete all of your tasks, ideas and contacts. Check out these five apps for sales and marketing business professionals.

5 Must-Have Mobile Apps and iPad Apps for Business Professionals

• Microsoft 365 . Log into your Microsoft account and collaborate with colleagues on documents across multiple devices. This cloud-based office suite includes the following apps available for the Mac: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Outlook.
• Bitrix24 . Features a complete set of business tools in a single, intuitive interface. Bitrix24 contains five areas of specialty: communications, tasks and projects, CRM, contact center and website builder.
• Evernote . Type your notes or scan handwritten notes. Conveniently add anything you need, such as to-do’s, photos, images, web pages, or audio. Notes sync across all devices, making it easy to share with anyone, and anywhere.
• 1Password . This convenient app remembers all your passwords for you, while keeps them safe and secure. This app makes life easier for you and everybody in your organization.
• Dropbox . This app lets you back up photos and videos, and access files stored on any of your computers or mobile devices—from anywhere. Share files of any size with ease to anyone with this cloud-based app.

The apps below didn’t make our “Top 10” list, but these mobile apps will surely benefit yourself as a business professional! Give them a trial run and test the m out.

• Genius Scan . Use the camera on your iPad or mobile device to scan any of your paper documents and export them as PDF or JPEG files with this efficient scanner app.
• Salesforce . Use the Salesforce app to quickly access your company’s CRM. The app is cross-platform along with offline capabilities. 
• Pages . This is a powerful word processor for mobile devices. Use pre-installed templates or start from scratch with a blank document. This app is great for creating resumes, digital books, posters and more. 
• Microsoft Teams . Teams is the perfect app for your company’s collaboration efforts. Meetings, files, messages and apps are stored together in this app. Teams is one of the highest rated apps in the business category on the Apple store!
• HotSchedules . This scheduling app is a fast and simple way to manage your schedule and team communication. Company employees will love it because they can swap, pick-up, or release shifts with ease on their mobile devices.

How has the iPad been beneficial for your business presentations or as a business professional? What apps do you use on a regular basis? Share them with us in a comment below.

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The best presentation apps for iphone and ipad.

In the wake of the demise of Symbian phones, the near death of BlackBerry and the expensive failure called Windows Phone, there are two obvious mobile OS competitors still standing: Android and iOS. As smartphones, tablets and phablets invade the mobile market, it is only a matter of time before desktop operating systems face the prospect of extinction, unless they somehow evolve. In the wake of this shift, it is necessary for presenters to gear up for things to come.

In a previous post we brought you our list of the best presentation apps for Android . This time we have compiled a similar list for iOS devices. The presentation apps listed below are a combination of applications meant to help presenters create, edit, view, present and remotely control presentations using iDevices.

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1) P owerPoint

Maybe it’s my bias being a PC guy or maybe because Apple is too high and mighty to let Keynote evolve with better cross-platform compatibility. Either way, PowerPoint for iOS is number one in our list of the best presentation apps for iPhone and iPad.

Many end users have complained about the need for an Office 365 subscription that is required to use PowerPoint for iOS, considering there have been a plethora of free apps providing PowerPoint support on iDevices even before this app was launched.

However, like all good things in life, it is only natural that PowerPoint for iDevices isn’t exactly free. While you can get the app for free via the App Store and create or edit documents by signing in with a free Microsoft account, to make the app really worth using, you would need to log in using an Office 365 account .

PowerPoint for iOS brings the famous desktop presentation to iDevices with support for charts, tables, SmartArt Graphics, animations, transitions, speaker notes, etc. Furthermore, like the desktop editions of PowerPoint 2013 and 2016, PowerPoint for iOS also provides a built-in laser pointer, pen and highlighter. Other options include integration with OneDrive, Dropbox & SharePoint.

With PowerPoint for iOS you not only get all great features of the desktop edition of PowerPoint but you can also wirelessly project a presentation using AirPlay, as well as control your slides using an Apple Watch.

Since PowerPoint is available for a wide variety of platforms like Windows, Mac, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, and provides cloud based variants in the form of PowerPoint Online and Office 365, it is much easier to use PowerPoint files for presentations. In fact, many third-party services and apps like Google Drive, SlideShark and WPS Office also provide support for PowerPoint files.

However, it is safe to say that native PowerPoint support on iDevices from the official PowerPoint app by Microsoft is the best option for creating, editing and viewing presentations on an iPhone or iPad device.

When it comes to making quality presentations, Keynote is an app that cannot be ignored. While there is no real way of using Keynote on a PC or Android device, it is one of the most commonly used presentation apps for Apple users.

For those who have never used Keynote, it gives a plethora of PowerPoint like features for making presentations using readymade themes, with support for adding charts, tables, shapes, etc. Like PowerPoint, Keynote has also added collaboration features (currently going through the beta stage).

Just like OneDrive for PowerPoint, Keynote too provides cloud integration using iCloud. By all means, Keynote is a powerful presentation and there is no shortage of third-party templates which come with some extraordinary graphics and attention grabbing themes.

Other than Apple devices, the iCloud web app allows creating and editing presentations using an internet browser. This unfortunately is the only option for using Keynote other than on an Apple device. This restricts the scope for using Keynote files for presentations and since we live in a PC world, cross-platform compatibility is still a major hurdle for Keynote users.

That said, Keynote is still one of the best presentation apps for presenters and this is why it’s number 2 on our list for recommended presentation apps for presenters using iPhone & iPad devices.

3) Google Slides

While Google Slides isn’t the kind of app which provides killer features, it is decent enough to get the job done. Google Slides provide support for PowerPoint files and this app by Google has come a long way since Google Drive apps were rebranded a few years back.

If you’re looking for a decent iOS app which is free to use and can help you create, edit and view presentations from popular formats (e.g. PowerPoint & PDF presentations), then Google Slides isn’t a bad option. Lately, Google Slides templates have improved in quality and third-party template providers for this underrated platform have also begun providing high-quality templates . While Google Slides lags far behind PowerPoint, as we discussed in our comparison of Google Slides Vs PowerPoint , this poor man’s PowerPoint still deserves a bit of love.

4) Adobe Spark Video

Adobe is known to produce high-quality applications. Ranging from its high-end apps like PhotoShop, Premiere Pro to the free Adobe Reader that millions of users use to view PDF files; Adobe is a name tied to quality apps. Adobe Spark Video is a little known presentation app that can help you create studio quality video presentations.

Unlike most low-end or mid-ranged Android devices, iPhone and iPad devices tend to be more efficient in offering the kind of hardware which can help record better quality videos. This is perhaps the reason apps like Adobe Spark are usually not available for Android. While an Adobe Spark offering for Android is currently in development, it is likely that it might only work with high-end devices. The point is that iDevices have the kind of hardware that gives an edge in making video presentations. You might make such a presentation or video clip by interviewing people on the streets or by capturing an extraordinary event on your mobile device. Such video clips can add a powerful touch to your presentations and enable you to reach out at a very personal level to win hearts and minds.

Coming to Adobe Spark features; you can create videos with a voice-over using an iDevice, add a soundtrack and let the app do its magic. You can choose from an archive of more than 25,000 images and icons for your visual stories and let Adobe Spark automatically render your videos with cinematic animations to give your video presentations and clips a professional look. You can also choose between various themes, fonts and upload videos online.

5) HaikuDeck

HaikuDeck can be used for making attractive presentation decks via iPhone, iPad or web. You can begin making presentations on an iDevice by logging in using your HaikuDeck account, pick a template and start making slides using all major features you would expect in a good presentation app.

What makes HaikuDeck worth using are the very attractive graphics, availability of a plethora of images, a wide range of useful layouts and the ability to publish your slides online. HaikuDeck is not just a presentation maker but also an app you can use to present presentations in fullscreen mode on iOS devices. Needless to say, you can connect your iDevice to a projector to use HaikuDeck just like Keynote or PowerPoint to present professional presentations.

HaikuDeck has a free and a paid version, with the utility to opt for in-app purchases. But that’s not a bad thing. The high-quality graphics and imagery in premium content (e.g. premium templates) are worth the cost.

6) SlideIdea

SlideIdea is the kind of unique app that can help presenters make their presentations more attention grabbing. The app supports three formats, i.e. PDF, PowerPoint and the app’s very own SLD format. The app comes integrated with OneDrive, Dropbox, Google Drive, Box & KingSoft Cloud to help you instantly import an existing slide deck for remodeling.

You can either import a slide deck or make one from scratch using some very attractive templates offered by SlideIdea. The editing features are similar to PowerPoint and Keynote, with a vast library of slide elements, support for whiteboard, animations and some handy transitions to switch your slides in style. Furthermore, you can add audio recording and video clips to create Slidecasts, as well as engage your audience using online polls.

SlideIdea is only available for iPad and works with devices running iOS 5.0 or above.

7) Prezi Viewer

It is sad to see that Prezi only has a Prezi Viewer for iDevices. Like its Android counterpart, this app is good for viewing and presenting Prezis. Since you can’t make Prezis on iDevices using an app, Prezi Viewer is only useful for presenters looking to use their iDevices for presenting Prezis.

8. SlideShark

Back in the day, SlideShark was one of the top presentation apps for iOS. However, since the advent for PowerPoint for iOS, its importance has arguably diminished. SlideShark is another app that can be used for viewing and presenting presentations. SlideShark supports uploading, viewing, presenting and sharing PowerPoint presentations while retaining original fonts, animations, colors and graphics. Moreover, there are a number of handy annotation features that can help you annotate slides during a Live presentation.

SlideShark also gives the utility to broadcast presentations online to share them with your audience during a Live presentation. The premium edition of SlideShark also supports PDF files.

9. MyPoint PowerPoint Remote

This is a simple app for remotely controlling PowerPoint slides running on a PC or Mac computer. You will need to install the connector app for your computer, as well as the iOS app for MyPoint PowerPoint Remote on your iDevice.

You can start your SlideShow directly from an iDevice remotely and instantly begin controlling your slides. The app has some advanced premium features that you can opt for, these include annotation tools like a pointer and marker, as well as a timer to time, rehearse and see the elapsed time for your slides.

10) Video Teleprompter

While iDevices have always had some good teleprompter apps, this one is as good as it gets. Video Teleprompter not only allows you to instantly turn your iPhone or iPad device into a teleprompter to read out a script but also enables recording video presentations.

The on-screen teleprompter can play your script and at the same time record your video using your iOS camera to enable you to create a video presentation or podcast.

Video Teleprompter provides good legibility for text that scrolls on your screen and makes it possible for you to face the camera while reading your script as if you are talking to your audience. Hence, it serves the dual purpose of acting as a teleprompter and video recording tool, which makes it perfect for making video presentations or video clips that you might want to include in your slides.

We hope our list of the best presentation apps for iPhone and iPad gave you some useful ideas for making more robust presentations using iDevices. The apps mentioned above can not only be used as standalone presentation apps but you can also use a number of these apps to add something special to your presentations. In fact, you might find it very useful to use some of the above mentioned apps in conjunction to design high-quality slides, video clips and to present them using an iPhone or iPad device.

If you know of an awesome iOS presentation app which you believe should have been included in this list, do share your views with us by leaving a comment below.

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Sanat Patel

6th November 2016 at 2:01 am

These are using new platforms to do things the old way. We need insights that take advantage of new paradigms. Presentations that tell a story and engage your audience. Persuade with interactive data visuals easier to create than a powerpoint animation.

25th February 2018 at 10:09 pm

OctaSales is the sales presentation web app for iPad and other tablets. This interactive tool allows in-depth presentations of your sales material: images, videos, documents and notes in a non-linear way. Works both online and off-line (as a regular app) and its easy to integrate to external CRM systems. More information is available at: https://www.octasales.com/

Rosie Hoyland

27th February 2018 at 9:19 am

Thanks for sharing Zoran

31st October 2018 at 10:52 am

Unfortunately SlideShark is going out of business late fall 2018. That is unfortunate – it was the only 3rd party tool for iPads that rendered Powerpoint files correctly.

For the teams that use common cloud storage platforms like Google Drive, Box, OneDrive, Sharepoint etc to manage their files, I’d like to recommend https://CrescendoApp.com as a great and inexpensive alternative to large, complex and expensive platforms like Showpad.

1st November 2018 at 9:09 am

Thanks for the update Marek. We’d urge any readers you have been using SlideShark to check out their FAQ page at https://www.brainshark.com/sites/default/files/slideshark-discontinue-faq.pdf for further explanation.

The Crescendo app is certainly worth looking at.

21st August 2020 at 12:08 pm

Great compilation. I’m Pramod, Product Marketer for Zoho Show. It would be great if you take a look at our new iOS app. You can create and edit the presentations right from your iPhone or iPad. You can also collaborate with peers and present your ideas using an Apple TV. Take a look at this video to get the gist of the product and the features on offer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zm3n0k9Q9io

Please consider adding the app to your list, it would be a fine addition and prove to be handy for your viewers.

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9 best apps for building presentations in iOS

You can create presentations from an iPhone or iPad, with nearly all the bells and whistles to make them more visual and less boring.

Slideshow presentations can be notoriously snooze-worthy. Nearly all of us can remember sitting patiently while someone flipped through a seemingly endless stream of slides. Most people have realized that when it comes to presentations, less is more and being visual is better than putting all of our bullet points in each slide.

Our tools for creating presentations have also taken a big leap forward, and we can even create top-notch slideshows on iPhones and iPads, including the use of effects, transitions, video clips , background music, narration and captions.

Here are nine presentation apps for iOS that can get the job done.

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Microsoft PowerPoint

Practically synonymous with presentations, Microsoft PowerPoint ( download on iOS ) is a great tool for photo slideshows. Create a new presentation, then add a title and as many slides as you need. Then import your images to PowerPoint and add them to their respective slides. You can then edit and arrange them, add transitions, backgrounds and music. Then play from your device, broadcast to your TV or share via the cloud.

Google Slides

The Google Slides app ( download on iOS ) lets you make, tweak, collaborate with colleagues and finally share or present slideshows directly from your phone. Make beautiful slides instantly or customize them to your heart's content. You can also work with PowerPoint slides in Google Slides.

Apple's Keynote app ( download on iOS ) helps you create beautiful slideshow presentations. Start by choosing one of 30 Apple-designed themes and then replace the dummy text and graphics with your own. Add pictures, videos, interactive charts, cinematic animations and elegant transitions. Collaborate with colleagues in real time over iCloud and when you're ready, present in person or remotely using Keynote Live.

Haiku Deck ( download on iOS ) allows you to easily create wow-worthy presentations on your iPhone or iPad . Get access to more than 40 million free-to-use photos; cool fonts, text templates and layouts; and the ability to create professional-looking charts with basic touch controls.

Work on your presentations across your devices or the web or collaborate with others using real-time syncing. Then present on your iPhone or on the big screen using your iPhone as a clicker.

Adobe Spark Video

Adobe Spark Video ( download on iOS ) lets anyone -- from novices to experts -- create video presentations. Easily splice together video clips, photos, text overlays, music and even your own narration, and the app will handle the rest. Then present your video or share it on your blog or social media account.

WPS Presentation, a part of WPS Office ( download on iOS ), lets you create, open and save Microsoft PowerPoint-compatible presentations.

Choose a template, upload your images, video and audio, and add cool font styles, shapes, text effects, columns and tables, advanced animation and slide transitions. After saving, you'll be ready to present via a monitor or a projector.

Make cool videos with Animoto ( download on iOS ) using clips and pictures from your gallery. Choose from 50 video styles, add music from the built-in music library, photo captions and intro and outro cards, and then share.

RealTimes ( download on iOS ) takes the guesswork out of presentation-making by locating the best parts from your pictures and videos, arranging them, adding transitions and music, and making them easily shareable with the touch of a button. You can also customize your collages, montages and movies with filters, captions and your own music.

Prezi Viewer

Prezi Viewer ( download on iOS ), the companion to the Prezi web app , lets you practice and present your presentation from wherever you are. Share via emailed or messaged link, or present on your Mac's monitor using Bluetooth . While you won't create the presentation in the iOS app itself in this case, Prezi is such a powerful and unique tool for creating presentations that it still deserved a place on this list.

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10 Best Apps that Bring PowerPoint on iPad

Last updated on December 26th, 2023

PowerPoint being one of the most famous presentation applications in the world has lacked support for mobile devices, until now. In recent years we have not only seen a rise in quality mobile apps that provide editing and viewing support for PowerPoint files but even Microsoft has now officially released mobile and web apps that can help you bring PowerPoint on iPad and other iOS devices.

1. Office Mobile For Office 365 Subscribers

When it comes to support for PowerPoint on any device (let alone iPad ) nothing beats the real deal. This is why perhaps the best method of acquiring PowerPoint support for an iPad is to use Microsoft’s official app. However, the app isn’t without limitations as you will require an Office365 account to login to the app. This unfortunately also means that you will require a subscription that is linked to a recurring cost. For more details, see our post about How To Install Office 2013 On Mobile Devices .

Supported Apps:

• Microsoft PowerPoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft OneNote
• Microsoft Lync
• SharePoint (Newsfeed)

Go to Download Office Mobile For Office 365 Subscribers

2. Office 365

Of course, you can always make use of the Office375 web app directly to gain support for Microsoft Office applications like PowerPoint, Excel, Word and others. You can also start using Office 365 for free by signing up for a free trial; to test drive the service.

Go to Office 365 (Review And Link For Free Trial)

3. PowerPoint Web App

If you have a Microsoft account like Outlook.com (Hotmail) or SkyDrive, you can login to view, edit and even share your PowerPoint presentations online. This can be done directly from SkyDrive. You can also open attachments in your emails and view, edit or share them after being redirected to SkyDrive. The PowerPoint web app serves as a free alternative to Office 365, however the editing options are somewhat limited. You can find out more about the PowerPoint web app from the link given below.

Go to PowerPoint Web App (Tutorial)

While Keynote might not be an ideal candidate for opening PowerPoint files and there might even be compatibility issues or the need to restart your device, however, as many iPad users readily make use of this app, therefore it might be one of the most convenient options for iPad users to open PowerPoint files.

Go to Instructions for Opening PowerPoint on Keynote

5. SlideOnline

If you are not in the mood for installing apps on your iDevice and require a simple and straightforward method for viewing and sharing PowerPoint presentations online, then you can opt for SlideOnline. It is a free web service which allows instantly uploading and sharing PowerPoint and PDF files as stylish presentations. You will require signing up for an account to begin uploading your presentations.

6. SmartOffice 2

Sometimes third-party apps can often outshine the real deal. This can be rightly said about SmartOffice 2. even before Microsoft released its variants of Office Mobile, SmartOffice has been a viable option for Android and iOS users to create, view and edit Microsoft Office files. While this is a paid app, however, you might find it worth the nearly $10 cost. SmartOffice 2 is interestingly more highly rated at the Apple Store than the official Microsoft app for Office 365 subscribers and Google’s QuickOffice Pro.

Go to Download SmartOffice 2

CloudOn is another fine third-party app for iPad that can be used for editing Microsoft Office files. Unlike SmartOffice 2 this is a free app, however, you might not find it as advanced in functionality as Smart Office 2. Nonetheless, CloudOn is a reasonable option for people looking to use a free app to acquire support for PowerPoint on iPad.

Go to Download CloudOn

8. SlideShark

A project of BrainShark, SlideShark is a free app for iPad which has been designed to provide PowerPoint support for iPad. You can not only view PowePoint slides via SlideShark but also present them directly using iPad.

Go to SlideShark (Review And Download Link)

9. Google Drive

If you are wondering why Google Drive is rated so low on our list, then it is worth pointing out that despite being a workaround for accessing Office files without the MS Office suite, however, Google Drive is known to have compatibility issues when displaying Office files. While you might be able to use Google Drive to open, view and share PowerPoint presentations, however, it might not be the best alternative.

Go to Google Drive

10. QuickOffice Pro

QuickOffice Pro is a mobile app that was acquired by Google a while back. This app comes with Google Drive support and enables viewing, editing and creating files in famous MS Office formats, including PowerPoint.

Go to QuickOffice Pro

There are many other mobile and web apps which offer support for PowerPoint on iPad, as well as for other iDevices. If you know of an app that you believe should be on this list then share your opinion by leaving a comment below.

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10 Best Presentation Apps for iPad

Creating a deck for a presentation is not an easy task. To create visually appealing slides and a visually appealing presentation for the audience, we must have a good sense of art. Nowadays, a lot of presentation apps for iPad can be downloaded from the App Store. However, not all people know which app will meet their needs the most.

In this article I list 10 best presentation apps for iPad that you can use to create or to present a great presentation. I also give review to each app so you will know which app that suits you best.

1. Microsoft PowerPoint

3. google slides, 4. adobe spark video, 6. notability, 7.slideshow creator, 8. slideshare, 9. slides maker: slideshow to pdf, 10. prezi viewer.

Microsoft PowerPoint helps us create slides to deliver our presentation to audiences, collaborate with other people in creating slides, and more.

PowerPoint is developed by Microsoft Corporation . Please check your iPad OS version first before you install the app. Make sure that it is iPadOS 15.0 or later. The app has been used by 300 thousand+ people and it gets a 4.7-star rating in the AppStore.

PowerPoint is free to download and install to our iPad, but to access more features without any restriction a subscription must be purchased first. The price of the subscription is in the range of $6.99 to $99.99.

Create, edit, and present a slide to your audiences from your iPad become easier and fast. Share the link of the slide to others to be able to access your slide helps me to save time in distributing the slide. I can also give other people access to edit the slide to collaborate with.

Create your invitation, cards, YouTube thumbnail, and slides for your presentation with Canva on your iPad.

This app is developed by Canva Pty Ltd. If you decide to install Canva on your iPad, make sure that the iPad OS on your device is iPadOS 12.0 or later. With the great features that Canva has, the app is so underrated so it gest only 3.4-star rating.

Canva is free to download and used. However, some items in Canva required us to have a premium account. The price to get a premium account is in the range of $0.99 to $119.99.

Canva helps me to design cards, YouTube thumbnail, Twitter banner, invitations, slides, and more. I can adjust the brightness, saturation, contrast to make the look of the images or slides better.

Create, present, and collaborate with your friends in creating slides for many purpose with Google Slides for $0 on your iPad.

Google Slides is developed by Google LLC . USed by 200 thousand users more, the app has been rated by them and received a 4.6-star in the AppStore. Before install the app, check the iPad OS version on your device first. It must be  iPadOS 14.0 or later.

This 12th best app under Productivity category can be downloaded from AppStore and can be used on your iPad for totally free. No need to purchase a subscription or items to access the whole features.

Google Sides allows me to create new slides for presentation, or even edit the existing slides of your or others. Once I finish working on the slides, I can share the presentation to the audiences online or to my friends to collaborate with. When someone share their slides to me, I can access it online or offline anytime, and anywhere. PowerPoint files can also be presented using Google Slides.

Create videos for your Facebook ads, business pitches, product demos, Instagram videos, and tutorials like a pro with Adobe Spark Video .

The app is developed by Adobe Inc. . Gained 4.7-star rating in the App Store, the app has been used by more than 20 thousand users. Adobe Spark Video will only work well in iPadOS 15.0 or later. So, if the OS version on your iPad is under iPadOS 15.0, lease update it first.

Download Adobe Spark Video from AppStore and install it to your iPad for free. However, you might need to purchase a subscription if you prefer to get more access in using certain features. The price of the subscriptions are $9.99 for the monthly subscription, and $99.99 for the yearly subscription.

By using the app, I can create videos for many purposes. This app is simple, fun and fast to use. I can combine many video clips, icons, and photos easily into a leasing video. Adding background sound is also handy. It can be the built-in sounds or even our personal music. If the sound is too loud or too low, the volume can be adjusted too from the app. The available templates will help us to produce a high quality video.

Create and deliver a stunning presentation from your iPad using Keynote .

The app is developed by Apple Inc. Has been used by 16.5 thousand more users, Keynote received 3.5-star rating in the AppStore. This app required iPadOS 15.0 or later to run well. So, please update the iPadOS on your iPad first if its version is under OS 15.0.

Download Keynote from AppStore and use it for free. No need to purchase any subscription or items to access all features or increase the app’s performance.

Keynote allows me to create a deck for presentation collaboratively with my coworkers. I can see who are currently edit the deck by following its cursor. If I don’t have a lot of time creating the deck, I can simply pick one of the 40 themes created by Apple, then directly adjust it with the contents that I want to present. Besides, the slide transitions, object animations which are cinematic and beautiful can be applied too.

Create notes from imported textbooks, images, slides, audio, and more using Notability . There’s no need to bring bulky papers or physical notes with you.

Notably is developed by Ginger Labs . This 143rd best app under the Productivity category required iPadOS 14.0 or later to run smoothly. This app is also received a 4.7-star rating in the AppStore, rated by more than 26 thousand users.

Download the app from AppStore for $0 and install it to your iPad. Use the app for free, but if you have an urge to have premium account you must purchase a subscription first. The type of the subscriptions are two; monthly and yearly. The monthly subscription costs $2.99 and the yearly subscription costs $12.99.

Notability allows me to create multi-media notes. Imported textbooks, documents, lecture slides, class assignments, and images can be marked up, highlighted, and more with the app tools. Recording, playing back audio of lectures, and leaving notes to certain time stamp of the audio can be done too.

Produce a slide for many purposes with available templates using Slideshow Creator . There is no need to be an expert in the design field to create a professional slide.

This app is developed by Animoto Inc. Gaining a 4.8-star rating, the app has been used by 25 thousand users more. Slideshow Creator required iPadOS 12.0 or later to be installed on your iPad to work well.

You can get the app for free from the AppStore. Basically, the app can be used for free too, however, if you need to get full access for all the features that SlideshowCreator has, you must have an active subscription. The price of the subscription is in the range of $4.99 to $59.99.

This app helps me in creating slides for birthday invitations and banners, wedings invitations, sports teams and events poster, e-cards and more in just in a few taps. The steps are choosing a template, uploading photos or video clips from my local storage or from my Facebook account, selecting music for background, adding text or caption, and last, sharing it with family, friends or on social media.

Find millions of presentations and videos in SlideShare to enrich the your points on your presentation to your audience using iPad.

SlideShare is developed by Scribd . Has been used by 16 thousand users more, the app gains a 4.6-star rating in the AppStore. Before you install the app on your iPad, please make sure that the OS on your iPad is iPadOS 11.0 or later. If else, the app may not work well or crash.

Currently, the language that is supported by the app only English. So, if you need to change the language to your mother tongue (for those who speak English as second or foreign language) you will not be able to do it.

No need to plan your budget to use the app. It is free to download and use. All features are able to be access without having any active subscription.

SlideShare provides over 15 million presentations, infographics that are professional, and also video in a great layout in full-screen mode. I can also discover contents based on my favorite interests or topics. The favorites feature is really useful for me. I can add any presentation to be saved on my favorites. So, I can read it later whether online or offline.

Import pictures, customize the background of your slide, and more with Slides Maker: Slideshow to PDF .

This ap is developed by 璐 郑 (Lu Zheng). Your iPad must have iPadOS 11.0 or later to run Slide Maker without any problem or without crash. The app is originally developed for iPad. Since it is released in the AppStore for the first time, now the app has a 4.5-star rating.

Currently, the app is only supported two languages; English, and Simplified Chinese.

You will not be charged to download the app from AppStore. However, if you need to access all features in the app without any limitation, a subscription must be purchased first. The price of the subscription is in the range of $1.49 to $35.99.

The app helps me to create a new presentation or continue to edit the existing presentation that I save on the library. Once I finish creating or editing the presentation, I can share it in a long picture or in the PDF extension. Importing photos as a complement to the presentation, add text and also background can be done too in just a few taps. If I am in a hurry and have no time creating slide from scratch, I can pick a template then directly use it to be adjusted the contents based on the points that I want to show.

Create, share, and view your own or others’ prezis from your iPad. Prezi Viewer makes it easy for us to prepare a presentation.

Develoed by Prezi Inc. , this app was originally designed for iPad. Prezi has been used by 6.8 thousand iPad or iPhone users, and gains a 4.4-star rating. This app requires iPadOS 11.0 or later to run well. So, check the OS on your iPad first before downloading the app and make sure if it is meet the requirement.

Say good bye to plan a budget for using app that helps you creating presentation since Prezi is free to download and use. You can access all features there and no subscription is needed.

By using Prezi, I can access and view my prezis online. Sharing my prezis to others via email, social media, and also messaging are possible to do. Prezis own by other that are shared with me can be viewed by me online. It just need to pinch the screen to zoom in or zoom out.

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10 Recommended iPad Apps for Business and Presentation

A list of all the essential presentation and business-related apps for iPad.

Do you want to create a presentation on the go or perform financial analysis during your journey? While a smartphone may be too small for this purpose and a laptop may be a little too big, an iPad can be the perfect solution.

There are numerous apps available that can help you create a wonderful presentation in a short amount of time, such as during a flight or train journey. This post showcases 10 of the best iPad apps for business and presentations , including presentation creators and mind mapping apps . This list contains all the essentials, so let’s take a look.

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1. 1Password

1Password is a fantastic app for storing sensitive business information , such as financial details, passwords, and other information. What I liked is, it helps you create strong yet easy-to-remember pass-phrases for your online accounts.

Moreover, you can create multiple vaults , store items in numerous categories, set favorites, add tags and do a lot more to organize the items. Interestingly, you can also add custom fields to your items to store extra information, for example, two-step verification’s safety code for an account. Lastly, it offers end-to-end encryption and cloud sync features, making it a reliable and secure service.

2. Microsoft OneNote

Microsoft OneNote is the digital notebook that helps you gather ideas, create audio or video notes, sketches, and to-do lists ; which you can also convert into reminders. You can create handwritten notes with a variety of pens. Also, it features organization options to manage your notes .

If you’re seeking collaborating features, OneNote has got it covered – you can share your notes with friends and team members and collaborate on them, thanks to its shared notebooks . Lastly, your notes are synced to the cloud, making them available on all your devices.

3. Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft PowerPoint is one of the best presentation tools that lets you create and view business reports and presentations. You can integrate media and other objects into your presentations , such as charts and graphs, photos and videos, etc. It also provides many customization options for making excellent presentations as well as collaboration, and sharing features, like OneNote.

That said, it is super easy to invite others to view, edit, or comment on your slides, thanks to its “1-click sharing” feature . Last but not the least, PowerPoint syncs your presentations with Microsoft OneDrive so that you can access your work files from almost anywhere, on any device.

Read also: 20 Free PowerPoint Templates to Spice up your Presentation

Apple’s Keynote is another presentation app that helps to create business presentations, diagrams, and illustrations. It offers many customization options including themes, layouts, fonts, etc. Moreover, you can import from, export to, and work on files of Microsoft PowerPoint .

What I found surprising is that you can present a slideshow online , and people can view it from their devices or directly from the web at iCloud. Keynote also offers numerous sharing features, allowing you to share presentations publicly or with specific people and work with your team on presentations stored on the iCloud.

5. Workflow

WorkFlow is a personal automation tool – a tool like IFTTT or Zapier – that helps you to automate and streamline processes , minimize errors, and increase efficiency. That said, you can create time-saving workflows on your iPad, automate processes and tasks, and turn them into simple, one-button-clickable actions.

WorkFlow supports 200+ actions , covering dozens of your favorite apps. The list includes essential apps like Contacts and Photos, fitness apps like Health, online services like Dropbox and Evernote, social networks like Facebook and Twitter, and other tools and services such as AirDrop, iCloud Drive , etc.

Skitch is an annotator app that lets you snap pictures, use annotations and markups , and collaborate or share the visual story. Along with annotating photos, it can also annotate PDFs to make your reviews clear and avoid lengthy and confusing emails.

What I liked about Skitch is that it provides a quick and intuitive interface that works. That means it is easy and fun to work with Skitch, which I feel is essential. And last but not the least, you can share the final snaps via email or through social networks.

SignNow, an e-signature app , helps you sign or get signatures on agreements and contracts through your iPad without the need of printing or scanning the documents. Surprisingly, it supports PDF, MS Word , and many other formats. Also, you can email the signed documents, or save and access them from your cloud account.

What I found fascinating is that SignNow packs in lots of features for an e-signature app. It can open documents from the phone or online storage services like Dropbox. It works even offline and offers few document organization features as well. Lastly, you can create a team to share documents and templates with them.

8. MindNode

MindNode is a mind mapping app that lets you create mind maps during a meeting or while collaborating with your team. It enables you to capture your thoughts, explore the connections between them by connecting, detaching, and reconnecting them to reflect your growing understanding of the naive idea. MindNode supports multiple types of inputs like text, links, images, notes , etc.

Moreover, it features “Smart Layout”, which auto-adjusts your map’s layout , keeping it beautiful and readable at all times. Last but not the least, it provides amazing layouts and themes and lets you share your maps with its service “myMindNode”.

9. SAP Roambi Analytics

SAP Roambi Analytics is an app for creating rich, interactive charts , dashboards, or executive reports with integrated data analytics and visualizations. Interestingly, you can pull the data from many sources, then analyze and create visualizations quickly using them. Also, it allows you to examine, filter, and pivot the data .

It is interesting to know that the app supports a number of input sources including Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets, CSV files, BI Systems, and many database systems. Moreover, it features complete offline access , giving you full control once you have the data.

10 . FullContact

FullContact works as your smart address book manager . It can scan business cards and capture email signatures, allowing you to manage business contacts easy way. That is not all; you can add shared contacts and also collaborate on notes and tags with your team. However, few of these features require its premium version.

FullContact offers extensive sync support that does not just works with its cloud, but also works for Gmail, Office365, Twitter, and many more accounts. That means your contacts get synced across all these platforms.