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Benefits of Progressive Web Apps and Native Apps
What's the difference between a Progressive Web App and a Native Web App?
For most people an ‘App is an App’. But many people don’t know (or need to know) that there are different options, from web apps to native apps that you can look at when deciding to create an app solution for your business. For the purpose of this article, we’re going to look at the differences between the two main types of apps - ‘Progressive Web Apps’ or a ‘Native Apps’.
What is a Progressive Web App?
Progressive Web Apps use modern web capabilities to deliver a cross-platform app-like user experience. They evolve from pages in browser tabs to immersive, top-level apps, maintaining the web's low friction at every moment. A Progressive Web App is a good entry level app since it generally allows you to save time and money as it uses web technology (as opposed to dedicated iOS or Android programming) and is designed to work across iOS and Android platforms.
What are the benefits of Progressive Web Apps?
- PWA development is cheaper and they can be built faster than native apps
- You don’t have to go through the process of publishing them to the App stores
- PWAs are responsive and work with many different screen sizes
- PWAs are smooth and lightweight and don’t take up memory on the device
- You don’t have to pay sums of money to Google and Apple
- They work in low data situations, unlike your regular site
- Progressive Web Apps are discoverable via search engines
What is a ‘Native’ App?
Native apps are platform-specific applications that have been built for specific software, coded in a particular programming language. This means that if the app is for an Android platform, it will use Java; if it is for a Windows phone, it will use C#; and if it is for iOS, it will use Objective C or Swift. This allows the app to optimally function and utilise all the native features of a mobile device while making use of that system’s tools and frameworks.
What are the benefits of Native Apps?
- Native apps have the best performance as they are optimised for the software
- Native apps are generally more secure
- App Store visibility on iOS App Store and Google Play Store
- Native apps are faster than PWA apps
- Native apps offer more interactivity and are generally more intuitive
- Native mobile apps offer better performance offline or when in low data situations
- Battery consumption with native apps is usually better
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