I'm looking for trustworthy and good apps for phone-contacts and SMS.
I'm not sure there's a reason to assume one can trust the common popular alternative. Any suggested ones?
Google Messages is a disappointment on all counts.
Google Phone doesn't show up in a store search. Maybe it's not supported on phones from other brands.
While at it, any suggestions for...
Calendar. Google's isn't all that great (and the widget is dead ugly).
Weather. MacroPinch's in-app looks nice and is sensibly organized, but the widget part has issues and is missing functionality (and is ugly). Multiple other ones are just either spartan to a fault, or a complete mess with nary a hint of design.