Ipad apps size shows as huge - how do I fix things?

I have an iPad and an iPad mini and have installed the same apps on both. I reset/wiped the iPad mini to factory defaults (to fix intermittent crashes) and then reinstalled all apps from the App store but have not (yet) done this for the iPad (which seems to be working fine without any intermittent crashes).
My question relates to the storage size of the apps on both the iPad and the iPad mini, as shown in the coloured bars in iTunes.
The apps size for the reinstalled apps on the iPad mini show as 5.06 GB for 86 apps.
The apps size for the apps on the iPad show as 24.09 GB for 89 apps.
I'm not sure why there are 3 more apps on the iPad but even this cannot explain the huge difference in storage sizes (5.06 GB vs. 24.09 GB). The biggest apps I have are some TomTom navigation apps (max size 2 GB) -- but these TomTom apps are not even installed on either iPad or iPad mini (only on my iPhone).
Can anyone help me understand the reason for the huge storage size difference on the two iPads and show/tell me how to free up the inflated storage space?
I guess I could do this by resetting and reinstalling the iPad (as I did for the iPad mini), but I was hoping there may be an easier solution.

Thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
The reason for the discrepancy in app sizes was due to the Zinion app on the older iPad having locally stored magazine downloads for the past 3 years which had not been redownloaded onto the iPad mini after it had been reset to factory defaults.
I've now tidied things up by removing old downloads no longer needed and available storage on the iPad is now back to where it should be.

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