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Best apps for ipad?

Best iPad apps, special offline snowflake edition

  • Help me find awesome iPad apps that don't need the internet. So I'm getting a new iPad. Yay! Only problem? I'm not going to have internet the vast majority of the times/places I'll be using it. All the iPad app lists I've seen so far are filled with apps that need the internet to work (the streaming stuff, Facebook, what have you.) For instance, I love the idea of Flipboard, but if it's something that needs internet access it's pretty much useless to me. So what are the apps that /don't/ need the internet to be awesome?

  • Answer:

    http://www.spelltower.com/ is just fantastic on the iPad! No internet required. If course, there's http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=kcp_ipad_mkt_lnd?docId=1000490441, which requires some access to the internet, but the actual download speed/time is very low. I was at a train station that had public wireless and was able to get a whole book in about 30 seconds (the time it took my train to arrive!). Might be worth a shot either way.

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elizardbits

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wiki-offline-wikipedia-experience/id378348813?mt=8 is fun, you can learn about anything. Good airplane reading, though $10. You do need wifi for a couple hours to download it. There are tons of games that work without a connection; my favorites are Plants v Zombies & the ever-popular Angry Birds.

insectosaurus

http://toucharcade.com/2012/07/12/tiny-wings-hd-review/ and especially http://wireless.ign.com/articles/114/1140704p1.html are vivid, beautiful games with tons of replay value. http://www.edge-online.com/reviews/quarrel-dx-review is lots of fun, too -- think Scrabble + Risk. Also http://arstechnica.com/gaming/news/2011/09/jetpack-joyride-my-machine-gun-is-a-jet-pack-your-argument-is-invalid.ars, whose great developer Halfbrick periodically releases free feature updates that keep the game fresh. Other favorites: http://www.148apps.com/reviews/civilization-revolution-ipad-review/ (if you're a fan of strategy), http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2011/10/scribblenauts-remix-ios/ (for the fun of testing its endless library of objects), and http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/alter-ego/id329703516?mt=8 (the old school "game of life" from http://www.metafilter.com/99097/What-if-you-could-live-your-life-over-again). Offline information sources are useful. Wikipedia's the obvious one, but http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pocket-tropes-tvtropes-in/id432779753?mt=8 (!).

Rhaomi

The Khan Academy enables you to download videos to watch offline

taltalim

doctord

Osmos.

oceanjesse

I am the Walrus

can you link to the magic game? I was only able to find references and trivia, not an actual game based on the card game.

sio42

My fiance is loving the Magic the Gathering iPad game. It's apparently similar to playing the game for real, but there are apparently some added bits. If you played back in Magic's heyday, you might enjoy it.

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