A Handy Guide to Explore the Different Types of Mobile Applications

Native Apps: When creating an app, developers use the platform's native languages and tools. For iOS, this might be Swift or Objective-C, and for Android, it could be Java or Kotlin. These apps offer the best performance and access to device-specific features, but they call for separate platform development. 

Web Mobile Apps: Web apps are quite similar to native apps, except that you access them through your mobile device's web browser. In the sense that you don't need to download and install any code onto your device, they aren't standalone apps. In reality, these websites are responsive, meaning they change their layout depending on the screen size of the user's device. To be more specific, it often just saves the URL to the website on your device when you get the choice to "install" a web app. 

Progressive Web Apps (PWA): An app-like experience is provided to consumers via progressive web apps (PWAs), which are online apps that utilize modern web technologies. In the same way that a native app can be launched from the home screen, a PWA can be installed on the user's device. PWAs are more entertaining and practical for consumers than mobile web apps since they can access offline content and receive push notifications. HTML/CSS, Service Workers, Manifest, JavaScript, and many frameworks (such as Angular, React, Ionic, Expo, etc.) are utilized in the construction of progressive web apps. 

Hybrid Mobile Apps: Combining web and native app features is what makes an app a hybrid. Native containers enable these programs to run on various platforms; similar to progressive web apps (PWAs), they are built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. With this method, programmers may create an app once and have it run on several platforms, including iOS and Android. Consequently, they are cross-platform compatible, may be distributed through app stores, and have access to device functions.