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What you describe is contradictory. The default iOS design elements are there precisely to serve as a sort of "Bootstrap" for iOS applications.

Everything 'looks the same' because so many people use the (good) defaults, just like how most Bootstrap pages look similar (or the same), depending on how much work has been put into making them unique.

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You are right. I realize I contradicted myself. I guess what I mean is that Bootstrap lowers the barrier for good web design substantially and shares some of Twitter's best known methods. Similarly I wish a big app development company would share some of their experiences and maybe provide some insight on the best way to customize and modify the existing Apple UI elements. For example, I can modify the existing design by using several subviews or imageviews or drawing layers but I don't know which is the best way in terms of performance or if other companies do this.

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