The style is similar but the actual functionality is nothing like iOS 7 from what I can see. I have two Windows Phone 8 devices and an iPad. And indeed, they a

The style is similar but the actual functionality is nothing like iOS 7 from what I can see. I have two Windows Phone 8 devices and an iPad. And indeed, they are nothing alike. Live tiles are a central concept in WP and does not really have an equivalent in iOS 7. Another use difference (although it's a bit undermined by Microsoft's Facebook app) is that iOS is app centered ("There's an app for that."), while Windows Phone centers around hubs. E.g. you wouldn't go to the Facebook app to look up e.g. the latest Facebook status updates for a person. You go to that person in the people list (or that person's live tile) where you have information of different social networks integrated.