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After hearing about how great ios was I finally bought the new ipad after being android only for years (I had an ipod touch years ago). Maybe I've just been int

After hearing about how great ios was I finally bought the new ipad after being android only for years (I had an ipod touch years ago). Maybe I've just been into the Android ecosystem too long but there are a lot of things about ios/ipados that I just can't stand. How is there no way on ios to just see a list of all the apps I have installed? Having to spend time thinking about where an icon should be or if it it should be in a folder or not seems to antiquated. Someone told me i could swipe to search for an app but as the article says that is totally undiscovered. I can't install an app from a web browser on my desktop computer? I guess I took for granted that you could just go to the google play store and have an app installed on your phone or tablet. People always talked about how bad apps looked on android tablets because they weren't designed for tablets. I never noticed it but I can say the way ios does it is not better. Having the app in a little window with a huge black border? Ok, so you expand it but there are still black bars on the sides? How is that better? I know that with recent versions of android that google has been moving away from dedicated back button but I am in the habit of flicking up to get the back button and using that. I know you can swipe from the left to go back but I'm just not used to that. Is there a way to stop apps from begging for reviews and notification access? I know I could do that on android but I don't know how to do it on ios.

eitland 7y ago
Upvoted you, but I have a very different experience: I have an iPad now as my first iOS device. I think it is wonderful, the reason I waited so long before getting one was because of how utterly disappointed I was with Macbook Pro and OSX a decade ago. Yes, some things are crazy annoying on iOS as well like - the missing scroll bars - and the fact that every app seems to have to do things in their own weird way, - and the fact that it cannot remember that I want to use the SwiftKey keyboard but some things are extremely much zbetter it seems: for example it was amazing when I realized I could drag a thing with one finger and then use the other hand to navigate to the correct app, navigate in the app to the correct spot and only then realize the dragged object. The pencil also works, and became even more responsive with the update a few weeks ago. For me I'm still years away from giving their computer OS a chance at all, but given how well the iPad works for me I have considered taking the risk and buying an iPhone next time. That doesn't invalidate your experience however, it only proves that UX is highly subjective.
samatman 7y ago
You're getting downvoted because there's a way to do most of those things. Which is ironic, in a thread entitled "iPadOS Discoverability Trouble". The way iPadOS handles iPhone apps made more sense when iPads were smaller and single-app. I personally just don't use iPhone only apps, I have a phone for that and don't want to look at a blown-up phone app, complete with a huge phone-style keyboard.
freehunter 7y ago
>How is there no way on ios to just see a list of all the apps I have installed? The default way apps are installed is into a giant list of all the apps you have installed. If they're in folders, its because you put them there manually. >apps not designed for tablets These kinds of apps aren't super common, but just scaling is probably the best way to handle it. An iPhone and an iPad have different screen ratios and stretching it to fit 100% would skew the aspect ratio.
- jccalhoun 7y ago
  What I am looking for is like the app drawer on android where there is an alphabetical list. It seems like apple just puts an icon on the screen in the order that apps were installed? I just looked at there are 13 apps on my ipad that aren't designed for tablets including fast food apps, dating apps, and even google fit (which I use because my phone is android). Maybe I just have bad taste in apps.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    I don’t have any apps that aren’t designed for the iPad.
saagarjha 7y ago
> Is there a way to stop apps from begging for reviews and notification access? I know I could do that on android but I don't know how to do it on ios. Settings > iTunes and App Store > In-App Ratings and Reviews.
- jccalhoun 7y ago
  Thanks! I knew there had to be a way!

eitland 7y ago

Upvoted you, but I have a very different experience: I have an iPad now as my first iOS device. I think it is wonderful, the reason I waited so long before getting one was because of how utterly disappointed I was with Macbook Pro and OSX a decade ago. Yes, some things are crazy annoying on iOS as well like - the missing scroll bars - and the fact that every app seems to have to do things in their own weird way, - and the fact that it cannot remember that I want to use the SwiftKey keyboard but some things are extremely much zbetter it seems: for example it was amazing when I realized I could drag a thing with one finger and then use the other hand to navigate to the correct app, navigate in the app to the correct spot and only then realize the dragged object. The pencil also works, and became even more responsive with the update a few weeks ago. For me I'm still years away from giving their computer OS a chance at all, but given how well the iPad works for me I have considered taking the risk and buying an iPhone next time. That doesn't invalidate your experience however, it only proves that UX is highly subjective.

samatman 7y ago

You're getting downvoted because there's a way to do most of those things. Which is ironic, in a thread entitled "iPadOS Discoverability Trouble". The way iPadOS handles iPhone apps made more sense when iPads were smaller and single-app. I personally just don't use iPhone only apps, I have a phone for that and don't want to look at a blown-up phone app, complete with a huge phone-style keyboard.

freehunter 7y ago

>How is there no way on ios to just see a list of all the apps I have installed? The default way apps are installed is into a giant list of all the apps you have installed. If they're in folders, its because you put them there manually. >apps not designed for tablets These kinds of apps aren't super common, but just scaling is probably the best way to handle it. An iPhone and an iPad have different screen ratios and stretching it to fit 100% would skew the aspect ratio.

jccalhoun 7y ago
What I am looking for is like the app drawer on android where there is an alphabetical list. It seems like apple just puts an icon on the screen in the order that apps were installed? I just looked at there are 13 apps on my ipad that aren't designed for tablets including fast food apps, dating apps, and even google fit (which I use because my phone is android). Maybe I just have bad taste in apps.
- scarface74 7y ago
  I don’t have any apps that aren’t designed for the iPad.

saagarjha 7y ago

> Is there a way to stop apps from begging for reviews and notification access? I know I could do that on android but I don't know how to do it on ios. Settings > iTunes and App Store > In-App Ratings and Reviews.

jccalhoun 7y ago
Thanks! I knew there had to be a way!