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Originally Posted by tubemonkey
Since my must have apps are available in both Android and iOS versions, I'm free to buy tablets based on features and price; which means Android always wins out.
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The trouble is, even if a "must-have app" is available on Android, it doesn't mean it will offer the same level of quality as the same app in iOS. My "must-have office app" in iOS is DocsToGo, but I find DocsToGo for Android unusable. Kingston Office on Android is clunky compared to DocsToGo on iOS. If anyone can offer me a good tip for office software on Android, I will appreciate that. (Google's own QuickOffice is worthless.)
The same issue for PDFs... I have purchased ezPDF Reader, likely the best PDF software on Android, but it appears to me that it lags behind GoodReader, the best PDF software on iOS.
I use Nebulous Notes as my "Dropbox text editor" on iOS, but I can't find a comparably smart app on Android.
Finally, and most relevantly for MobileRead, I can't find anything as good as Marvin on iOS on Android. Moon+ Pro Reader is outstanding, but not quite as good as Marvin.
These types of comparisons -- at least as of October 2013 -- almost always tend to favour iOS over Android. The situation may change in later years if Apple's user base starts shrinking significantly due to the "luxury pricing". Android devices keep getting cheaper and cheaper,
without the
quality of those devices being
significantly impacted, while iOS devices remain priced the same -- which is bad enough -- or even experience a huge price increase (which is certainly an anomaly), as has just happened to iPad mini Retina.
