As other commenters have said, apples can be pretty variable in flavor. Many are not keepers or go flavorless fast. The last couple of bags of Gala's I've bought have been very good. The flavor doesn't keep for long and the become pretty bland.

I don't care for Honeycrisp at all, fresh or not. Too high of a sugar to acid balance. I prefer my apples with a bit of a tang. Cosmic crisp can be great. For the more common apples, I really like Empire and Pink Lady (Cripp's Pink) as well.

I don't agree with any of this guy's ratings at all, he seems to only like the really sweet apples.