Affinity Publisher 2 for iPad

Pro publishing in a portable package

- IAN EVENDEN

$19.99 (standalone), $169.99 (universal license)

From https://affinity.serif.com

Needs iPadOS 15 or later, Apple silicon recommended

A PRO–GRADE DTP app on the iPad? It’s true. The release of the second version of the Affinity suite of creative apps has seen Serif take a step that it chose not to with the previous iteration, which saw the Designer vector illustration app and the Photo image– editing app move to touchscreen town — but not Publisher.

Publisher 2, therefore, has something to prove. Happily, it largely manages to show that having a full creative suite on an iPad is a good idea, and Apple’s introduction of Stage Manager into iPadOS couldn’t have come at a better time.