# Comparing Third-Party App Experiences on iPhone and Pixel DevFeed: [Comparing Third-Party App Experiences on iPhone and Pixel]() Original publisher: [Read original article]() Author: Kaushik Gopal Published: 2020-09-06T07:00:00Z Content type: opinion Language: en Sources: [Kaushik Gopal's Site]() Topics: [Android](), [iOS](), [iphone](), [pixel](), [App](), [Google]() Tags: [android](), [apple](), [apps](), [bluetooth](), [ios](), [iphone](), [privacy]() ## AI overview This opinion article examines whether third-party apps provide a better experience on iPhone or Pixel. It also compares privacy, hardware and accessory integration, cameras, and voice assistants, while arguing that the broader app comparison is the more important question. ## Source excerpt The Bentwits # So Ben Thompson1 recently tweeted: I've been using Android for the last couple of weeks, and honestly, the core OS is pretty good! The big problem is that Android apps are garbage relative to iOS apps. If developers actually care about pushing back against Apple they should give a damn. They don't. He then went on to attribute the garbage quality of Android apps to developer laziness. This understandably infuriated some of us #AndroidDev unleashing the droid rage. To Ben's credit, he has since deleted the specific tweet calling out developer laziness. I'm not going to spend time dissecting his tweets.2 We are all human and occasionally tweet dumb things. But there's a shred of truth nestled in that starting tweet that just got me thinking. iPhone vs Pixel # Serendipitously, I've been thinking and tweeting about similar things .3 I'll summarize the obvious points so we can get those out of the way: iOS does better with privacy overall. It's not always a slam dunk but all things considered the Android experience is worse on this front. iPhone hardware is better than Pixel hardware especially when it comes to integration with bluetooth accessories like the Apple Watch, AirPods, CarPlay etc. Camera is dicey. I think the Pixel shoots better still photos than the iPhone. The computational photography voodoo that Google does on pictures after the fact makes the photos more appealing to my eyes. iPhones still have the better Camera (hardware) though which is abundantly clear when you try to shoot videos. Siri is a steaming pile of garbage. It's a crying shame how bad it is given the better hardware. Google Assistant alone makes me switch back to my Pixel time and again.4 But there's one important point that came up from this imbroglio that has been hard to shake off ...and wherein lies the more interesting argument: Which phone has the better apps? # In my original tweet I was careful to say the iPhone has better "3rd party" apps. Here's a fair question to ask