Can all ipads run the same apps

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 4 Jul 2016 at 12:56

We've decided to buy our 3 year old a second hand ipad, budget of £100. However I've no idea which one to get. I've been told that I cant get say an ipad 1 as a lot of the main apps wont work?

Could someone possibly explain?

thecremeegg · 4 Jul 2016 at 13:10

Well the older the ipad, the less powerful it will be essentially. I'd imagine any ipad from the last 3 years would be able to run all the current apps well, it's just gaming performance will probably be worse than on say the latest one.

[TFU] Thegoon84 · 4 Jul 2016 at 13:22

thecremeegg said:
Well the older the ipad, the less powerful it will be essentially. I'd imagine any ipad from the last 3 years would be able to run all the current apps well, it's just gaming performance will probably be worse than on say the latest one.

Ok thank you!

It'll only be for Netflix, a few learning apps etc. Not going to be overloaded.

Rilot · 4 Jul 2016 at 14:13

Any iPad will be fine then.

KIA · 4 Jul 2016 at 16:36

Apple iPad mini 2 or iPad (4th generation). Don't buy anything older than those.

demonix · 4 Jul 2016 at 17:49

I would also advise against getting an older model iPad since even with apps that are still compatible with those models they are more likely to be unstable and prone to crashing.

robfosters · 8 Jul 2016 at 23:35

My Dad's got the first iPad and that barely runs anything due to the ios version only going up to 5.1.1

I personally wouldn't go any older than 4th gen.

Caged · 10 Jul 2016 at 00:29

What apps do you realistically need access to? With your budget I think the Amazon Fire kids edition would be a good option.