Accuweather, 2FAS for authentication, I tried switching from Mail, but iCloud has privacy features that far ahead of gmail so I dumped gmail but I have a Google Account. I use Parcel for package tracking and Calzy for calculator which eons ahead of what Apple calls a calculator.
Google Maps and Gmail in place of Apple Maps and Mail.
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
Gboard. The haptics are more pronounced than the normal keyboard. Plus when you swipe type for profanities the keyboard doesn't stop you from doing so lol
Telegram/Whatsapp
Google Maps
Google photos
CARROT weather because Apple weather sucks
Carrot is a very good app. The live activities for when it rains was a nice touch. Apple could do with copying that
I use Haseba Calculator instead of the stock one
Google Maps, Calculator, Mail
I just don't find the native calculator this convenient, so i use the first one i got on appstore search ☠️
Been fine with Apple apps. I hate having duplicates, plus security, privacy are major concerns. Plus ecosystem.
That’s mostly my logic too
I use Gmail, mostly because the Mail app doesn't give me instant notifications.
Yeah that’s a bug bear of mine too
Check out Spark. Been a user for years and can't imagine using something else
Spark for email, because the stock email app doesn't seem to play nice with Gmail.
Google Maps for cycling directions because Apple doesn't offer cycling directions where I live, and sometimes for driving directions because occasionally places I want to go don't exist in Apple Maps.
Overcast for podcasts because I find it to be a better experience in pretty much every way.
A local weather app because Apple's Weather is basically a coin toss where I live.
ClevCalc. Stock calculator is just awful. No history, no unit converters, etc.
I enjoy most of Apple’s native apps. The only thing for me is that Apple Maps, although great for navigation, isn’t great for search. So, I use Google Maps for search and then Apple Maps for navigation.
I have chrome but I rarely use it, otherwise I use B&N Nook instead of Apple Books
Gmail and Google’s Contacts because they are transportable between Android OS and iOS.
Gmail, Google Maps, Spotify
TBH I like the Apple Music app better but Spotify works better for me for music discovery, play a track radio etc.
Google Maps. Maybe ingrained but I have a car with built in Google Maps now and if I search a route on my phone there it is on my car.
Reddit app. To respond to you right now
Most of Apple’s apps are lacking advanced tools and features. I have to look for those things somewhere else.
If I was a heavy or even moderate email user, I would be using something other than the Mail app. It handles attachments worse than any other app I have ever seen. It’s a disgrace that it can’t return to the inbox after deleting a message. The only reason I use it is because I can’t scroll the full length of an email from the lock screen notification banner without opening the app. No other mail app can do that. I delete 80% of my mail from the lock screen.
Fantastical all day long. Had to scroll a way to find this!
Waze for road trips and proton mail for my personal email because you can’t use the native one for a proton mail account.
Dexcom. Am diabetic
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.
Apple Maps works really well in the UK. It’s on par with Google maps for me. I think it’ll be a while before it’s decent for everyone though
Does it work for folks in the usa
I never use the weather app from IOS
I use ticktick instead of reminders/notes
Google maps, chrome, gmail
Spark Mail!
Google maps. Hate hate hate Apple maps. And spotify instead of apple music.
Just curious, what continent do you live in? Trying to understand where the Apple Maps hate stems from:)
What is it about Apple Maps that you hate so much?
It’s come a long way since it launched and I’ve found it quite good here in the UK
I use google apps because they are there on my work windows pc too and we use those for work stuff.
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.
Outlook and Google Maps.
Keyboard. SwiftKey IMO is superior to the native apple keyboard
WhatsApp as iMessage users are less here and Google Maps for more realtime information which Apple Maps is lacking in India
Google calendar & Google keep
I’ve used Fantastical for years. The built in calendar app is fine, but not flexible enough for my needs.
Overcast for podcasts.
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.
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
Superhuman for email. I mainly use this app on desktop/macbook but the mobile version is good.
Any ideas how I can play gba games on my iPhone yet?
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.
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
Firefox, to sync with my other devices. None of them are Apple, so Safari doesn’t make sense for me.
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