Horses for courses

Horses for Courses: Choosing between Hybrid and Native Apps

“If you ask a fish to fly, it will consider itself useless all life”, this quote is apt and legitimate for the world of app development as the mobile app development companies should realize their niche before jumping into the core work.

The selection of Hybrid and Native apps depends on the client needs, the time scaling of the app and most importantly, the budget of the app.

Let’s take a look.

A QUICK TWO LINER ABOUT NATIVE AND HYBRID APPS Native Apps: In simple words, it is a platform specific app for Android, iOS, etc. and requires optimum expertise while building the app. However, the platform can be leveraged to the core which in turn provides great user experience and larger app capabilities.

Hybrid Apps The codes of hybrid apps are augmented web code with native SDK. The major facility that hybrid apps give is that they can be developed easily across different platforms and easily deployed.

Moreover, it is usually cheaper and offers faster deployment for a solution.

Now, we will have a look at the considerations:

WHEN TO OPT FOR HYBRID APPS The major facility provided by Hybrid app development is that it is cheaper than that of native apps and is by far the biggest plus point of this solution. This is because you don’t have to create two separate versions for the Web and Android or iOS platforms; instead, the app will be developed for all the platforms.

WHEN TO OPT FOR NATIVE APPS With the native apps, you get easier built-in capabilities in the app as it has no issues in tapping inside all the device functionalities. Be it the camera, GPS, microphone, etc. with the native apps, the user would get full access to everything, unlike Hybrid that provides only limited access. Tapping into the functionality to use the connected devices is also more conveniently feasible through Native App development.

THE DECIDING FACTORS Before selecting the relative app development platform, the company must consider the core things, plan for the future and mustn’t just depend on the present perspective. Also, they should focus on all the possible scenarios. Here are some excerpts.

If you are looking to develop a very basic app that would do just the niche work related to one or two things, you should go for Hybrid app development. The reason behind that such kind of apps would take less time in completing its development cycle and may be devoid of any kind of complex functionalities. Also, if frequent updates are not your choice, going hybrid would be the best option.

Conclusion: Choosing between Hybrid and Native app development can be a daunting task, but if the things are understood clearly, the bifurcation can be done in a relatively easier manner.