It's Black Friday and there are plenty of deals to be had on Apple's iPad. Are these deals groundbreaking? Probably not. Are they the best we've ever seen? Yes, in some cases. And will they save you some money, yes they will.
The most exciting deal is on the iPad 11-inch, which is at a record low on Amazon, it'll cost you $274, down from $349. It costs £296.36 in the UK (another record low).
Why should you trust us? Well we've been writing about the iPad and deals on Apple products for much longer than we care to remember. Below are our top picks for iPads as we scour the internet for the best prices Black Friday has to offer us.
iPad quick links: US
- Save up to $550 on iPad at Best Buy
- Save up to 20% on newest iPad at Amazon
- Save $100 iPad Pro M5 at Amazon
- Get $150 off iPad Air at Amazon
- Get iPad A16 for $274 at Best Buy
iPad quick links: UK
US iPad deals
UK iPad deals
Fun fact, my iPad Pro Magic Keyboard is battered, bruised, and shredded at the edges, so it looks like a new one is in order of the day for Black Friday. While there are cheap deals, I'm sticking with brands I trust – Belkin, Logitech and Apple – so here are some of the iPad Pro Magic Keyboard offers I've found today:
• Procreate is a no-brainer, the best digital art app on iPad, or even across all platforms, and has features tailored to Apple Pencil Pro's features.
• Procreate Dreams is the cel-animation spin-off from Procreate is perfect for hobbyists but also pro animators and graphic designers.
• ZBrush for iPad is the industry-standard 3D sculpting software on iPad. It's so good that Maxon is redesigning the new desktop edition around this UI.
• Adobe Fresco is a free digital painting app that mixes vector and raster art for a more natural-media effect. It's beautifully easy to use.
• Clip Studio Paint is a little fiddly to use, but it's a great app for comics, manga, illustration, and animation projects.
• The base-model iPads from 2018 onward.: iPad (8th generation), iPad (9th generation), iPad (10th generation).
• iPad mini (5th generation, 2019) and newer (i.e. also 6th gen, etc.).
• iPad Air (3rd generation, 2019) and later Air models (including M2/M3 Airs).
• The iPad Pro line from 2018 onwards remains supported: iPad Pro 11‑inch (1st generation) and later, and iPad Pro 12.9‑inch (3rd generation) and later.
With so many iPads released over the years, it can be tricky to figure out which one is right for you, especially on Black Friday. We have a dedicated iPad generations guide that covers everything, but here's my quick explainer…
If you’re choosing an iPad from the last three years, which is ideal, the lineup is surprisingly simple. The iPad (11th gen, 2025) is an affordable 11-inch tablet with Apple’s A16 chip, perfect for browsing, streaming, note-taking and everyday apps. It’s the one most people should buy.
At the top end sits the iPad Pro (M4, 2024), available in 11- and 13-inch sizes. With its tandem-OLED display and desktop-level power, it’s made for illustrators, video editors and anyone replacing a laptop with a tablet.
Perhaps you already own one of the best iPads for drawing and digital art, and what you really need is some accessories.
One of the best deals I spotted this week was on the new iPad A16 (2025) model for only £299 at Very. I just checked, and this offer is STILL LIVE, so UK readers should definitely grab it while you can.
This is an excellent price to pay for an iPad, especially if you're what you might call a casual scroller. As in – you don't need the latest and greatest M5 chip and don't dabble in graphically draining tasks. If you want an iPad simply for emails and Netflix, this A16 model will do the job very nicely.
Happy Black Friday! Welcome to our live blog dedicated to finding the very best iPad deals for creatives. We've been covering iPad deals for over a decade on Creative Bloq, and know exactly what you should be looking out for (and what to avoid).
