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So how many Apple apps are you using anymore?

How many non-Apple apps on your homescreen

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akatsuki

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Sep 3, 2010
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I find that I have pretty much stopped using most Apple apps as better replacements become available.

On my front screen:
Settings
App Store
Clock
Camera
Messages
Fantastical replaced Calendar
Things has semi-replaced Reminders (except for location notifications)
Google Maps
Kindle
Weather 2x
Spotify
Facebook
Flipboard[/B]

In the dock
Phone
Mail (for work only)
Gmail (for personal email)
Chrome

Just looking at these entries, I realized that the iPhone is slowly becoming irrelevant except as a platform. They aren't even close to maintaining best in class apps, keeping up on
 
I have all my apps on the front screen. Heavy folder user, I don't really like swiping back and forth. And old apps tend to be removed from my iPad asap since I hate clutter.
Yet I would remove Messages, Camera, Maps, Photo Booth, iTunes, Game Center, Videos, Clock and Newsstand since I don't ever use any of these apps (I keep them on a folder that I never open:D). btw: On an iPad.
 
I don't keep many apps on my home screen because I like to see the wallpaper. (2013 650 Ninja, Bike I hope to buy some day) But I still use most Apple apps.
 
Instead, Here's a list of what I don't use
Weather-expect in notification center
Voice Memos
Passbook
Newsstand
Maps-enough said
Stocks-Not regularly anyway.
Game center-again not regularly.
 
I've still found that

Alarms are most stable with the native app.
Reminders is still my favorite though I sometimes use Checkmark
Maps - PoI is lacking but navigation is fine for me.
Mail - on the iPad I prefer the native mail. iPhone I use Sparrow.
 
I still use:
Calendar (synced with Google calendar)
Clock (morning alarm)
Safari
Notes
Calculator
Reminders
Camera
Photos

It seems like a lot but on a productivity view i really only use these on a daily basis:
Calendar
Clock
Notes
Reminders

All the rest are most definitely 3rd party apps or i never had a use for them
 
This is my layout.

The homescreen is the apps I use several times a day. Camera, Photos, Calendar & Settings from Apple. But also the The Weather Channel, Facebook & a flashlight.

But the second screen is apps I use usually at least once a day. I use the Apple weather just to compare with TWC, and it looks better for screenshots!

Third screen is just folders!

I'm really funny about icons, example I love the new Gmail app...but I couldn't put the icon in my dock! It just looks wrong!
It kills me inside that The Weather Channel app is titled: TWC English - why couldn't they just call it Weather?!
 

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I use the most common standard apps +
What's App
Facebook
Facebook Messenger
Instagram
Chase
Pandora
YouTube
Skype
Letterpress
Angry Birds
Twitter
Lemon
Sync.Me
Square Wallet
Foursquare
flickr
Pocket
+ some more
 
I just realized this too. Apple has so much work to do to get its stock apps at the same level as third-party alternatives. I use:

Chrome > Safari
GMail > Mail
Google Maps > Apple Maps
Clear > Reminders (just as a to-do list)
Evernote > Notes (for school)
Rdio > iPod
Fantastical > Calendar

And I use way more 3rd party apps (Flipboard, Facebook, Flixster, Google Search) then stock apps. The UIs on these apps are just so much nicer than Apples'.
 
zbarvian said:
I just realized this too. Apple has so much work to do to get its stock apps at the same level as third-party alternatives. I use:

Chrome > Safari
GMail > Mail
Google Maps > Apple Maps
Clear > Reminders (just as a to-do list)
Evernote > Notes (for school)
Rdio > iPod
Fantastical > Calendar

And I use way more 3rd party apps (Flipboard, Facebook, Flixster, Google Search) then stock apps. The UIs on these apps are just so much nicer than Apples'.
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I stopped at your first item. Chrome is.a miserably slow dog.

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Daveoc64 said:
It does in my mind.

Google has the fastest browser on just about every platform it supports.

I tend to balance my opinion of products based on what they could do vs. what they aren't able to do.
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You can't say that some hypothetical version of Chrome which doesn't exist is better than Safari.

Well you can, and you did, but it's daft.
 
I don't have any non-Apple app on the home screen. However, I kept them alphabetical on the second page.
 

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Menel said:
I stopped at your first item. Chrome is.a miserably slow dog.

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On a JavaScript benchmark, because of Apple's restriction. Real-world performance is identical, maybe even a hair better than Safari, in terms of website loading speeds. Trust me, I was apprehensive because of the disparity in the benchmarks, but I tested them extensively and the end results are the same.
 
Uh, what's the point of Gmail? It's basically Mail with less functionality.

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zbarvian said:
I just realized this too. Apple has so much work to do to get its stock apps at the same level as third-party alternatives. I use:

Chrome > Safari
GMail > Mail
Google Maps > Apple Maps
Clear > Reminders (just as a to-do list)
Evernote > Notes (for school)
Rdio > iPod
Fantastical > Calendar

And I use way more 3rd party apps (Flipboard, Facebook, Flixster, Google Search) then stock apps. The UIs on these apps are just so much nicer than Apples'.
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How is Gmail better?? All it does is let you use Gmail, which you can do in Mail anyway.

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Daveoc64 said:
It does in my mind.

Google has the fastest browser on just about every platform it supports.

I tend to balance my opinion of products based on what they could do vs. what they aren't able to do.
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Safari for Windows used to be faster than Chrome, but not anymore. Now it's some stupid copy of Chrome. Way to go, Apple programmer who made it. I haven't tried Chrome on iOS.

Safari for Mac is still faster than Chrome and uses much less RAM. Also, I personally like it better. The buttons aren't all hidden away, and there are better extensions.

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I use:
Mail, Safari, Clock, Stocks, Settings, Camera, Calendar, Photos, Weather (rarely), Maps, Music, Phone (rarely), Messages (rarely), Notes, Compass (rarely), Calculator, App Store, and some of the non-stock Apple apps. I shove retarded stuff like the iTunes Store in a folder in the very back.

I haven't found any good replacements for any of the Apple apps except for Google Voice, which is useful on non-phone iOS devices, Google Maps, which is an improvement only if I need turn-by-turn directions on my iPhone 4, and Cydia, which doesn't fully replace the App Store.

But Dropbox > iCloud since it works with almost every Mac, and I use it a lot. Ironically, having Apple make stuff for Apple products means that it won't support Apple products as well :rolleyes:
 
faroZ06 said:
Uh, what's the point of Gmail? It's basically Mail with less functionality.

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How is Gmail better?? All it does is let you use Gmail, which you can do in Mail anyway.
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It supports threading conversations, iOS Mail does not.
It supports editable drafts when set to push mode, iOS Mail does not.
It's faster to swipe over to labels(folders) and get views in GMail app, iOS Mail is slower accessing these.
 
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