Simply comparing what exists in iOS to Android will inevitably leave out a few things. There are some things on Android that don’t have a direct parallel on iOS. App Dialer

Hardware/Camera My experience with the iPhone 14 hardware has been a mixed bag Battery life Battery life on the iPhone 14 Pro (non-max) has been very good but it hasn’t blown me away either. On an average day, I didn’t have to think about battery life at all which is fantastic. However, I…

Navigation Overall, Navigation on iOS is a mixed bag that I generally find more cumbersome than on Android. Back button On Android, you can swipe from either edge of the screen to go back. It works anywhere and no matter which hand you’re holding your phone with. Navigation blocked during animations Sometimes, I just want to mark…

Chrome and Safari I use Chrome on my laptop and Android phones but I decided to try mobile Safari. Bottom Bar I have to admit, I am a fan of the controversial bottom bar on iOS. I generally find it to be intuitive and easy to use with one hand. I actually miss this now…

iMessage/SMS Many iPhone vs Android discussions start and end with iMessage. It’s a very valid reason to stick with the iPhone but it makes for a very uninteresting comparison. As a result, I’m going to touch on it but then move on to more interesting things. I live in the United…

I chose notifications as the first topic to cover because they impact my life in the real world the most. Notifications are how I know when somebody reaches out to me and serve as reminders of places I need to go and things I need to do. Most of the…

Over the past 15 years, I’ve switched back and forth between Android and iOS several times. It had been a few years since my last iPhone so I decided to give it another shot this year with the iPhone 14 Pro. I’ve also spent the past ten years as a…

Slack may be the single most important digital tool that I use every day. I switch to Slack hundreds of times per day (sometimes just for a second or two), send over 20,000 messages per year, am a member of 180 channels at work, and actively participate in 6 workspaces. …

The Android ecosystem has a healthy array of options for dependency injection. These days, the most common choices are Dagger (alone, with Hilt, or with Anvil), Koin, Kodein, and doing it by hand. Each option has its own set of pros and cons. At Tonal, we use Dagger with Anvil…