Type of app development

A 5 minutes very brief overview of types of app development and what is suited for what.

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1. Android/iOS or other alternatives Native apps vs hybrid apps vs progressive web apps
2. What is what?
3. Native “Original” iOS app, written in ObjectiveC or Swift “Original” Android app, written in Java or Kotlin iOS app code and Android code completely different
4. Hybrid Installed as a native app Written in Javascript (usually), ReactNative or Phonegap (etc) Same code for iOS and Android
5. Cross-platform Wraps native iOS or Android code (objectivec/swift/kotlin/java) Written in 3rd party language, c# (Xamarin) or Dart (Flutter) Same code for iOS and Android
6. PWA No app code at all App runs as a Javascript responsive website Same code for Web, Android and iOS
7. Quick comparison Feature Native Hybrid Cross PWA Reuse-code (speed/cost) ✖ ‍♂ ‍♂ ‍♂⭐ Performance ‍♂ ✖ ▲ ✖ Phone features (push notifications) ‍♂ ▲ ‍♂ ✖ Current team (native developers) ‍♂⭐ ▲ ✖ ▲
8. Graphically speaking Performance Quality Functionality Cheap Less functional (easy to reuse and release) Native Cross-platform Hybrid PWA
9. So which is right for you? The architects answer goes: it depends
10. Speed or quality? Depends on what you are building. If you know what, and you know it will succeed and you have money to spare? Native is probably the way. Want to experiment? Look into hybrid/cross or even PWA.