Arition Infotech – Top Mobile Application Development Company in Patna,Bihar

3 Types Of Mobile Apps:

• Web Apps
• Native Apps
• Hybrid Apps

Web Apps / Mobile Websites:

• Built using HTML / CSS / Javascript
• Runs inside a browser( Safari,Chrome,etc.)
• Built like a regular website or web app
• Designed to look good on mobile devices

Web App Advantages:

• Easy to build (HTML/Css/Js)
• Easy to maintain
• Use any technology/language
• Cheaper than native and hybrid apps
• Single app for all platforms

Web App Disadvantages:

• Need to run in a browser
• Slower than native apps
• Less interactive and less intuitive
• No icon desktop
• Cannot  be submitted to app stores
• Cannot interact with device utilities

Native Mobile Apps

• Most common type of mobile app
• Built for specific platforms
• Built using programming languages

Native App Advantages:

• Very fast
• Built to run on specific platform
• Distributed in app stores
• Interactive & Intuitive
• Interact with device utilities

Native App Disadvantages:

• Single platform
• Harder languages
• Very expensive
• Hard to maintain

Hybrid Mobile Apps:

• Combination of native & web apps
• Use HTML / CSS / Javascript
• Ran inside of a container / webview

Hybrid App Advantages:

• Easy to build-HTML / CSS / Javascript

• Much cheaper than a native app
• Single app for all platforms
• No browser needed
• Can usually access device utilities using an API
• Faster to develop than native apps

Hybrid App Disadvantages:

• Slower than native apps
• More expensive than web apps
• Less interactive than native apps

4^th Type : React Native / Xamarin:-

• Essentially a native app built using Javascript
• Compiles into actual native components
• UI is rendered using actual native views
• Not as many plugins to interact  with devices