20 best iPhone apps to get you started

Here's a selection of some essential and not-so-essential apps that will help you get by in a world increasingly dependent on digital interaction. 

16. Google Maps

The iPhone 5 was released without a native Google Maps app. Bad idea Apple.

The only thing louder than iPhone 5 users’ backlash against Apple’s decision to leave it out was the distant shouts for rescue coming from somewhere in the Australian outback – a location Apple Maps lead a number of its users to because of a bug in the software.

When Google Maps was finally allowed on the iPhone 5, it immediately became the No. 1 downloaded app in the App Store. And for good reason. 

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