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The Problem with the default app: Look, I think iMessage is pretty great. It works across Apple devices (so you can use it on your iPhone, Mac and iPad), has great group support and is easy to use to send files, photos and locations. Sadly for Apple, not everyone in the world is an iOS user, which means you can get caught trying to talk to those 'green bubble' people. That's fine for a standard SMS chat, but if you want to get more involved — send a location or a different type of file — it can be a pain. Our pick: We know it's controversial, but we think is the best alternative messaging app.

You can use it with your phone number to send texts and make phone calls (and you can use the same phone number on multiple devices — which is great for those of us with more than one phone) and it supports an increasing amount of third-party integrations with apps such as Giphy and Uber. We also think the group support in Messenger is tops. It's a great way to communicate with an ongoing group chat — and the fact that you can pick up a convo on the desktop too makes it really worthwhile. You can make voice and video calls too.

Other apps to consider:: With more than a billion users, WhatsApp is a solid messaging choice for voice and text calls. At this point, we actually prefer Messenger, but WhatsApp is cross-platform too and is great for international users. The Problem with the default app: For most people, the built-in iOS calendar app is A-OK. It works with your Google and Outlook accounts (assuming you've configured them in mail) and is generally pretty solid. Over the years, there have been a number of innovative calendar apps for iOS — but many have gone to the in the sky. Our pick: If you're serious about calendars, Fantastical 2 from Flexibits is $4.99 and the best calendar app we've used for iOS.

First, it works with every calendar already configured on your phone. You can hide calendars from view — but it works with any account already setup, just like the normal app. Second, it has great natural language processing for inputting an appointment.

You can type 'podcast with Aly Thursday at 6 p.m.' And it'll create a new event at 6 p.m. With Aly on Thursday. IOS supports some natural language processing stuff too, but not as well as Fantastical 2.

The app has great share sheet support — you can literally create new events from text inside other apps using the share button — and it has a great 'Today Screen' widget to show everything happening in the day. Fantastical 2 also lets you set what web browser and mapping service you want to use with directions. This is great because if you prefer to use Google Maps and Safari, you can do that. It has a host of other pro-level features but even for regular users, Fantastical 2 is a big enough upgrade that I can't imagine using the default calendar.

It also supports the Apple Watch. Other apps to consider for iOS is solid, if unremarkable. The Problem with the default app: The built-in Photos app and camera roll works really well, especially if you pay for iCloud and take advantage of the iCloud Photo Library. But there's another solution for users who might not want to pay for extra iCloud space — or who use multiple platforms.

Our pick: is a for anyone who also dips a foot in the Google ecosystem. It automatically uploads your photos to Google's cloud — and storage is unlimited (albeit with some caveats).

All of your photos and videos are in the cloud and easy to access. But as Mashable Tech Editor Pete Pachal wrote last May in his review, 'Google Photos isn't just some dumb bottomless bucket of bits in the cloud — once the app has your pics, the Google magic kicks in: The service looks at geolocation and other photo metadata (like all services), but it can also recognize landmarks, faces, animal types, venues (e.g. Nightclubs) and organize your photos accordingly.' And that's the sort of magic — coupled with the 'unlimited' storage — that makes it a worthy homescreen replacement. It even supports, which adds a nice social kick. Other apps to consider: is an excellent app. Yahoo gives users 1TB of storage, which is more than enough for most users, plus it has built-in organizational features to help sort and tag your photos.

The Problem with the default app: The default iOS Camera app is good. Most of the time, I find myself using the built-in camera and then using a third-party app to add filters or effects. But there are times you want to go beyond the default. Our pick: For us, ($2.99) and are the best camera apps around. There are better apps for editing photos and sharing photos — but for composing a great shot, adding in features like touch exposure and focus, macro mode and scene modes, Camera+ is tops. The free version offers a lot of great features but for just $2.99, you can get the full version with tons of advanced features and filters.

Other apps to consider: (Free): For us, VSCO is really more about editing after the fact that as a camera app — but the minimalist camera still adds some cool advanced features. And it's free. The Problem with the default app: There are for iOS. The built-in app is powered by The Weather Channel — and the data is fine — but there are more apps that will give more updated and specific information.

Our pick: is powered by 180,000 personal weather stations. It shows current conditions, 'feels like' conditions, advanced stuff like humidity, dew point, visibility and pressure and you can compare today's weather with historical data. Plus it has an Apple Watch app that is totally great and a bult-in storm tracker. It has a Today Screen widget that makes it easy to see what the weather is in a variety if places and hour by hour. All-in-all, this is a great app.

Other apps to consider: ($3.99) basically invented the idea of hyperlocal weather apps. It'll tell you when to expect rain or snow within an hour and you can get hourly temperature updates. The Problem with the default app: Even though Apple Maps got, it's still not the best mapping app — especially if you don't live in the U.S. And although it's great that Apple Maps now supports transit, it doesn't support transit in every city across the globe. Our pick: Fortunately, (Free) for iOS is a worthy alternative. Simply put, for most navigational needs, it's the best app available. Walking, driving and transit directions are available as well as place data and easy integration with Uber.

It also includes live traffic conditions, voice-guided directions and even offline navigation. Other apps to consider: (Free): If you live in a major city, Citymapper is a great app. It excels at transit — showing you the best route to get where you need to go. The Problem with the default app: The built-in Videos app for iOS works well with anything you've converted with iTunes or purchased in the iTunes Store, but it doesn't really work well with videos you might want to get from other sources.

Fortunately, there are other apps available for enjoying videos in different formats and even stored in the cloud. Our pick: Our favorite is (Free), a port of the famous open source application for desktop. VLC supports a ton of different media formats for both audio and video. It also supports file synchronization with Dropbox, Google Drive, OneDrive, Box, iCloud Drive and iTunes, as well as direct downloads through Wi-Fi sharing and from SMB, FTP, UPnP/DLNA media servers and on the web. It also supports subtitles, multi-track audio and playback control.

All in all, it's a beast of an app that is great for anyone who wants to access video from the cloud or in a format that isn't.m4v. Other apps to consider:. (Free, $9.99 for the Pro version) is a great licensed video playing app that supports Dolby, DTS and DTS-HD. Like VLC, it supports a ton of formats and will sync with your Mac, PC, NAS or UPnP/DLNA device. It also has solid support for Chromecast and Airplay.

(Free for PlexPass members, $4.99 otherwise): If you have a Plex server set up on your Mac or PC, the Plex app for iOS is truly fantastic. It's a great way to access all of your content, locally or remotely — no matter where you are. The Problem with the default app: We like a lot of things in Notes for iOS — and with iOS 9, the app got even more powerful. Still, there is something to be said about the user who wants a more robust note taking experience. This is especially true if you're the type of note-taker who wants to save notes in other formats or to syncing services not named iCloud.

Our pick: I have dozens upon dozens of notes apps on my iPhone and the one I use for almost everything is ($9.99). At $10, isn't cheap, but it's an insanely powerful app. Not only can it be used to compose and capture notes quickly, it supports the syntax with aplomb. And although it supports iCloud sync, it also suports saving and pulling in files from Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive and other cloud services. Plus you can easily share your notes with others.

My favorite feature is full-text searching — useful if, like me, you have thousands of text files stored in a Dropbox folder. It's cloud sync is FAST and you can organize notes in an email-like inbox. Other apps to consider:.

(Free): Simplenote is a free cloud-synced notes app that, as it says on the tin, is simple and easy to use. You can access notes from the web too.: In another year, Evernote might have been my top pick as a notes app. Sadly, in 2016, Evernote's overall product strategy continues to get muddled, and its apps just aren't as good as they once were.

Still, Evernote is the ultimate app/service for capturing data from a lot of sources. And it's still worth checking out.

The Problem with the default app: The Reminders app on iOS is a basic to-do list app. It syncs with iCloud and can be marginally integrated with the Calendar, but it's bare-bones and doesn't have anything for power users. Our pick: There are tons of to-do list and reminders apps for iOS. For the user who doesn't want to get too sucked into the world of GTD (Getting Things Done), (Free with optional subscriptions) is a solid to-do list and reminders app with a good interface and lots of features.

Microsoft acquired Wunderlist in 2015 and although there aren't any plans to get rid of the service, we wouldn't be surprised if it got integrated into the Outlook app in the future. Other apps to consider: ($4.99): Clear has a fantastic swiping UI and is a really easy to use reminders app that stays out of your way. The Problem with the default app: The iBookstore is fine but it only works with Apple products. The selection and pricing of the books sometimes leads something to be desired too. Our pick: To us, the gold standard in e-reading apps is (Free). The Kindle app is free and cross-platform, meaning any book you buy on a desktop, Android device, iOS device or Amazon device syncs automatically.

You can even sync documents and web pages in the app too. The app is great on iOS, with reading progress and your library syncing perfectly. The only downside is you can't actually buy books in the Kindle app — thanks to Apple's requirements that take a 30% cut of any digital transactions taking place inside apps. You can customize the font, spacing and animations in the app and it supports audio playback in books that have that enabled. Other apps to consider:: We're not exactly sure who still buys books from Barnes & Noble's Nook service, but if you do, this app is fine. The Problem with the default app: is one of the newest additions to iOS.

It's a simple way to quickly read your favorite website and news sites. Still, it's a new app and publishers are still figuring out the format.

Moreover, it relies on your own reading habits to populate what you see, as opposed to using social cues from Facebook or Twitter. Apple News is good, but it's hardly the only game in town. Our pick: (Free) basically created the modern news reader and although it is best known for its iPad app, the iPhone version is solid too. Flipboard lets you create your own magazines around certain topics, publications or people. It also integrates with your social feeds to pull in information shared by people you know. And the interface is still winning. Other apps to consider: (Free): In the social reader space, Nuzzel does a nice job interacting with Twitter to pull in the best news from the people you follow in an easy to read format.

The Problem with the default app: Apple's Health app does some movement tracking and health collection, but it's really designed to be more of a database for other health apps rather than a one-stop-shop for all of your health needs. As a result, you don't necessarily need to replace the Health app (though maybe move it from your home screen). Our picks: There are a slew of other great health tracking apps, including (Free) app and Withngs's (Free).

Both apps work with your iPhone or with the respective sensors from either company. We really like Health Mate's interface and tracking.

The Problem with the default app: There's really nothing wrong with Safari. In fact, alternative browsers on iOS are sort of a hack.

At their root, they all use the same WebKit rendering engine used by Safari in iOS. Moreover, Safari on iOS is really good — especially now that it has support for content blockers and share extensions. But that doens't mean some of the alternative browsers aren't worth checking out. Our pick: Most of the world uses Google Chrome on the desktop and (Free) is a worthy alternative browser. It syncs across devices so tabs and searches you do one place will show up on another. Your passwords in Chrome sync too. It also includes support for Google Voice search and Google Translate.

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The best part might be the ability to browse and open tabs open on other devices. This is really useful if you start something in one place but want to pick up elsewhere. Other apps to consider: ($1.99) is a solid web browser for power users. It supports file uploads, changing your user agent, it has URL filters for ad-blocking and plugins for a ton of different services.

This is the power user's ultimate browser. The Problem with the default app: Apple's Mail app is fine but if you've got accounts with tens of thousands of messages, it can sometimes be hard to find what you need. Moreover, its push support for Gmail isn't the best (that's more Google's fault than Apple, but the fact is push support is still weak). Fortunately, there are a ton of great Mail apps for iOS. Our pick: (Free) from Microsoft is our favorite mail app.

It works with Exchange, Outlook.com, Office 365, Yahoo Mail, Gmail, IMAP and iCloud. The guts of the app go back to Acompli, a great mail client Microsoft acquired at the end of 2014. The app is fast, efficient and has a 'Focused' inbox that will show you the most important stuff first.

It also has smart filters and useful swipe gestures. We'll just say it: The best Gmail app you can get isn't from Google - it's from Microsoft. Other apps to consider:. (Free): The official Gmail app is solid when it comes to push notifications for messages. And it's user interface isn't terrible. We prefer Outlook, but the official app is useful — especially if you juggle a bunch of Google accounts at once. (Free): Cloud Magic is similar to Outlook in that it works with a ton of different mail sources.

It's also got a great interface and features for smart filtering. For us, the best part of Cloud Magic is actually the Mac app of the same name. The Problem with the default app: With the introduction of, Apple also made some changes to how its music app works for songs store in iCloud or locally on your device. Not everyone loves these changes - and even if you turn off Apple Music, getting the old Music app back can be a pain. Our pick: Fortunately, ($1.99) is here. Not only does it restore the old interface of a pre-Apple Music Music app, it has gestures, playlist collections and a really solid classical music mode for viewing music from composer rather than artist. It works with the songs on your phone as well as anything in your iTunes Match, iTunes in the Cloud or Apple Music account.

If you want the old Music app back with a few improvements thrown in, look no further than Cesium. Other apps to consider: (Free, subscription required for on-demand listening): Spotify is the top streaming service in the world for a reason.

Spotify for iOS includes a great running mode, radio stations and playlist for every occasion. The Problem with the default app: The built-in calculator app is serviceable. It's also basic.

Really basic. It's fine for quick calculations but if you need to do anything even remotely advanced, this is not the app for you.

Our pick: If you want an even better basic calculator, (Free) is it. It includes a choice of button styles, support for hexadecimal, octal and binary calculations, multiple undo and redo, and optional unit conversions. If you pony up $10 for the full version of is one of the best, fully featured scientific calculators you can get your hands on. Other apps to consider: (Free): Calcbot is a beautifully designed calculator. For $1.99 you can add a built-in converter to the mix. Having a calculator and converter in one is really, really handy. The Problem with the default app: Apple's Podcast app is fine but limited.

It'll sync with iTunes so your podcasts on iTunes show up on your phone (and vice versa) but not much else. If you want to be able to control how many episodes you download at once, create playlists, optionally stream episodes (as opposed to downloading them) and use intelligent speed enhancement to speed-up or slow down a podcast, you need a third-party podcasting app. Our pick: If all those features sound good, (Free, with optional patronage subscriptions) is the podcast app for you. Overcast supports CarPlay, has an Apple Watch app and has smart filters and per-podcast priorities. But it's best feature may be Smart Speed, which intelligently knows how to speed up a podcast without making it sound like you're listening to Alving and The Chipmunks. It's a great app for podcast lovers and has a web component that keeps stuff synced even when you aren't on your phone.

Other apps to consider: ($3.99): Pocket Casts is a really solid podcast client. A new version is currently in beta that makes the app even better, but as it stands, it's one of the better podcasting apps out there.

The Problem with the default app: Apple's Voice Memos app is fine — especially for a free offering. If you're someone who does a lot of voice recording, however, you may not love the app.

Our pick: ($1.99) is a terrific recording app. You can record at three different recording qualities, sync with Dropbox, Box, Soundcloud and iCloud, trim audio and choose what format you want a recording to be in. Once you're done with a recording it, also makes it easy to manage recording to move to different folders. You can even zip files for emailing or transferring to others. It also supports opening audio from within or from other apps. The Problem with the default app: The built-in Contacts app is fine for most people but if you have lots of contact lists (from Exchange or Google), managing duplicates can be a pain. Our pick: Our favorite contacts app was Cobook (RIP) but since its acquisition by FullContact, its standalone app disappeared.

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Fortunately, the (Free) app is a mostly serviceable replacement. What makes FullContact great is that it can find your contacts on multiple services and merge them in a smart way.

It also lets you add social media details to contacts automatically, which can be really useful.