Courtney, first off, this post has nothing to do with General Firefighting & Rescue... Don't you think? It's more of an off duty discussion. Fix it.
Your questions indicate minimal background with these media tools so here you go...
The iPad fully rocks and is incredibly helpful when it comes time to share PowerPoints with a couple of people, or with an attachment, hook up directly to the HDMI input of your TV. The problem is that you cannot really create much on the iPad as easily as you can on the Mac OS. Generally speaking, you create stuff on the computer and transfer it to your iPad.
Being a Mac guy, I have no background or knowledge of the Samsung Galaxy.