@OP, I'm no Fanboy of Apple either but for you I think iOS (iPad) will be better, you will receive timely updates for a longer period and simple out of the box to use, like you said Purchase and Forget thing.
In Android you need to spend some time to understand tweaking (again pretty simple if you can spare some time) but the main problem of Android may be of updates due to its fragmentation in nature (means you may not receive timely updates depending upon your manufacturer)