5 Best Apps to Facebook on Your iPad
Combining Facebook and the Apple iPad is like adding chocolate syrup to already delicious ice cream; two awesome things coming together tend to result in only more awesomeness! While it is definitely possible to simply surf to Facebook via an iPad browser, a whole world of fun and useful functionality is waiting to be unlocked by the right apps.
More than a few of them are available in iTunes to access the world’s favorite social networking site; here we’ll help you narrow down five of the very best!
1. MyPad App
Endorsed by Wired Magazine as the best app for Facebook on the iPad, there is no question as to why MyPad is the most popular Facebook app in the iTunes store. Where even the official Facebook app fails to offer the new timelines feature, MyPad takes the functionality and excels, offering a stream of cover photos in a way not possible even on the Facebook web site. Chat, a much-maligned missing feature for Facebook users on an iPad, is built-in and an included browser handles any external links you may come across.
MyPad also serves as an award-winning Twitter platform for the iPad, an added draw for users of both social networks.
2. Friended App
Offering a unique column view allowing for heaps of data to be neatly presented on a minimal screen, users with a large circle of friends and those who use Facebook for extensive content consumption will find the Friended app invaluable. Built specifically for the iPad’s screen real estate and touch functioning, there simply isn’t a Facebook app available for the iPad today that beats the excellent interface offered by Friended.
3. Facely HD App
Speaking of usability, Facely HD is an app aimed at making life simple for the average Facebook user through a large and easily navigable interface. It’s crisp and over-sized layout is fully skinable to give it a unique look and always makes for simple Facebook surfing with a negligible number of distractions.
Facely HD doesn’t stop with its pretty look, though; full-featured chat (missing in the official Facebook app) is available along with push notifications for messages, friend requests, chat notifications, pokes and more, meaning that you are alerted to your friends’ actions faster than with any other Facebook app; faster even than surfing Facebook.com on a PC!
4. Friendly App
Many Facebook users are photography buffs, visiting the site to share their latest pics with friends, family and fans. For the photo lovers out there is the Friendly app, a Facebook app with a fun twist for images that gives you the ability to add cool effects to your pictures before adding them to your Facebook albums, including options such as black and white, mirror image and sepia tone, along with 13 others.
Additional exclusive features of the Friendly app include multiple logins, allowing you to share your iPad with other Facebook users with zero disruption to your account, and the ability to edit profile details via a nifty included browser.
5. Official Facebook App
The original Facebook app available in the iTunes store gets an honorable mention here for its official status and high-usage. Covering all typical uses of Facebook save for chat, the official app is, of course, free and will suit the needs of many non-power users with its simple interface and intuitive functioning. If no bells and whistles are required, you may find this app is all that you need.
Conclusion
The Facebook app you choose will end up being based on your individual needs, and don’t forget that multiple apps can be installed to serve multiple functions, if necessary. If an all-purpose app like MyPad doesn’t have you covered, there are always specialized apps available in iTunes to help you cover all of your favorite Facebook uses on your Apple iPad. In any event, it should be clear to everyone that there is just no need to settle for the Facebook experience within a mobile browser!
Olivia writes for the PsPrint Blog and has been covering small-business and freelance news for a number of years. PsPrint is an online printing company.
