Way different. Korg Gadget is awesome, so is the OP-1, both in different ways, in 8 years time though your ipad might be out of date and not work with Gadget anymore or all those other nice apps, meanwhile the OP-1 will still be working fine, unless it malfunctions, but it doesnāt rely on Apple IOS forced obsolescence.
Speaking from experience, my ipad 1st gen stopped working with most music apps that I bought within 5 years, not too bothered but it is something to take into consideration, I probably sunk well over Ā£1000 into the ipad and all the apps I bought. Some of them work on my new ipad, some of them donāt, the old ipad is pretty much useless now though. I bought my OP-1 a year after the ipad, and it still works just as well as when new, in fact better because of all the firmware updates.
and full credit to TE for those pretty magnificent updates Quite unlike PioneerToraiz.
Why? Donāt update apps or iOS and youāll be fine. Even if newer versions are incompatible with your current iOS you always get the option to install the last version that was compatible. So if your iPad + Gadget and al the other nice apps work today and you donāt update they will work for as long as your iPad lasts.
Ok then, I must have imagined the whole thing and just made it up 
This. Is why trying to stay in the box is maddening. I got like 15 new gray hairs just reading that @darenager. And this is why I will always gravitate to hardware like the OP-1. Pay now or pay now and keep paying.
You didnāt provide any arguments as to why apps would stop working. As long as the iPad works the apps will work.
Iāve had some iPad mini 1ās for just a few instruments per device. Works great, and you could sequence them from an Elektron box easily. My current iPad (plain 2018 model) is powerful enough to run everything I need at once 
Still have my old iPad 2 running Lemur and a couple of other apps. I remember wanting the original Lemur back in the day which was horrifically expensive.
I can imagine that TEās production costs have increased 40% because of the new screen, but I am not an engineer. I am one of those who thought the old price was still too much for me. Over time, I reckon new things will come along that will make the OP-1 redundant for many people. Just wait and see. 
The claim was that Gadget and others would stop working. Which is not true. But Iām not here to argue. Just wanted to clarify for others that if your iOS apps work today they will work for as long as your iPad works.
That requires the proviso that āif you do not update iOS or the app in questionā.
While many will update their apps, there are often problems, so the only way to actually guarantee that āif it works now, itāll always workā is to maintain stasis in the code base.
And though that may be the case, it does not represent a realistic prospect for most peopleās usage cases of iOS products (eg if you donāt update the os you may not be able to use more modern apps, or updated functionality in them.
What a bizarre and unnecessary tangent. Can everyone just go back to unnecessary ranting and raving about the current TE injustice please?
Iāve got an iPad2 on iOS6. I cannot add or update any apps on that particular iPad, and havenāt been able to for quite a while. But everything that is on the iPad works. I even still have rebirth.
What @Nevets is stating is true even though people are disagreeing about if that is the proper use of the iPad.
On topic: pretty disappointed about the op1 price hike. Iāve always wanted one and was looking forward to new stock being available but 899 is where my internal system says the price is good. 1399 doesnāt sit well with me for just a screen upgrade and no obvious improvements.
You can appreciate something and not own it at the same time. I LOVE the OP-1.
And fwiw when I was a kid I loved Gameboys and Super Nintendo and Game and Watches. Thatās the spirit the OP-1 comes from. Yeah, the OP-1 is pretty high end, but in the hands of a 12 year old who loves music, who knows what they would do with it.
Re: dn dt. just the fact that an op1 price now gets you two Elektron boxes.
All g man, just expressing my view
Thatās a nice way to look at things 
Weāre getting a bit off topic here, but yeah I donāt tend to buy stuff that is really just a 5 year rental in disguise, anymore at least.
sunvox does, quite merrily
I have ipad pro these days, but my ipad 1 works just fine, bought in 2010. Of course it doesnāt run the latest apps, but it does still run the ones it did all those years ago.
That said, investing in new ipad every few years is not a bad investment - they are awesome devices and worth the asking price, unlike TEās offerings.
Not to mention not updating your OS is a security risk as more and more vulnerabilities are exposed. Modern operating systems need security patches regularly because hackers are always working to find weaknesses.