Most “best iPad apps” lists read like a sponsored catalog. Forty apps, no opinions, every one of them a 5-star miracle. That’s not useful. Here are five apps I actually recommend — the ones that justify owning an iPad in the first place. If your iPad mostly sits on the kitchen counter playing YouTube, this is the list that gets it off the counter. Full disclosure: I make one of the apps on this list. I’ll tell you which one…