Transfer my apps and everything just as it would switching phones with my iPad

Hi Schillyam15,

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Apple Support have an article online that may help you:

Use iCloud to transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch:

Transfer your personal data and purchased content to your new device using your previous device's iCloud backup:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT210217

Hope this helps you :)

Apps cannot be transferred between devices - however, compatible Apps can be downloaded again from the App Store.

These support pages should get you started with transferring your data from an old to new device:

Set up your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch – Apple Support

Transfer data from your previous iOS device to your new iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch - Apple Support

Use Quick Start to transfer data to a new iPhone, iPad or iPod touch – Apple Support

If the donor device, from which you are transferring your data precedes iOS12.4, QuickStart will not be available.

“Transfer” is rather a misnomer. In reality, your data and setup is merely cloned to the new device. Nothing is moved or removed from the original device.

An alternative is to restore either an iCloud or iTunes backup to the new device:

How to back up your iPhone, iPad and iPod touch – Apple Support

Restore your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch from a backup - Apple Support