20. Eight Great Paid Apps

When I first purchased my iPad, I loaded it up with all the free apps I could find. Although many of these apps were great, the reality was that most of them just didn’t hold my attention for more than a day or so. Free apps can be great, and the old phrase “You get what you pay for” doesn’t always hold true because I’ve found some amazing free apps over the years. But I’ve also found some incredible apps that weren’t free, and to this day a number of them have earned back their initial cost thousands of times over in saved time and aggravation and usefulness.

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