Understanding Different Types Of Mobile Apps  

In the present digital era, smartphones have taken over, be it reading a newspaper, watching movies, playing games, looking for information, and much more; Smartphones have made it all easy in one go. We are able to do several things with the help of mobile apps on our smartphones, tablets, computer systems, laptops. With gradual improvements in technology, developing better smart apps is nonetheless a challenge for the app industry. App developers in the present time evolve continuous changes and modifications by bringing end to end solutions in different types of apps to give a better experience to their customers.

We see various apps launched every year in the market, but the demand for new applications keeps rising. We might be aware of the operating systems, but we are not familiar with the software development platforms that a company uses to design, build and develop a software application. Our blog will further introduce you to different types of apps and their platforms that an app developer uses to design. This will also make your decision to select the type of app you want for your business.

Different types of mobile apps

With the app industry launching various apps every year, businesses need to keep an eye on the changing trend of the applications to provide a better experience to their customers. In a world where different types of apps are developed with different approaches, you need to understand the dynamics of depth before building an app for your business to make your app succeed. The various kinds of apps are:

• Native apps: these apps are built for a specific platform or purpose. The majority of people are using android smartphones or IOS. Native apps are made purposely for operating systems(OS) without mentioning all the platforms or devices; you do not need to mix and match, for example, using an ios app on android or a blackberry app on ios. Native apps use several coding languages such as java, python, c++, react, etc. These platforms serve advantageous as it optimizes user experience as it was created specifically to make it more quick and intuitive.

As it optimizes a single focus, it gives you the advantage of being faster and reliable when it comes to working performance. These apps provide efficient device resources as compared to other mobile apps. These apps also offer you a direct connection with system hardware, giving you access to various device features such as Bluetooth, contact, camera, NFC, etc. These are highly interactive with UI/UX services.

The only consequence with the native apps is, you need to make duplicate efforts for different platforms, i.e., you cannot reuse the same code on any other medium, which increases the cost of app building. In addition to this, you need to maintain an additional database for every updated version. You might require longer realizes to ensure stability in your apps.

• Web Apps: these apps can be used from any web browser window. These are adaptive web applications that can be used on every operating system. Additionally, you can scale it to fit into the screen or a smaller size tab you prefer for your mobile screen. The app’s design does not change but is built with features to use different languages. These apps are designed using HTML5, CSS, Ruby on Rails, and other similar languages. Unlike native apps, these apps do not require space in your device; hence they are easy to maintain.

These apps entirely depend on your web browser; hence you might observe functionality differences with varying users. As these apps rely on a browser, you cannot use functionality to these apps offline, i.e., you cannot edit, upload, refresh, or backup any data without the internet connection. These apps offer limited functionality, hence takes a longer time to develop.

• Hybrid apps: these apps are more like native apps but deliver a much better consumer experience than native apps. They are written using programming languages such as HTML, CSS, javascript, object C, and several others. These apps are not as fast as a native app but deliver greater seam lining capacity for the development process. You do not require any separate platform, thus saving time and money for your business resources. These apps are ideal for rapidly loading and suitable for countries with a slow internet connection to provide a better consumer experience. These apps can be quickly built and are cheaper as compared to any other app. These apps even offer offline functionality and can be used to deploy multiple OS.

It can be rightly said that hybrid apps are complex with many functions hence slows down the functionality of apps. These are less interactive as compared to native apps, therefore, cannot perform OS-specific tasks.

Conclusion

Mobile apps are specific software designs built to run on your mobiles, tablets, laptop, and computer system. These are made to provide better consumer experiences and provide services to get access to various functions.