Hybrid apps vs Native app, Which is best for your business?

Today is the world of Smartphone and for every need, there is the application, do you want to watch videos there are several apps for it like YouTube, Daily motion, for social media Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, for shopping Amazon, eBay.

You have to just think about what you want and several apps will appear.

In present time most of the business wants a website and a mobile application for reach to their customer, so when they go to an IT company or Developer for Mobile App, they have asked what type of mobile application do you want Hybrid Application or Native application.

If you don’t know the difference between these, you will not able to make a decision, what is best for you and your business, so let’s go to know the difference and what will suitable for you and your business.

What is the Native app?

The native application is a software or program which has been developed for a specific operating system.

Means native application will be run only in one platform.

You are already aware that, there are many operating systems for smartphones in the market, most popular are iOS and Android OS, These two are mostly used by people.

For an example you want to develop a mobile app for your business, and you want that should run on two platform iOS and Android App, then there will be creating two application, one for iOS and Second for Android, These two will be developed in a different language, and you want to run your application in more than two platforms, then there will be developed more than two application for every Operating System.

Programming Language used for Native App:-

a) for iOS application, the developer can develop in Swift Language

b) for android application, the developer can develop in java Language

for a different platform, Developer need a different language

Example of the native app:- Wats app, Instagram, Uber Eats, Unacademy, Myntra.

These all companies have different apps for the different operating system means for iOS they have to develop a different app and for android they have to develop another one, and for other platforms they used language which suits other platforms.

Advantages of Native App

-The native application is highly secured

-A native app can work offline

-Native Application Have The Best and Fast Performance

Disadvantages of Native App

-Native Application has High Development Cost

-Native Application has no flexibility

-Native Application has Lengthy Downloading Process

What is Hybrid App?

A hybrid application is a software or program which is written only one time but operate in all platform.

Means you have to develop one time and it will run on all operating system, there is no need for developing a different app for the different operating system.

Developers need to write code one time and it will be run on iOS, Android OS, and other operating systems.

Programming Language used for Hybrid App:-

– HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Using this language, the developer will develop a hybrid app and code will be embedded into a native application wrapper, your application will be ready and you can run it on all operating systems.

Example of Hybrid app:- Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, Uber

These all companies have the hybrid app, they write code one time and it runs on all platforms.

Advantages of Hybrid App

-A hybrid app can develop fast

-Hybrid app development cost is low compare to native app

-A hybrid app is Flexible,

Disadvantages of Hybrid App

-The hybrid app needs constantly Internet

-Hybrid have poor user experience compare to native apps

-Hybrid apps are slower than native apps

A quick view of Key feature of both apps

Conclusion –

Which type of application will be best for you, it totally depends on your business.

Both Native app and Hybrid app pros and cons, if you need high performance, rich user experience,  High Security then a native app is the best option for you but its cost is high and needs to develop for every platform.

But you need cost savings, good performance, Fast development and compatibility across a variety of platforms then you should go with hybrid app

Still, you are confused then contact us and you want an application for your business then solution aver InfoTech will be the right choice