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That's the main drawback I find with the iPad. So much memory, so much processor, and not being able to use an app that allows me to create iOS apps. It's the reason why I only have an old iPad Air, it's enough for browsing, reading ebooks, and watching a movie on a trip. Anything bigger would be too bulky with the MacBook.

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> and not being able to use an app that allows me to create iOS apps

Maybe you already know about this and you just mean there isn't an app that provides the equivalent of your full MacOS dev environment, but you can absolutely build and run iOS apps on your iPad with Swift Playgrounds.

It has a lot of shortcomings, but I've used it to create a couple little personal apps that I can run without distributing them through the App Store.

They are basically running 1 platform now. They should merge the iPad and MacBook lines already.

I fear this would only hamstring macos, not empower ios.

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