access Flash-based websites and play Flash games
If you want to view Flash-based websites, play
Flash games or watch Flash videos on your
iPad, you’ll come across a bit of a problem: it
doesn’t support Flash. However, that doesn’t mean
you can’t get Flash on your iPad at all. There are
various apps available to download from the iOS
App Store for iPad 2, iPad 3, iPad 4, iPad Air, iPad
mini and iPad mini 2 that will help.
Best Flash apps for iPad
Browser apps that will enable you to play Flash
videos and games include Photon Browser, Pu n,
Skyfi re Browser and iSwifter Browser.
Photon Browser seems to be the most popular
choice for iPad users that require Flash support. It’s a
£2.99 app that acts as a
good alternative browser
to Safari, and also has
a Flash mode that you
turn on by tapping the
lightning bolt icon in the
top right corner.
We managed to visit
the Moshi Monsters,
Disney Fantasyland
and Flash Driving
Game websites with no
problems. It can be a bit
slow, but you can play
about with the settings
to improve the speed
and the resolution of the
websites you’re visiting.
Pu n, which has a
free trial version if you
want to test it out before paying the £1.99 for the full
version, displayed the Moshi Monsters (below) and
Flash Driving Game websites brilliantly, but failed
to load the Flash version of the Disney Fantasyland
site when we tried it on several occasions. But
having the option to try it out fi rst is a real plus here,
because you can then decide if it meets your needs.
Skyfi re (£2.99) is ideal for watching Flash
videos, but does not support Flash apps, games or
website animations, so doesn’t provide an all-round
Flash solution.
iSwifter is designed for Flash games, and is free
for 10 minutes per day for seven days. After that,
you’ll have to cough up £5.49 for the privilege.
You’ll need to be connected to Wi-Fi to use iSwifter,
as it doesn’t work with 3G or 4G connections.
Why doesn’t the iPad support Flash?
Apple’s late co-founder Steve Jobs famously
bashed Flash for mobile, and refused to allow the
technology on the iOS platform. Instead, Jobs
fought for the alternative HTML5 standard, which
is beginning to replace Flash around the web.
