The 2 Best iPad Pro Cases of 2025

Apple’s Smart Folio feels more premium and better built than copycats, and it offers four different viewing angles. But it provides minimal protection for its extravagant price tag of $80 for the 11-inch version and $100 for the 13-inch model. For a fraction of the price, our budget pick offers a nearly identical design and adds a magnetic clasp for Apple Pencil storage.

The Burton Goods Magnetic Leather Case is a well-crafted leather case with a microfiber interior and an internal leather pocket for document storage. It feels premium, it securely stores an Apple Pencil, and it keeps your iPad in place with strong magnets. The downside is that its limited viewing angles make it ideal only for watching video.

Out of all the cases we tested, the Otterbox Defender Case may offer the most protection. However, in addition to being very thick and bulky, the overall design is let down by poor execution. The integrated screen protector is a slightly loose, shiny plastic film that adds glare and a clearly visible layer between you and the display. The plastic hinge, back cover, and pencil cover feel fragile and finicky.

The Otterbox Symmetry Folio case is another Apple Smart Folio knockoff, but in a good way. A clear, fully protective case attaches to the stand portion, offering better protection than Apple’s own iPad Pro case. However, it’s priced similar to our top pick, which offers much more viewing versatility without sacrificing much protection.

The ProCase Leather Business Folio Case’s looks are more impressive than its protection. Imitation leather adorns the outside, but weak magnets don’t always keep this folio case closed. This case is also thicker than most of the others we tested, yet it doesn’t offer much more, if any, protection.

The ProCase Smart Case is your average folio case in which the smart cover flips into a stand. It’s a simple design comprising a hard plastic shell with corner protection and a TPU folio cover. It offers no Apple Pencil storage, though, and its corners block the mics and leave the top, bottom, and sides completely exposed and unprotected from drops and spills.

The Speck Balance Folio was a previous pick, and it remains a great case. It offers multiple viewing angles and a built-in camera shield, but it leaves the right edge of the iPad Pro exposed. Our new top pick provides more protection and versatility for nearly the same price.

The Spigen Enzo Aramid is perhaps the best-looking case we tested. It’s made of Aramid fiber and plastic, but it exposes the entire bottom of the iPad display when in landscape mode. There’s no built in stand, either; this case is meant to pair with an iPad Pro keyboard, such as Apple’s or Spigen’s own. If you decide to add that, the Enzo Aramid case does support Apple’s Magic Connector for keyboard input. The combination of case and separate keyboard adds up in price, and the case alone isn’t sufficient to protect an iPad.

Spigen’s Rugged Armor Pro is a TPU case with a cover that folds into a kickstand and a built-in Apple Pencil holder. The case is on the thinner side, and its kickstand doesn’t hold as firm as those of other cases we’ve tested—I wouldn’t trust my $1,000 iPad Pro to survive any drops in this case. Spigen’s Ultra Hybrid Pro is essentially the same case but with a clear plastic shell on the rear; we worry that any clear plastic case will turn yellow over time.

The Tech 21 FlexFolio Case (M4/M5) is made with three separate but connected parts that don’t instill longterm durability confidence. In landscape mode, the top edge of the iPad is exposed. And even though this case offers multiple display angles, it’s too easy to dislodge the case from its display angle indentations, based on our testing.

The UAG Metropolis SE is a lightweight yet rugged TPU case. It has an adjustable kickstand with four viewing angles, stylus storage, reinforced corner bumpers, and a folio cover that can place your iPad Pro in sleep or wake. However, several areas of the case leave parts of the tablet exposed, which can be risky if you drop it.

Zagg’s Crystal Palace Folio is a clear TPU case with an attached plastic folio cover. It protects every corner of your iPad Pro, including the area for your stylus. We found the TPU case near the four speaker cutouts to be a little flimsy, since the cutouts move noticeably when touching the case during iPad use. We are also concerned that the clear TPU portion of the case might turn yellow over time, despite Zagg’s claims of anti-yellowing technology. Another concern is how well the folio cover may stay attached to the rest of the case.

The Zagg Denali Case with Stand offers beefy protection similar to that of the Otterbox Defender, but it doesn’t have a fragile, plastic kickstand. Instead, Zagg uses a single piece of metal with a strong hinge. However, the snap-on screen protector is made from flimsy clear plastic, so the iPad Pro display is less desirable to use. And due to the thick case protection, swiping up from the bottom of your iPad display can be awkward at times.

Nick Guy contributed additional reporting to this guide. This guide was edited by Caitlin McGarry and Signe Brewster.