13 apps for your iPhone that are better than the ones Apple made (AAPL)

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Every iPhone comes with a slew of Apple's own first-party apps.
Thankfully, though, the App Store is overflowing with alternative apps, many of which are better than Apple's.

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Apple devices come with lots of Apple software built-in, and the iPhone is no exception. Apple makes over a dozen different applications for the iPhone, to do things like surf the web, read email, and more.

But your iPhone also has access to an App Store, and thousands of developers have built creative and powerful applications that are, in many ways, superior to Apple's offerings.

Whether you're looking to organize your photos, get work done, or get around town, here are the best apps on the App Store that are better than the default ones on your iPhone.

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Instead of Mail, use Edison Email.

I try new email apps all the time, but I've fallen in love with Edison Email. It's fast and customizable, as well as proactive and smart.

It automatically scans your emails for purchases, receipts, attachments, calendar dates, and more, and it'll put those emails into separate, appropriately labeled folders that appear on your sidebar.

It's super nifty — you can read my review of it here. (It was formerly called EasilyDo Mail.)

(Edison Email, free)

Instead of Calendar, use Google Calendar.

I've used Google's calendar app on the desktop for years — but even if you haven't, you'll feel right at home on Google Calendar, which is beautiful to look at and easy to use.

Like Apple's Calendar, it can pull in data from Google, Facebook, and iCloud, but it presents all the information in a much more useful way than Apple's default app does. The top half of the screen shows you the whole month, and the lower half shows you what's up next. You can scroll down to see what's coming up, and tap the top-right corner of the screen to jump back to the present day. It's all incredibly intuitive.

(Google Calendar, free)

Instead of Notes, use Evernote.

Apple's Notes for iOS has gotten better in recent years, but Evernote is still the best way to create different types of notes and keep them organized across all your devices.

With Evernote, you can create notes out from photos or text, flag notes to revisit later, set reminders for yourself, and tag your notes in various ways to stay organized. Better yet, if you take pictures of documents and upload them to Evernote, its powerful search function can even scan those PDFs and other documents.

And, of course, Evernote syncs across all devices — phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops.

(Evernote, free)

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