A tablet is only as good as its apps, and, fortunately, the iPad has plenty of them. It doesn't matter if you have a full-size iPad or its adorbs baby brother known as the iPad mini; there are thousands upon thousands of apps at your disposal that can keep you entertained or handling your business when you're away from your work PC. In fact, one of PCMag's most popular stories ever is our Top 100 iPad apps.
That said, many of those apps will cost you, and, even it's just a dollar here or a dollar there, outfitting your tablet can definitely add up. And, if you just shelled out hundreds of dollars on the iPad Air or iPad mini with Retina Display, you may not be willing to spend money on apps. It's understandable.
Fortunately, a good portion of the App Store is populated with free iPad apps. There are, certainly, many "freemium" iPad apps which are free to download, but then demand that you open your wallet to remove a few ducats to do anything useful with them. The software featured in this 10 Best Free iPad Apps roundup are legitimately free apps. We're not including apps that free to download, but demand you pony up cash to use them (like Netflix, for example). These are apps are 100% free, with no hidden costs.
Ready to check out the best free iPad apps? Take a look at our slideshow and then leave a comment below if you feel that our selections are dead-on or if we've overlooked a potentially worthy candidate.