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Alternative Stock iPhone Apps You Use or Recommend
Jason
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I use Camera+ as my main camera app and only last night I discovered myMail which i'm now using as my main email client.
Obviously you can't change the default stock apps 'properly', but you can move them out of the way to the 'Extras' folder, clear any settings for them and use the alternatives.
So any decent recommendations ?. I imagine many will likely have Chrome as an alternative to Safari for starters ..
Obviously you can't change the default stock apps 'properly', but you can move them out of the way to the 'Extras' folder, clear any settings for them and use the alternatives.
So any decent recommendations ?. I imagine many will likely have Chrome as an alternative to Safari for starters ..
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http://reviews.cnet.com/software/jasmine-ios/4505-3513_7-35561005.html
I take a lot of notes on my iPhone and I do use the standard notes application however I use Microsoft OneNote as well. It's probably not the best but it's a good alternative.
I use a note taking app called myNotes as well which is quite good - you can add different categories and notes under each category which is proving surprisingly useful.
+1 for Jasmine. Been using it for a while mainly because of the support for selecting high quality playback on mobile networks.
I still have the official YouTube app installed though as I find Jasmine isn't too good for searching for videos, so I usually search using the YouTube app, add to watch later and then switch to Jasmine.
Jasmine also allows you to start a video playing, close the app, then open control centre and hit play to have the audio to continue to play even when the app isn't open.
The official YouTube app does support quality selection but only on Wi-Fi.
Hardly. You can choose 720p HD or not HD.. That is it.
I did forget to add the words "over your data connection", but it looks like even then it's only a limited choice of quality settings according to the guy above.
It will still stream the entire video but obviously there are savings to be made in the screen being off whilst listening to music videos and the like.
"Dial +" is a very nice alternative to the stock dialler app. it's free with the option to purchase additional skins, or you can use your own photos to skin the dialler for free if you want.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dial+/id792648993?mt=8
"Note'd" is another very nice alternative to the notepad app. You can create seperate notebooks, each with their own individual style.
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/noted/id507362852?mt=8
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Drafts by Agile tortoise is one of my most used apps. Drafts strength is that it integrates with so many other iOS apps and it's lightning fast as well.
Also love Tweetbot to replace the standard iOS app for Twitter.
Friendcaster is a Facebook alternative for Android and iPad, but there isn't an iPhone version. I've not used it though.
It's your choice but why would you use a i phone and then fill it with Google ad ware ?
I use Gmail, so I use the Gmail app. Better than using Gmail via the stock Mail app.
I hate Safari, so use Chrome.[same on my iMac]
Apple Maps is awful, so I use Google Maps.
And then there's no Apple equivalent of the Google search app, G+ app, YouTube, Google Drive, etc. I do use iBooks rather than Google Play Books, though.
Having an iPhone doesn't mean I have to only use Apple apps.
What's the problem, the iPhone isn't even 720p anyway.