Top 10 iPad Apps for 2015: Tweetbot and 1Password Most Essential Apps

Whether you have bought a new iPad Air 2 or an older iPad recently, you will need to install the best apps to make the most of your device. Fortunately there is a truckload of free apps you can install while some great paid apps are reasonably priced.

Starting off with social networking, the free Facebook app is a must have for many. This app routinely makes the top 10 list of the most popular apps on the App store. With this dedicated iPad app, users can access almost all of the features that the social networking site has to offer.

For those who do not want to write down passwords the 1Password app is a great way to store passwords, credit card information and logins on the iPad. It also has support for the Touch ID feature which is available on the iPad Air 2 and has AES 256-bit encryption.

Flipboard is a free app that fuses shared news from social media sites with articles collected by the app's team.

The Microsoft Office platform app is another free app for the iPad, and is a great way to create, view, edit and print directly from Excel, Word and PowerPoint apps.

Evernote gives users the ability to store notes, ideas, and images in one place and even create and edit them. In addition users can "clip" items from the web or other apps and place them within notes.

Tweetbot is a must have paid app for those who use Twitter often, as it is well designed and comes with a number of customization options.

If you want to stay on top of the weather, the free Yahoo Weather app comes with a nifty notification center widget and animated images.

PCalc priced at $7 is an app that acts as a calculator but it also comes with a variety of features including unit conversions, and other scientific notations.

Paper is a free app which can be used for sketching on the touchscreen. It comes with a number of virtual pens, paintbrushes and pencils you can choose from.

Finally the Spotify app is a great choice that allows users to stream music on their iPad.