I’ve been a iPhone user for ages and tried lots of different apps to replace the native iOS apps. As a casual user though I keep coming back to the native apps because they just work across all my devices. So I guess I’m curious what everyone uses instead from a casual point of view

  • Nowisee314@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    If Apple apps were all excellent top notch app then they wouldn’t be making the money they make on all the apps that do things better than the simple apps they give us for free.
    Apple knows they are limited and don’t want to crush the money makers.

  • matiapag@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use very few native apps. Specifically, Mail and Photos and that’s it. I use Chrome, Google Maps, Waze,Google Keep, Google Kalendar, Google Tasks, Google Home,Spotify…I change devices often, I use many different platforms, I can’t imagine being locked in one single ecosystem with all my apps and services.

    • CaterpillarFinal375@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Most of the time the mail app is fine for me but gmail tends to be easier to use especially when I’ve got a big chain to go through

  • MyInternetKeepsDying@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Weatherzone (has a better widget than Weather), Firefox as opposed to Safari. Google Maps as opposed to Maps (as Maps suck bigtime unless your in the United States.)

    Guess thats it - most of the other default apps do what they’re supposed to.

  • xenics_@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Google Maps. My region Apple Maps sucks. And actually after fiddling it with Apple Maps, it’s not as accurate as Google Maps.

    Outlook. Native Mail app just feel like a hassle, UI isn’t great as well.

    YouTube music as I have YouTube premium.

    Everything else is native tho.

  • herm_b@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Notes and reminders are okay, but the rest of their native apps are too limiting. They don’t even add simple functionality on most apps.

    For instance, voice recorder doesn’t allow bookmarking or pause/ resume recording. Good luck finding important moments in a 60 minute recording.

    The camera app doesn’t allow you to pause resume video recording. Every camera app on other phones allows you to pause video recording so don’t have to take long clips or many short clips (for example steps in preparing a recipe)

    Clock app doesn’t allow you to choose the snooze time. For some reason Apple decided you can Snooze for 9 minutes and if you don’t like it, find another app, which wouldn’t be integrated into Siri, etc.

    Oversimplification of apps with few options ruins many apps.

    • CaterpillarFinal375@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I think they’ve gone with the approach of will it work for the most number of people. Pausing video would a cool feature to have though

      • herm_b@alien.topBEnglish
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        1 year ago

        It’s such a basic functionality that I wouldn’t even call it a feature. You can pause video on any Samsung phone and even a $300 Oppo phone. And just because apps works for most people, doesn’t they should limit features for people who want them.

  • AwlAmericanDawg@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use pretty much all of the Google apps in leu of the apple ones. Google Maps, Translate, Google Assistant, Google Calendar… You get it.

    All my info transfers senselessly between Windows, Mac, and Android between those apps.

    • CaterpillarFinal375@alien.topOPBEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Yeah it’d be good if Apple offered support cross platform support as I prefer most of their apps to Google’s but that’s wishful thinking

  • SudoAptPurgeBullshit@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Gmail and calendar for work and personal use. Chrome because i have saved passwords there from my previous android phone. Google Translate, maps, keep because they are better imo. Google Photos because i sync photos through my personal gmail account and have lots of photos in the cloud from the past 5 years or so.

  • Stunning_Gap2580@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I use chrome because I hate safari. It also then links with chrome on my computer.

    I also use gmail, this is because when we switched internet providers they cancelled my email address and I lost everything and gmail was good and I still do like it.

    Stocard for my rewards cards instead of wallet.

    Waze for GPS but I have been using Apple Maps because I like the “at the next stop light turn right” which is very helpful when I don’t know the area.

    Spotify for music.

    Libby for books so I can borrow and not buy.