I'll draw comparison to explain myself (never been done before, I know).

Years ago Android was characterised by it's need to download and install 3rd party apps for doing the basic things because the native apps were so immature.

So that is the yardstick by which I measure how good the software is - if you can just use the device as it came, it means the software is good and fulfills your needs.

In iOS and ipadOS the situation is somewhat different of late and I won't even get into gmaps over apple maps or chrome over Safari. I'll let them come under personal preferences.

But typing is universal if you have to interact with your device. And Gboard has become the keyboard to go to. Just has more features. You can swipe to type and also swipe to delete (swipe to delete is not available in apple keyboard)

2nd, and this is probably more of a thing for ipadOS - a PDF reader file, I prefer pdf expert, always HAS to be downloaded if you wish to read PDFs on your iPad without losing your mind. Impossible to scroll easily across many pages at once in the preview app on iPad, the app doesn't remember what page you're on, the search function doesn't show where it found the word (the word is always slightly above the top bezel, so you have to scroll down to find it)

So unpolished, no attention to detail, like it's all shipped without checking.

Rant over.

I have used SwiftKey for years, but in the last few months this switching to the standard keyboard on my phone has gotten worse. Now I don't even need to type, opens the text editing screen, stays on SK for a half a secod or so then reverts to the normal one. Most the time it happens after I've typed a little bit but it appears to be getting worse.

SK and Emoji keyboard are the only two KBs listed in my keyboards.

I am aware generic will come back for some secure password things, but it's not that. It happens when I use the Reddit app for example.

It's driving me a bit mad.

iOS 27.0.1

iPhone 15 Pro Max

We use to be able to disable Safari, Health, Fitness, News, Mail, FaceTime and some other native apps without uninstalling the ones that can be uninstalle, with 27.2 this feature vanished, which is a shame because disabling safari helped a lot with reducing screen time. Is it a permanent thing? Maybe a bug? 16e owner here.

what the hell is going on with iMessage. First warning signs - around 6 months ago when I blocked someone on my phone and then noticed that their text did come through but only on my laptop. Now it's bad on another level. I have iMessage on my phone, laptop and work laptop. It started as some messages won't appear on my laptops if they are closed during the arrival of the text. It was okay as far as I have all of them on my phone. But past 2 months I never get around 30% of my texts on my phone. I keep thinking people ghosted me or just didn't reply or I just miss their texts, pictures etc until I open my work laptop out of all places and just happen to stumble upon them? Today it was my personal laptop that revelead some of them. Anyone having the same issue? It's so immensely frustrating! I tried submitting a bug on apple website but so far nothing.

HealthKit has been working flawlessly for me for years and I use it a lot, it is so good, well was.

Since iOS 27 it became a Spam machine , every single day spamming with the same message different app (including Apple’s Shortcut app), re requesting over and over and over to re-approve the same permissions with that annoying pop up, this was never the behaviour before.

But also now the active calories randomly stop updating , I’m wearing the Apple Watch and nothing it just decides to stop updating them, the step count still updates but not the Active calories.

Between the permissions spam and the faulty active calories missing data this once beautiful and rock solid app and database became unusable.

And then there is Find My, every time I leave the house now it sends a bunch notifications for every device and Apple tag I left at home even though the Home exception is enabled and have always worked before, now this exception gets ignored and get notifications spam every time I get of the house.

In generally it is very spammy , constantly requiring your attention.

Sadly 27.2 didn’t solve any of this

Has anyone seen the update on the extend wallpaper feature? What are your thoughts? I am personally disappointed since I used the now old extension for all my photos I’d use for my wallpaper for the blurring effect and now there is no way of avoiding it! If anyone knows how to bypass this let me know 🙏 but I’m curious to know the general opinion on it

Anyone facing noticeable lagging when choosing clear icons? This issue tested on alote devices new and old one with the same problem

Hi everyone,

I’m using an iPhone 17, and I recently noticed that Instagram is taking up **15.41 GB of storage** on my iPhone.

I was surprised to see it using so much space.
I understand that apps store cache and temporary data, but 15 GB seems excessive for a single app.

Here are my questions:

• Why is Instagram using so much storage on iOS?

• Is there a way to clear Instagram’s cache without deleting and reinstalling the app?

• If I delete and reinstall Instagram, will it reduce the storage significantly?

• Will deleting the app affect my account, saved posts, messages, or Reel drafts?

I’ve attached a screenshot of my iPhone Storage settings showing Instagram using 15.41 GB.

**Has anyone else experienced this on an iPhone 17? What worked for you?**

Thanks!

Anyone know what in the world this is???

It shows up in my settings when I select the search bar. Selecting it simply takes me to my Photos settings. I can’t find anything on it online.

Thanks in advance for any insights!

Hello! I’m trying to share my epubs from my book app but found out they change the fking file type?? JFC we can’t have sh!t in this house!

I’ve seen posts here saying to use 3utools to be able to convert them on windows but my books aren’t showing up? Does anyone know how I can fix this issue? Thank you!

title basically describes my issue, I'm using the same Apple's 20w charger and cable as I always did, tried both restarting and force restarting, didn't seem to help, it's not very slow, but it's quite noticeable, has anyone else experienced this?

(iPhone 16 pro)

I finally pulled the trigger and installed iOS 27.2 and iPadOS 27.2. Aside from a few hiccups that I've been able to track down fixes for, my main issue is that the background for the home screen folders in iOS is significantly darker (basically black) now, making it somewhat difficult to identify apps. My iPad still has the medium-dark gray folder backgrounds, which is just great. Just can't get the phone to revert to the same color. (Photos attached for reference)

I've tried searching for solutions and have tried every combination of reducing / increasing transparency, reducing / increasing contrast, reducing / increasing intensity of liquid glass settings and so far nothing has worked. I've also tried switching to a different (darker) background photo on the chance that the folders would lighten by contrast, but no luck. Any ideas?

was trying to take a screenshot of an app which does not allow screenshots on iphone, it was possible to do so via mac mirroring but now even that is blocked. wow

As the title says - can’t use new Family Sharing features since it thinks 2 iPhone 16s are on older iOS. All devices updated and have done hard resets.

Anyone having similar issues or experiences that found a solution? Other updated devices almost immediately reflected updates.

And no discernible way to remove a sticker from a message. I thought I’d find a discussion about it here, but I don’t see anything. It’s not just me—my partner, and the friends I’ve asked lost that function too. What the heck?

Does anyone know anything more about it? If not, I guess it goes on the list of reasons I question switching from Android.

I did submit a complaint

I’m on iPhone 17 Pro Max Any thoughts on why this popped up today?

I have been facing this issue sporadically ever since updating to ios27. The issue seems to be whenever I am not on my phone (while locked) for some time period - I will receive a text message as green SMS from another person - but when I respond it will be back to blue. This seems to happen on both wifi or cellular even in different locations (work or home). I have already tried the following:

1. Turned off imessage restarted phone and turned it back on
2. Contacted apple support chat and they told me imessage is fine and to reach out to ATT for a potential cellular issue.
3. Called ATT to double check my cellular network is good, they said it was fine and advised me to reset network settings
4. So I reset network settings completely

I am at a loss on what to do. The issue is pretty annoying especially for those who are texting me. I cant tell if this is an imessage Apple issue or an cellular ATT issue.

If anyone has similar experiences or any idea on what I can try please let me know.

As displayed in this video, ios seems to register each touch as horizontal, vertical, or diagonal, and locks you to the corresponding axis or gives you freedom of movement when scrolling if diagonal. I want to be able to use any axis all the time whenever I scroll, even if the initial touch is registered as horizontal or vertical.