Android VS iOS

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Smart phones are ingrained in today’s society, and the two biggest players in the smartphone market are the Android operating system by Google, and iOS by Apple. Neither operating system was originally as user friendly as it is today. Android originally came with no virtual keyboard, a lack of app store, and no multitouch capability. Android was originally introduced in 2008 on the T-Mobile G1 smartphone.
 The original Apple iOS was comparable to Android in that, when it was introduced in 2007, it too was inferior to the current version.
The few features in the first version of iOS included Google Maps, a home button, an on-screen keyboard, and the first popular touchscreen on a smartphone.Apple includes iOS only with the iPhone, iPod Touch, and the iPad, while Google allows Android on any number of different devices.
Both operating systems have come a long way since their introductions, but deciding which of the two mobile operating systems is the best can prove to be difficult. The guide below maps out each operating systems :

Interface : Android VS iOS 

iOS and Android both use touch interfaces that have a lot in common - swiping, tapping and pinch-and-zoom. Both operating systems boot to a homescreen, which is similar to a computer desktop. While an iOS home screen only contains rows of app icons, Android allows the use of widgets, which display auto-updating information such as weather and email.

Apps Available on iOS vs. Android

Android gets apps from Google Play, which currently has 600,000 apps available, most of which will run on tablets. However, some Android devices, such as the Kindle Fire, use separate app stores that have a smaller selection of apps available. Android also offers access to Google-based apps, such as Youtube and Google Docs.
The Apple app store currently offers 700,000 apps, 250,000 of which are available for the iPad. Most developers prefer to develop games for iOS before they develop for Android. Since a recent update, the Youtube app has become unavailable on iOS, but iOS still offers some exclusive apps, including the popular game Infinity Blade and Twitter client Tweetbot.

Device Selection

A wide variety of Android devices are available at many different price points, sizes and hardware capabilities.
iOS is only available on Apple devices: the iPhone as a phone, the iPad as a tablet, and the iPod Touch as an MP3 player. These tend to be more expensive than equivalent hardware using Android.

Messaging

Android allows users to log onto GTalk for instant messages. iOS does not offer a native way to chat to non-Apple users. Users can message over Apple users using iMessage or use apps from Google for GTalk and Microsoft for Skype.

Programming Languages

The next big factor that weights a lot in your decision is the programming language that will help you to obtain the desired product. If you want to develop an Android app the most common language used is Java, although Java for Android is a bit different. Another language that was adopted by Android programmers was C++ for which were made also improvements for a more native experience.  
While iOS programmers were using Objective – C, Apple introduced Swift in 2014 as the official language for iOS apps. It is not hard to learn its syntax and the advantage is that is built for this main purpose, for helping developers to build mobile apps that run on Apple devices.

Call Features

Android allows the user to send one of a number of self-composed texts as autoreplies when declining a call.
iOS’s phone app has many abilities, including the ability to reply to a phonecall with a canned text message instead of answering, or to set a callback reminder. It also has a Do Not Disturb mode.



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