Apple iPad 4th gen

7owners with an opinion

57%of verdicts positive

2/3positive/negative since 2024

0happy after 3+ years

Praised for ease of use and software; criticized for battery.

What owners wrote

Doesn’t like it

That's great, but it's no silver bullet. We have a 4th Gen iPad that was used mostly for consumption. Only one of the streaming apps works with its ios version.

Doesn’t like it

Really? Because I have an old iPad (4th gen?) that no longer works on many sites. If it was backwards compatible they'd still function.

Likes it

I remember using my first Apple product years ago, it was an iPod touch 4th gen. The quality of the software on that thing was in a completely different league compared to anything I had used before. I also installed the iOS 26 update recently. The competitive advantage of software polish that Apple had seems totally gone. Add to that bugs in iCloud, AirDrop... I don't think I will be buying any more Apple devices for myself.

Doesn’t like it

Wouldn't "spicy pillow" be the main problem with old iPads? My iPad Air 4th gen doesn't have an option to limit charging to 80% etc.

Likes it

I had six TCL Roku TVs before we downsized. I plugged an AppleTV 4th Gen into the two I used the most often and set them automatically switch to the port the AppleTV was connected to. The Apple Remote could control the volume and turn the TV on and off. WiFi was disabled on the two that were attached to AppleTVs.

Likes it

100%! I got the air4 too and am really happy with it. Procreate alone (which is just $9.99, I was honestly prepared to pay a lot more and thought it'd be akin to Photoshop level pricing) makes it worth it. I've also downloaded all my kindle books and my spotify library, so between drawing, reading, and music/podcasts, it has everything I need to keep me entertained.

Likes it

I am perfectly fine on a non-retina. There is a difference for sure. When I go to my iPad 4 I surely appreciate the retina quality. For me it was more important the expandability than the screen.

Doesn’t like itHasn’t owned it

Ipod classics have a spinning rust hdd. They are heavy. The 2004 4th gen 40 GB is 176 grams and is a bulky 110 cm3. That's quite a bit more than my pixel 5, which is 151 grams and just 81 cm3. In fact, could buy nearly any old phone and do better, immediately, and have a much nicer display and better bluetooth codecs and the ability to play lossless formats.