I'm hunting Black Friday iPad deals – here's some I recommend snapping up now

Good morning. I'm online in the UK to check all the iPad offers on page and add new ones I spot! We wouldn't want you to miss out so we'll be checking in throughout today to keep up to date with what's been happening. So hold on while I do just that.

New Black Friday iPad Pro deals incoming from Amazon!

Amazon's now matching Best Buy's deal with $200 off the 13-inch iPad Pro M4.

And even better news, it's now beating Best Buy and B&H Photo on the 11-inch model, with $150 off. You'll need to click the coupon box below the product description to apply the additional $50 saving to get the tablet for $849 – the cheapest price on record.

These are this year's Pros with the new M4 chip and now with OLED displays and support for Apple Pencil Pro.

• iPad Pro 12-inch (M4, 2024): $1,299 $1,099 at Amazon
• iPad Pro 11-inch (M4, 2024): $999 $849 at Amazon

Good morning! As promised, we'll be here today checking out all deals and making sure we don't miss any. We'll price check everything that's on page this morning and add any new offers.

If you're still not sure which iPad you should go for, see our iPad generations post for a rundown of all the models. Different people need different iPads for different reasons and our guides to the best iPad for drawing and best iPad for Procreate will help the artists among you. And if you're studying, try the best iPad for students.

Just a quick update to confirm that the prices listed above are all still correct at the time of writing. That includes record low prices pretty much across the entire iPad range in the US. The one exception is the iPad 10, which briefly fell to $349 during Amazon Prime Day in October, but that was a members-only deal.

Highlights include this year's M4 iPad Pro 13 reduced by $200 at Best Buyand $100 off the M2 iPad Air at Amazon.

If you're wondering how to choose, we have a handy list of the iPad generations and a guide to how to choose an iPad.

Amazon's current discount on the iPad mini might seem like a mini deal, but this tablet was only released this month. You can read our recent review to see why we rate it so highly.

• iPad mini (A17 Pro, 2024): was $499 now $449 at Amazon

If you're looking for iPad accessories. Apple's most advanced inner-ear earphones, the 2nd-gen AirPods Pro are back down to their cheapest price on record: $169 at both Amazon and Best buy. That's a saving of $80 – almost a third off.

At the extreme other end of the spectrum, there's no stock on the 9th-gen basic iPad at Amazon either. That's not so surprising given that this is tablet from 2021 that Apple no longer makes, but Best Buy clearly still has some units to shift – it's running a record low price of $199.

• 9th gen iPad: was $329.99 now $199.99 at Best Buy

That's not to say there are no iPad Pro deals at Amazon. Many configurations are out of stock. Those that are in stock have discounts, but they're not huge. The 13-inch tablet has $100 off for the 1TB configuration with the new nano-textured display.

And there's $200 of a textured glass 1TB iPad Pro 11. That's now $1,499.

The best price for the basic 256GB configuration with standard display remains $1,299 $1,099 at Best Buy – $200 off. B&H Photo has $100 off various configurations.

So ,naming no names, I've seen articles stating that the new M4-chipped iPad Pro, 11-inch, is on sale, down from $1,199 to $969 over at Amazon.

The only problem with that, as you'll see if you follow that link above, is that the deal doesn't exist! I've been looking at the price of iPads over at Amazon like a hawk all day, and I haven't yet seen such a deal on that model.

I guess my point is, there are many articles out there claiming great deals that may not actually exist, all with the aim of getting you to a retail site and hopefully you buy something there anyway. We don't do that on Creative Bloq, and will only put links to deals that exist at time of going live.

I'm sure you know exactly what iPad you want to get this Black Friday, and exactly what you're going to use it for... but just in case you're a digital artist who needs some more input on the topic, check out our article on the best iPads for Procreate – the amazing digital art software.

Ultimately, we believe that the M2 iPad Air is the best choice, but there are different use cases so it's well worth a look.

Our top pick, the iPad Air (M2) is currently on sale from £599 to £559 at Amazon.

If you're on the lookout for a laptop as well as a tablet, we've just published our roundup of the best laptop deals in the Amazon Black Friday sale. There's good news for Apple fans because there are a couple of great MacBook deals in there, including a record low price on this year's M3 MacBook Air.

• MacBook Air 13 (M3, 2024, 16GB RAM): was $1,099 now $849 at Amazon

The one exception is the newer iPad 10, which was released in 2022. Amazon and Best Buy both have it for $279. That's good $70, or 20%, off. But we did very briefly see this tablet $30 cheaper at $249 during Amazon Prime Day in October.

That deal was only for Amazon Prime members, so it may not get repeated, but this is the only iPad that's not currently at the lowest price on record.

But whether it's at Amazon, Best Buy or B&H Photo, the great news is that almost all of the Black Friday iPad deals we've flagged above either match of beat the best previous prices we've seen.

And although actual Black Friday is still a week away, some of these prices are probably already about as low as they can go – particularly Best Buy's offer of the iPad 9 for $199. It's hard to imagine an iPad much cheaper than this, even if it is a 2021 model with only 64B of storage space.

• iPad 9th gen: was $329 now $199 at Best Buy

Amazon doesn't have the best Black Friday iPad deal on every model though. For the latest iPad Pro 13, the best price is at Best Buy, where there's $200 off. This is the lowest price we've seen for the larger version of this year's M4-chipped tablet.

• iPad Pro 13 (M4, 2024): was $1,299 now $1,099 at Best Buy

Amazon US has started its official Black Friday sale today. And although, there are no iPad deals specifically flagged as being part of Black Friday, there are savings on pretty much every model – and that includes even the brand-new 7th generation iPad mini, which was only released on 23 October.

We gave the updated mini a sterling review, praising the performance of the A17 Pro chip and the drawing experience with Apple Pencil Pro.

• New 2024 iPad mini: was $499 now $449.99 at Amazon US

Hello iPad deals hunters! we've put together this live hub of iPad deals because we've been seeing a increasing number of excellent Black Friday iPad deals trickle in already.

Top of my list right now is the iPad Air (M2, 2024) down from $699 to $599. It's an amazing tablet, and I loved it when I had a play on it earlier in the year.