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Can I Get Snapchat On My Ipad

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How to get really any app on iPad or iPad mini that would be on your phone if you guys have a app that you can't get let me know, I'll find a way:D. To download and install Snapchat: Open up the app store on your mobile device or tablet. In the search box, type in 'Snapchat' and tap the logo when it appears. Tap Install to start downloading Snapchat. Tap Accept to allow the app to access your camera and other aspects of your device Snapchat needs to function. Tap Open to launch the app. I can find it here in the UK store and it's also in the US store - search for 'snapchat', and then on the results screen tap the 'iPad only' button at the top left and select 'iphone only' instead (the app is optimised for the smaller iPhone-sized scren, so won't show in the 'iPad only' view).

If you're like me, you sometimes prefer to use Snapchat with iPad instead of using your iPhone or Android all the time. Unfortunately, there is no Snapchat app for the iPad—at least none published by Snapchat, Inc.

There are a lot of third party apps out there which claim to let you use or access your Snapchat account, but personally, I'm squeamish about letting some unknown third party have access to my social media login information. Particularly my sensitive Snapchat account.

If you're reading this (and guess what, you are), you're likely in the same situation. Pokemon go on macbook pro. Luckily for you, I've got your solution below.

When I'm at home sitting on my couch I usually browse the web and check social media on my iPad. The last thing I want to do is to go back to my smartphone when I want to check Snapchat.

Below, I will walk you through a few different secrets that will solve your problem and give you full access to the app, albeit with a few disadvantages that I will outline below. Make sure you check back regularly to see if there are new solutions and I will continue to update this post as necessary.

'When I'm on the couch, I usually have the TV on and my MacBook Air nearby. And sometimes, when my ADD is really kicking in, I have my iPad too. And my iPhone. And a magazine that I haven't gotten to. And a book under the pillow to my left.' – Aubrey Plaza from Parks & Recreation

Snapchat For iPad Features

You may be curious what features will be accessible if you use Snapchat on your iPad. It's a good question to keep in mind because, as if often the case for these sorts of workarounds, you're not always going to have total functionality, so you want to be aware of what features you're going to be giving up, and if it's worth it to you. I've compiled a list of features that you can make use of along with what devices this is compatible with.

You will notice that despite the Snapchat app not being made to work specifically for the iPad, that all of the features you love are included on the iPad with this trick.

  • You can send and receive Snaps to your friends, including using the front and back cameras on your iPad.
  • You can view Snaps that people have sent to you and respond back with text messages that disappear after viewing them.
  • Make use of the new SnapCash feature where you can send money to anyone who also has Snapchat and SnapCash enabled.
  • View your friend's Snapchat profile to see their high score and their top 3 best friends
  • Use the new Snapchat Discover feature that allows you to view Snaps from ESPN, Comedy Central, news channels, etc. all from your Snapchat app. This is Snapchat's way of starting to monetize their platform in addition to the SnapCash feature.
  • All of the crayon and text options also work perfectly so you can have a bit more room to draw and color.

The trick below works on the following iPad generations and iOS operating systems https://softlog.mystrikingly.com/blog/telecharger-google-chrome-pour-macbook.

  • iPad 1-4 (including the retina display iPads)
  • iPad Mini 1 and 2
  • It also works on iOS 5.0 to the newest iOS 8.0

Why Get Snapchat on iPad?

You may not be completely convinced why using the Snapchat app on an iPad would be better than using it on your iPhone. After all, Snapchat is a messaging app, and we've come to think of messaging as just something that we do on our phones. Despite one drawback, there are a lot of advantages to using the app on an iPad.

  • Whether you're viewing a friend's Snap photo from a party last night or a video of your sister skiing in Colorado, viewing Snapchat on a higher resolution screen is better. You can see everything in more detail and more clearly on an iPad.
  • If you're the type of person who likes to make a lot of edits to your photos, like draw a helmet on a friend, color in the background of your photo, or create a fictitious cartoon character for you to hang out with. All of these are better on a bigger screen where you can have room to create a masterpiece. Often times, my fingers can't draw in detail on my iPhone whereas I can get down to the detail I want on my iPad.
  • If your iPhone is slow loading the videos or images, most likely your iPad (depending on the generation) has a faster processor and you'll find it doesn't hang up as easily.
  • I tend to use Snapchat for my more private conversations. As such, these aren't often the conversations I'm having when I'm on a bus or in class, but when I'm at home. And maybe it's just me, but I've got a real pet peeve about being glued to my phone when I have a superior machine (with a much more readable screen) right at my fingertips.

One of the major downsides is that when using the trick below you're basically downloading the iPhone version of the app onto your iPad. That means you will notice it's a smaller resolution than your iPad and will look a little small or pixelated. Thankfully, Snapchat is compatible with the new iPhone 6 Plus, which is a pretty large screen so you won't notice much difference between that version if you have for instance an iPad Mini.

Request iPad Version of Snapchat

Of course, as I've made a big deal about up until now, there is no native Snapchat app for iPad. This is a workaround, which will always be a little more of a headache. There really isn't any way around not having a stand alone iPad version of Snapchat unless the developers create one on their own. If you feel really strongly that Snapchat should create an iPad version than the best thing you can do is to message them and tell them what you really think.

I guarantee if they got thousands upon thousands of people saying they would use the app more if they created an iPad only version, then the company would feel it necessary to create one. Basically, we need to show them that there is a strong demand and an allegiance that wants an iPad version. When they deem it is in the company's best interest, they will definitely create one. It's just a matter of demonstrating sufficient market to justify the cost of production. Hey, this is exactly what was going on with Viber: that's a Voice over Internet (VoIP) client which was phone-only for the longest time, but enough people made it clear that they wanted it for their iPads, and an iPad version has just recently come out. So these companies listen to us. Especially tech companies, which live or die based on how rapidly and well they can adapt to the current needs of the market.

Simply head over to the Snapchat feature request page and tell them why they should create a tablet version for its community.

How to Get Snapchat For iPad

Now, onto the real reason why you came to this page, to figure out the secret to download Snapchat for iPad. For this trick to work you will want to make sure you have an Apple App Store account with a credit card on file. This won't actually charge you any money to get Snapchat but it is required that you have one on file before you download any apps.

Once you've done this, if you find that the size of the app is too small on your iPad, especially if you have the full retina display iPad, you can always tap the little 2x at the bottom right of the display. This will make each pixel of the app twice as big but not include any more pixels. Basically, it will make the app bigger but the screen resolution will decrease because of it. You can choose which option to go for depending on whether you prefer the images to be big or higher resolution.

The first option is if you have Snapchat on your iPhone already and you can basically use that to sync the app onto your iPad.

  1. Head over to your iPad and tap on the App Store to access all of the apps.
  2. You will notice at the bottom there is a button called Purchased, that means apps that you have previously downloaded on that App Store account. This even includes all of your devices and previous devices as long as you used the same App Store account.
  3. Basically, when you go to Purchased you will see all of the apps that you previously downloaded. You will notice at the top right it says iPad Apps.
  4. Tap where it says iPad apps and select iPhone apps instead. This will show all the apps you previously downloaded on your iPhone if you own one.
  5. Scroll down until you find Snapchat and tap the download button and you're ready to start using the app.

The second option is if you either don't own an iPhone or you haven't previously downloaded the app onto your iPhone.

  1. Again, head over to the App Store on your iPad and make sure you login to your Apple ID account.
  2. It's important now to go to tap on the Featured button at the bottom before you do a search. If you simply search from another tab it won't work and for some reason there are different options that show up.
  3. After selecting the Featured tab, search in the top right bar for Snapchat.
  4. You won't notice that Snapchat does not show up and this is because you are searching under iPad Only apps.
  5. Tap where it says iPad Only at the top left and select instead iPhone Only. This will show apps that are built for the screen resolution and to run on the iPhone. However, they run perfectly fine on the iPad just with a little lower resolution.
  6. You should now see Snapchat on the list and be able to tap the download button to get the app.

When Will Snapchat Come Out On iPad?

If you look at past companies that just started out with an option to download the app onto either your iPhone or Android but not iPad, you will notice a trend. Often times, it's an app that is the sole app owned or developed by a company so often times a smaller company.

However, Snapchat recently had a $10 billion (edit: more recent valuations hold them at $16 billion) valuation bringing them into the big leagues. This is relevant because Snapchat is increasingly getting top notch investors that are investing millions of dollars into the company. With all of these investors, you get a lot of eyes on the product (and on that products numbers). Snapchat needs that valuation to continue to go up if it doesn't want to start bleeding investors. (If this sounds familiar, this same phenomenon was handled in a Season 2 episode of Silicon Valley). Eventually, you will notice that they want a return on their investment, and once Snapchat has expanded and updated their current software as much as they can, not porting it over to another platform is just leaving money on the table. You can already see this happening with the development of SnapCash and the Snapchat Discovery feature that both bring in money for the company.

Investors are increasingly going to push Snapchat to develop an iPad version as this will increase the potential market for consumers. Basically the more users you have then the more potential options you have to bring in more revenue. This is just smart business and where the app will eventually move toward. So we can all be confident that we will eventually see Snapchat for iPad!

That wraps up this guide and hopefully gives you a good sense of your options and a potential trick to get the app. Let us know if it worked for you and if you have any other tips for readers out there. Also, share this post if you found it helpful and know any friends that would want to use Snapchat on their iPad as well.

Have you heard the saying, bigger is better?

Well, that's not always true but for screen size, it often is, especially when you're viewing pictures, videos, or other media. Don't get me wrong, resolutions on phones are getting better and better (and the phones are getting bigger as well), but sometimes, bringing up a picture and then spending a minute and a half on make the zoom gesture with your fingers is annoying every time you just want to show somebody at your table a picture you had taken earlier. Or whenever you want to look at some pictures that your friends have posted to their Instagram accounts.

That is why I've created this guide, teaching you several ways to get Instagram for iPad. After this article, you will be fully equipped to view and post on the Instagram app no matter what iOS device you're on.

You will find detailed information on how to download the app, viewing photos online, alternatives, and a few tricks to enhance the overall experience. Per usual, this is an ever-evolving subject and one that I will try to keep up to date on this article. After all, given the popularity of Instagram, the development team is always tweaking the app and the site to improve the experience, so all of us dedicated Instagram users want to make sure we're staying on top of these things.

'I'm obsessed by Instagram.' – Tyra Banks How to make powerpoint presentation in macbook.

When Will Instagram For iPad Release?

Military radio voice changer. You've likely landed on this page because you realized that there was no official Instagram app that was truly built for the resolution and screen size of the iPad. This leaves a lot of people in a perplexing situation where they are required to compromise and find alternative solutions.

The official reason Instagram (owned by Facebook) gave on why they haven't created an Instagram app for iPad is that they are focusing primarily on the mobile iPhone and Android systems to build their audience.

It is not uncommon that in this day and age there are many options for people to present their content. Some apps or products decide to go with the shotgun approach where they make their app compatible with everything and some decide to stick to a few options but really focus on refining those few options. Obviously, Instagram is the latter.

I would not be surprised if in the next few years we see a stand-alone, dedicated app that Instagram has built for tablets, but I doubt it will be in the very near future. If you consider the photo and video storage requirements for duplicating all the content of Instagram in a resolution compatible for the iPad, you can get a grasp of how much effort and cost this truly requires. Never mind the added teams required for coding, quality assurance, or customer service, or managing security for people who lock themselves out of their accounts. It would be a major undertaker for any developer, but when you consider the volume of users that Instagram deals within its loyal fanbase, it quickly becomes a nightmarish undertaking.

Now, let's get into the real reason you came to this site and dive into what your real options are today.

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1. iPhone Instagram App on iPad

The first option is a good workaround and will give you an 80% solution to the problem. Basically, what I'll show you how to do is to download the iPhone version of Instagram onto your iPad. This is a trick that actually works for a majority of iPhone apps that do not have iPad counterparts, though of course performance will never quite match a dedicated iPad app.

This, of course, comes with a few issues that you may or may not be aware of. The primary issue is that the resolution is built for the iPhone and therefore will be at a lower resolution than your iPad. This has gotten better with the release of the bigger iPhone 6 Plus and therefore decreasing the screen size gap between the two. Nonetheless, better resolution is the entire reason you want an iPad app, so this can be a bit of an annoyance for people who just want to be able to put their phones down once in a while but still want to be able to see what all of their friends are up to.

You can get around this resolution issue by simply downloading the app and tapping the '2x' at the bottom right when you open the app. This won't increase the resolution but will increase the size by a factor of 2. Therefore, it will be larger but more pixelated.

To get this to work, follow these steps.

  1. Open the App Store on your iPad and you can take one of two routes to get Instagram installed.
  2. The first and easiest option is to tap the 'purchased' icon at the bottom of the app store and when you see the screen of all of your purchased apps, simply tap the 'iPad Apps' icon at the top right and choose iPhone apps. Then scroll down until you find Instagram and tap the download button. Note, this trick only works if you already have Instagram on another iPhone and therefore it's in your purchased list.
  3. The other option is to download Instagram from scratch. Tap on the Featured tab at the bottom left. Remember to do this as I've had issues searching from other tabs for some reason.
  4. After you're on the Featured tab, search for Instagram and you will notice the original app doesn't show up.
  5. Tap where it says iPad Only at the top right and choose iPhone Only instead.
  6. Voila. The official Instagram app (produced by 'Instagram, Inc.') now appears. This trick works for a lot of apps. Now, you will see Instagram pop up and you will have the option to download it.

Note: There are a few third-party apps which will interface with your Instagram account. Note the developers listed. The proper Instagram app should be by 'Instagram, Inc.' I haven't worked with all of these third-party apps (a new one seems to come up every day), so I can't speak for all of them, but it comes down to trust: are you going to trust some group you've never heard of to have access to your social media accounts (since, if you're like me, most of your accounts are linked one way or the other). Also, Instagram has all the power of Facebook behind it, which comes with a pretty good monetizing structure. These third-party apps usually have to pay for themselves with obtrusive and annoying ads.

2. Instagram Online on iPad

The next option is my favorite as there is no workaround and it natively works on any screen size no matter what device you're on. This option is to log in to Instagram online using your iPad and from there you can not worry about downloading the app at all.

However, there are a few downsides to this option as well that may make you want to choose to go with the app version. The biggest downside is that you cannot take photos and upload them using the online version. You may already access Instagram online using your Mac or PC and will note that you can only view, like, and comment on photos but you can't post anything online.

This limits how you can use Instagram on iPad if you go with the online version. If you don't mind not being able to upload a photo, then I think this is the best option. You can always pick up your iPhone or Android if you actually want to take a photo and upload it.

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  1. Open your iPad browser and type in instagram.com in the address bar.
  2. This will take you to the main page that will look just like the screenshot below.
  3. Tap on the Login button and enter in your username and password. If you forgot your password you can tap the 'forgot password' link and it will tell you how to recover it.
  4. That's all you need to do, after you log in you will have full access to your Instagram feed.

TIP: You can tap where it says Download on the App Store and it will bring up Instagram in the app store to download directly just like the first option.

3. Instagram for iPad Alternatives

Lastly, we will cover your various options when it comes to Instagram alternatives for iPad. Take note that none of the options below will actually allow you to upload a photo or video to your feed. You will only be able to view photos, like, comment, or share photos with your friends. This is all in addition to the concerns that I listed above in my first point.

The main reason is that Instagram wants to limit where and how you can actively interact with its platform. By actively, I mean adding content to the overall platform, versus passively where you're simply taking in information but not adding information beyond likes and comments.

There are several good options out there that all have pros and cons, therefore, I'll provide my perspective on the top apps and you can decide which one makes your list of favorites.

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Padgram for Ipad

Padgram is a good option that is absolutely free and will allow you to view your Instagram feed. One of the best features of Padgram is the ability to browse when you're in landscape mode and not only in portrait mode.

**You will need to sign into your Instagram account and allow access to your feed and photos. If you're not comfortable allowing another app access to your Instagram profile then I'd suggest sticking with the first two methods.**

You have a variety of options and features when using this app. You can view all of your photos on a map where they are geotagged. That means whenever you take a photo or someone else shares their location, you will notice exactly where the photo was taken on the map. This is cool if you just want to see images from a certain city or place.

You also have the option to share a photo on a ton of different services, from Facebook to Twitter to Pinterest to Tumblr.

I would say the main downside is that there isn't a built-in, easy to use swipe feature that seems intuitive when you use the app. This would be the only major change I would recommend.

Pictacular for iPad

The other option I would recommend checking out is Pictacular, another free iPad app that allows you to view your Instagram feed. The same applies as above that you cannot upload your own photos using this app but you can only view them.

The best part of this app is the layout, look, and feel of it. It's very easy to use and makes Instagram photos easy to view and scroll through. You will need to sign in using your Instagram username and password and then you will see all of the photos in an array similar to Pinterest. You have the ability to tap a photo to enlarge it and then swipe left or right to scroll through the images.

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You will notice that there are three columns and you can view all of the comments right there without having to tap anything else to view them. Unfortunately, it appears that there is no way to comment on a photo, you can only like a photo at this time and comments are limited to the most recent 3. Therefore, if you want to see all the comments you will have to use another option. Another downside I've noticed is that there is no map version so if that is a feature you use often you will likely want to choose Padgram as your app of choice.

Similar to the other app, you have the option to share photos on Facebook, Twitter, and Pinterest so that your friends can view the photos as well.

Email Instagram About iPad App

The last thing I will leave you with is the option to email Instagram customer support and request that they make a stand-alone iPad app version. If Facebook / Instagram keeps getting thousands of requests that they make an iPad app then eventually they will realize the value in creating it.

They will never know how much we would appreciate and use an Instagram for iPad app unless we tell them directly.

I hope this article has been helpful in laying out your options and has provided you with enough details to get Instagram up and running on your iPad. Leave a comment if you know of any other cool tips or tricks that our readers can use. We try to keep these articles fairly up to date, so maybe your comment will be incorporated to a future edit of this article. As always, we appreciate if you would share this post with your friends.





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