iPad 10th Gen Performance Severely Bogged

Ever since updating to iPadOS 18 and all of its subversions, I’ve noticed an incredible tank in performance even after a long time (approx. 10 months) of having it installed. Games and programs constantly crash and I have tons of storage and RAM available to use even while gaming. Background processes should’ve finished a long time ago, so I might rule that out. Currently rocking iPadOS 18.7.1 and I have no plans on upgrading as it will only reduce my performance further. Any ideas as to why this may be the case?