[Samsung Galaxy Gear] BarryH_GEG:
Your entitled to your opinion but I totally disagree. Here are things I've noticed that are improved in the new Tizen versions of the same in-built Android apps:

Weather works consistently (updating), displays data in a better format, and has a pretty cool background affect that shows the current conditions (EG: rain drops on the display when it's raining).

S Voice is night and day. It's faster to open and respond, more accurate, and when used to launch apps actually starts them (EG: voice memo starts recording when it's opened via S Voice).

The camera app is quicker to open and shoot, now has geo tagging, and will stay set to macro until you change it back. Transfers to the phone are also faster.

Notifications have been completely re-designed to mirror the way they behave on your phone. Samsung added a discrete messaging app and changed the way the e-mail app works so when you clear a notification the messages themselves remain in their dedicated apps.

When you pull-down in an app that allows deletions there's now a delete all option. So if you have notifications from five different apps you can now delete them all at the same time.

Within apps that permit actions you can pull-down to do things. If you're in messaging and pull-down "send message" appears. If you pull down while in a specific message "reply" appears. Overall the apps are now far more context aware.

There are twice the number of controls that appear in settings so you can make changes to your Gear without having to use Gear Manager. For example change wallpaper (which doesn't exist on stock Android), toggle notifications, toggle touch sounds, change double press options, and change font. You can also change your home screen (add/delete/re-order apps, change app display size) and re-order how apps appear in the "Apps" app which you can't do on Android.

The fitness apps have been completely re-written and are actually useful now.

You can customize backgrounds, colors, and fonts without using a battery draining third party app

Things that didn't exist on stock Android:

Dedicated music player

The ability to move files on and off the Gear using Windows File Manager (you can now add videos and pictures not taken with the Gear to the Gallery app)

The ability to connect a BT headset to listen to music, video, and interact with S Voice

A sleep app to track sleeping patterns for fitness/wellness monitoring

I'm not trying to convert you or anyone else here to Tizen. But, like I said, I don't agree with your assessment of the differences in apps between Tizen and Android.

That's totally true - for people that are more interested in the Gear as a garage project. The in-built and third party apps that are conventionally available will start to decay over time as Gear Manager and their corresponding host apps change. So the stock features of the Gear and third party apps will slowly stop working leaving people with nothing but null and any apps they side load. I'm sure some people here would be fine with that.

I lost three apps. I don't consider that "just about everything;" especially when I feel I've gained a ton of new features, usability improvements, great battery life, and faster charging by moving to Tizen. Again, I'm not trying to change your view - you're entitled to your opinion. But perhaps our discussion will provide some counterpoint for people that are undecided.