If you've been having trouble with android phones the think twice before switching to Apple.
If you do decide to change to an iPad or iPhone then I'd recommend getting a cheap as chips talk and text phone and then get a full size iPad rather than both. IMHO the iPhones are ridiculously overpriced and with a talk and text only phone you can save yourself some $ to invest in an iPad with SIM card slot.
And make sure that you invest in a REALLY GOOD iPad cover to protect it, the screens crack so easily and repairs are really, really expensive.
So with an iPad, install FileApp (free app) so that you can save documents to your tablet which you can't do with the Apple native set-up unless you jailbreak your devices.... which is a really bad idea.
It depends on which email provider you use, but the Google apps are all must haves. There are Apple versions of word processing and spreadsheets but they are a little on the spendy side as far as apps go but Google Drive is one of the apps that you can try out for free.
Hope that helps too.
