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There’s a reason that desktop publishing software is called, well, “desktop” publishing software. It’s because these resource-intensive applications often require the kind of processing horsepower and Internet bandwidth that mobile devices, like phones and tablets, simply don’t have—or didn’t have in the not-too-distant past.

Today’s mobile devices are more powerful than ever. And while publishing and design apps for mobile devices remain rare, a decent selection of design apps is available for the iPad, and a few for Android tablets. (It may not surprise you to hear that design apps haven’t taken off on smartphones, thanks in large part to their smaller screens.) Here’s the lowdown on the apps we tested. Apple Pages Apple Pages make it easy to create slick-looking flyers and brochures. Apple itself describes its as a word processing tool. And, technically, it is.

But it’s also an excellent, easy-to-use desktop publishing tool for the iPad – and, for those with supremely nimble fingers, the iPhone. Pages offers a wide variety of templates to choose from when creating your document, ranging from a blank file to business cards, tabbed flyers, event posters, brochures, invitations, invoices and more. Whether you’re working from a template or venturing on your own with a blank document, adding photos and text is a breeze, thanks to Pages’ easily accessibly menus. Free video software for mac. Pages saves all of your files in a neatly organized menu, and allows you to move them to another app’s folder if you so desire. In addition, you can share a link to documents via iCloud, or send a copy to someone else. And thanks to its integration with iCloud, accessing documents created on another device is seamless. At $10, Pages is pricey, but anyone who needs to create polished-looking documents while on the go will appreciate its features.

Those with limited design sense, especially, will appreciate the guidance that the Pages templates offer, but truly creative types may feel a bit limited by Pages’ lack of a finger- or template-drawing tool. Publisher Master for iOS Publisher Master for iOS doesn't offer a wide range of templates, but the ones it does offer are useful. I wasn’t sure what to expect from, a $6 app for graphic design and layout, but in the end, I was pleasantly surprised. It’s not the prettiest or slickest app you’ll ever see, but it proved easy to use and capable of creating polished publications. Publisher Master doesn’t offer quite the same level of hand-holding that Apple’s Pages features, nor does it offer the same kind of slick-looking layout. It offers just nine templates, plus a blank page that you can design to your liking.