The battle👊 between WebView apps and Native Apps 📲 – which one will win it?

Many ways are available to deliver content and build a phone application from your mobile device. From the perspective of a user, the web and native apps can work and look a lot similar. But you can study the following difference and figure it on your own.

Native Apps:

A native app is kept on the device, and many people are familiar with downloading and browsing native apps. There is no guarantee that all users download the same version of the app every time; there can be variations.

Pros:

• As the native apps are affiliated with the in-built features of the device such as camera, location services, microphone, etc. they are easy to handle and perform faster on the gadget.
• It has complete support from the marketplaces and App Stores. The end-user has the advantage to quickly download and find apps that they desire using these stores.
• The native apps are required with the agreement of the app store that is needed so that the user can access the apps knowing that they are fully compatible and secure for their device.
• For developers, native apps work the best as they are provided with the SDK and every other tool to design an app with much ease.

Cons:

• Native is relatively expensive for a developer. The developers who tend to design their app that stays compatible with several platforms and mobile devices would find native apps to be high on expense.
• The cost of app updating and management is higher in native apps, mostly the apps that support various mobile platforms.
• The process of getting an approved native app from an app store can be tedious and long for a developer and not always result positive.

 

WebView Apps:

WebView apps are quite more comfortable to handle as compared to the Native Apps. Because of the secure online access option at any time the user wants, and they are always updated.

• WebView apps are easier to maintain as they hold a common code base for various mobile devices.
• They can be manipulated to be made well-matched with any mobile device.
• For approval, the developers are not required to submit their designed app on the app store. However, one can find many of them in the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store.
• Since there is no need for Webview apps to be 100% ready in terms of content (can be updated all the time), the developer can release them in any form or time as they desire.
• No need to update the app in the App Store or Play Store as the latest version will be loaded once the web app is accessed.

Cons:

• A WebView app has limited scoop concerning access to the device’s features (can be fixed with a bridge included in most webview app templates)
• Many individuals use different mobile devices. It is difficult to keep track of the usage patterns and support of all the records.
• Hard to rebuild the native feeling / UX design of native platforms like iOS or Android
• WebView apps that brace multiple browsers/WebView rendering engines can be proved as an expensive proposition for a developer as it increases the costs of maintaining and developing them.

 

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