So I bought Air Display for iPad about a week ago and purposely held off writing a review until I’d “road tested” it a little more.

Air Display for iPad essentially turns your iPad into an extra display for your Mac or MacBook Pro (with bluetooth) and is a great addition to any Mac user’s app collection.

I’ve used it for certain things and, whilst the graphics are sometimes a little fuzzy, the app is great on the whole. When streaming The Masters via CNNSports.com it didn’t lag or lose anything and for re-keying information from Word docs into a web page or CMS it serves a great purpose (although running Cinch on the Mac gives the Windows 7 style “snap” functionality so maybe that’s a little overkill on the choice of usage).

Air Display for iPad Review: Pros

• Quick and easy to set up
• Touch screen retains it’s use so you can drag apps / browsers etc onto the iPad and interact with them using the touch screen
• Quick to enable / disable for quick app switching on the iPad; Air Display will sit quietly in the background ready to go again
• A cheap way to gain an extra monitor (ok so an iPad isn’t cheap, but if you’ve got one anyway then it’s a cheap addition)
• Works across PC and Mac
• Auto rotate works well
• Simple dragging to iPad as you would a second monitor

Air Display for iPad Review: Cons

• It does get a tad sluggish at times
• A little expensive (£5.99) for an app – but I’m just tight

Air Display for iPad Review: Conclusion

If you’re a geek or you spend a lot of time flitting from one screen or space to another then Air Display for iPad could really help you out. At £5.99 it’s a little expensive as a stand alone app, but it really does pay it’s own way if you’re in the market for a small, secondary monitor that isn’t going to get the use to warrant shelling out for a dedicated bit of kit.

Plus it makes the iPad on the desk look like more than an expensive calendar.