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by keytarsolo 1228 days ago
Of course it depends on your use case, but in my experience Android apps are much worse than what I can get on iOS.

Here are a couple of examples of iOS which have (as far as I can find) nothing on Android that even comes close:

Infuse (https://firecore.com/infuse) - A really nice video play that handles loads of different backends.

NetNewsWire - It's literally one of the examples from the article, but I like RSS and can't find anything as good as NetNewsWire on Android.

Servercat (https://servercat.app) - Just a nice way to monitor servers and run commands. Great for managing my Raspberry pi and other homebrew stuff

Prologue (https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/prologue/id1459223267) - An audiobook app that uses Plex as its backend.

Elastic Drums (https://apps.apple.com/app/id817419955) - A great iPad / iPhone drum machine that I use all the time for sketching out ideas.

Smart Comic (https://smartcomicreader.com) - An app for reading my DRM free comics that uses ML to zoom to individual panels in a way that is as good as the official Comixology app.

These are just the apps that I use daily and have no Android peers. Not that no Android apps exist to watch Plex, or read comics. On Android the options are just worse. Usually free, but I'd rather pay for a good app than get a crappy one for free.

I've got loads of complaints about Apple software, but 3rd party software on Apple platforms is really good.

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Great!