When you need to get stuff done, have this lot turn your portable black rectangle into anything from a creative studio to a mini-office

IMAGE TOOLBOX

Apicture editor that scores highly in the ‘no nonsense’ stakes, Image Toolbox is all about making adjustments at speed. It’s great for rapidly resizing snaps, and for quickly stitching a bunch of them together. Ahandy comparison view then lets you check you’ve not made a horrible mess of things. £free / Android

LOGIC PRO

GarageBand on mobile turned out to be quite impressive, letting you compose complete songs on the go, but Logic Pro turns things up to 11. It’s close enough to the desktop app to send projects back and forth between the two –and arguably better than its Mac sibling for virtual synth playing and knob twiddling. £49/yr / iPad

STRUCTURED

Yep –it’s another calendar app. But this one is aimed at visually orientated folks, providing a timeline of your day that quickly gets across when events are happening and how long they’ll last. It can help you organise your working day with other people –or just dump ideas in an inbox for later. £free (IAP) /

Android, iOS

PROCREATE DREAMS

The original Procreate is ideal for digital painting, but Dreams can make your compositions move. Whether you like flip-book frame-by-frame, or performing animation sequences live by dragging elements with an Apple Pencil, this app’s a great way to unleash your inner Disney. £19.99 / iPad

HDMI MONITOR ORION

Your iPad’s got a great screen; you have devices that need a screen, especially when travelling. Well, Orion links the two –once you connect them via a supported capture card. It’s ideal for a Pi or a camera monitor… and even OK for games if you have quality connectors. £free or £4.99 / iPad

YOUTUBE CREATE

The excellent video editor LumaFusion exists for Android, but it’s overkill when you just want to smash out a YouTube short. That’s where Google’s latest comes in, giving you a simple toolset for rapidly working up miniature movie masterpieces. In portrait, because this is the way now. £free / Android