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Native apps live on the mobile and are accessed through icons on the device home screen . They are installed through an application store . They are developed for one platform and can take advantage of the device features .
Hybrid apps are part web and part native apps . Like native apps they are in an application store and can use device features but like web apps it depends on HTML rendered in a browser .
Web apps are not real applications but real websites that means they look like native applications . They are run by a browser .
Out of these three all are equally important depending upon the purpose but native apps are better as they perform better and they are safe as they are present in an application store .
Hey,
A native app is an application which is developed for a specific device or for a specific platform. They are device specific thus they can use any hardware and software compatible with only the device for which the application is made for.
Web app is an application which is designed for the world of internet, stored on any remote server and the user can access it and use it from wherever they want with the use of internet. These applications are designed in such a way that they need not be OS specific or any device specific so that they can be executed on any system from any where.
Hybrid apps are applications which inherit the features of both native and web application. This application is wriiten on web application which is then encapsulated in a native environment.
They all have there own pros and cons.
If any application is designed for mass use then web application is best.
if the application is designed for a specific platform then go for native .
and if the use of web application for a specific device is required then go for hybrid applications.
I hope this helps.
All the best!
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