App needed to Airdrop with older iPad?

There are ways to transfer photos and documents from an older iPad to a Mac, but it depends on the type of document you wish to transfer, and no it will not be AirDrop as the iPad 2 cannot do Airdrop due to its age.

For Photos, Transfer LITE works well

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/photo-transfer-app-easy-backup/id365152940?mt=8

Or something like FilePro Mini may work for other types of files

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/file-pro-mini-ultimate-file/id540971042?mt=8

It will depend on the type of the document you want to Air Drop. There needs to be an app on your iPad that can open the document.

iOS 7 is not enough for Air Drop. You need one of the devices listed in this document:

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204144

To share content with AirDrop, both people need one of these devices using iOS 7 or later, or a Mac with OS X Yosemite or later:

• iPhone 5 or later
• iPad Pro
• iPad (4th generation) or later
• iPad mini or later
• iPod touch (5th generation) or later

You also need to turn on Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. If you want to share with your contacts, sign in to iCloud.

Learn more about using AirDrop to share with people using a Mac with Yosemite.

Yes, the iPad needs to support Air Drop. If a device supports AirDrop, you will see it in the Control Center.

According to the Apple support article - you can contact Apple Support or you local apple Store to see if there is something else

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