COMPARISON BETWEEN HYBRID APP VS. NATIVE APP

Native apps are applications which are designed for a specific mobile Operating Systems like iOS or Android. They are built using different programming languages like Swift or Objective-C for developing iOS app and Java (Android Studio) for Android apps.The unique factor about native apps is that users can access some of the apps without an active internet connection. But, this makes the app expensive to build because it is generally designed to run on a particular operating system or a specific device, based on either iOS or Android.Another feature of the native apps is that, it enables the access to the in-built device capabilities like location, Camera, GPS, calendar and other functionalities, which is not possible in case of Hybrid Apps. Native apps have a better user experience along with highest security features and faster performance fully compatible with the particular platform making it much popular.

Why Choose Native?

Performance:

Native code is faster than JavaScript and HTML. This become important when developers want to build some intense graphical applications such as games and other animation applications. Mobile browsers fill the gaps between these types of intensive applications using WebGL specification.

How native applications looks? 

The trendy look and feel of native applications are eye-catching and attractive, thus allowing more users to connect easily and become familiar with the icons and button. 

Native SDK:

Native SDKs allows developers to use the latest features specifically designed for those platforms, without the complexity of dealing with native plugins.

No third-party dependencies:

Due to the presence of its native toolset, developers aren’t bound to any third-party to access the core features like camera, location services, and other functionalities. As a result, dependency is not required on open source communities like Cordova to keep up with the latest features.

Secure and safe:

All the native apps on Android or iOS are only accessible through the app stores. It provides a certificate of reliability and assurance.

Advantages of Native App:

• Uses platform specific language like Java for Android and Swift C for iOS.
• Separate code for each platform
• Provides a responsive and smoother experience for the user
• It can directly access the hardware like GPS, display, CPU etc so they are faster in execution.

Disadvantages of Native App:

• High development cost and time
• Higher investment time, talent and resources
• Longer development cycles

The hybrid apps are applications which can be easily build on multiple platforms like iOS, android and windows using low-level languages like HTML, CSS, JavaScript. Hybrid Mobile App Development is the best option for a quicker and cheaper way to develop an app.Hybrid app supports the cross-platform app development as the code could be written once but you can use it anywhere. There are more features to support in multiple operating systems so that it hardly needs app updates unless any important functionality is added to the app.

Why choose Hybrid?

Write Once, Run Anywhere:

The hybrid framework enables you to run your app on any platform or device. As hybrid technology is web-based, you can run your application on the browser as a Progressive Web App which provides users a great experience across platforms and devices.

Faster Development cycle:

The key difference is that hybrid apps are built using open web technologies like JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, rather than any special languages used by iOS, Android. That means anyone with a web developer skill-set can build an app using the hybrid approach. As we use ionic for the development we can create an application on multiple platforms using the codebase same which makes the development faster and cost-efficient.

Efficient scaling:

Hybrid apps are cross-platform applications which can be scale on different platforms and different operating devices. It allows the development team to reuse the code without making many changes in the application.

Offline support:

Hybrid apps support offline work, but while working it cannot update the offline data.

Advantages of Hybrid App:

• Developed using HTML, CSS, Javascript
• Write once, Run anywhere
• Unified development (Cross-Platform)
• Faster Development & save time and money
• Single CodeBase

Disadvantages of Hybrid App:

• Hybrid apps add an extra layer between the source code and the target mobile platform result in a possible loss of performance.
• It cannot directly access the hardware.
• Can affect the user experience as it developed for cross-platform.

Helpful Links: https://www.mobiloud.com/blog/native-web-or-hybrid-apps/