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Native Apps are the ones in which engineers leverage a native-to-the-operating-system programming language and Native SDKs to make apps. It can be Java or Kotlin programming language for Android and Swift or Objective-C for iOS.

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Banking App Technology: Native vs Hybrid vs Cross-platform

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Are you looking to capture the growing demand for mobile banking? If yes, you might be already stuck with choosing an app development approach: native, hybrid, or cross-platform development frameworks. Given how upfront and personal mobile apps are to their users, it’s critical that you understand the benefits and drawbacks of the different routes before taking the one.

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Are you looking to capture the growing demand for mobile banking? If yes, you might be already stuck with choosing an app development approach: native, hybrid, or cross-platform development frameworks. Given how upfront and personal mobile apps are to their users, it's critical that you understand the benefits and drawbacks of the different routes before taking the one.

While there are various criteria to look at, we want to emphasize the most important when developing a Fintech or mobile banking solution:

Security. Ensuring data protection by enabling security best practices is a must in a financial environment where users' data is always under attack.

User experience. The key to your application's success will be how intuitive and responsive it is to the customer's needs.

Time to market. The pace of innovation and development in the financial services industry is exponential and competition is intense. If you want to get your app to market quickly, time to market should be a key consideration.

Cost. As a startup or a company looking to develop a branded mobile banking product, the cost of development will always be a key consideration.

1. Native Financial App Development
A native app is developed within a mature ecosystem following the technical and user experience guidelines of the device's particular operating system. The app will only be used on that specific operating system, using its native language.
Swift vs Objective C for iOS apps
When developing a native app within an iOS framework, developers have the option of using Objective C or Swift. Swift has several advantages over Objective C when choosing the coding you want to use to build your iOS fintech app. It was introduced by Apple and thus is a 100% native programming language. It is modern, with improved development approaches and it's easy to learn and work with Swift. There's less coding, more ready-made default options and it's twice as fast as Objective C. Thus, Swift apps perform particularly quickly and efficiently. More so, it is said by many in the tech industry that Swift will soon completely replace Objective-C.
Kotlin vs Java for Android apps
With regards to your choice of programming languages when you are developing an Android native fintech app, Kotlin is preferable to Java for a variety of reasons. First, Kotlin is fully compatible with Java. Then, Google has indicated that Kotlin has become a priority in developing Android apps. It's also easier to work with Kotlin because developers can use shorter syntax, which significantly reduces the development time of the app.

Native apps have several important advantages over the other alternatives. But these need to be weighed up against the disadvantages, which include the time it takes to get to market and the expense. Below we spell out the pros and cons of developing your mobile financial services solution as a native app:

Pros of native app development

Cons of native app development

When is native banking app development the best option?

If you have answered "no" to any of these, then it would be wiser to start off with a cross-platform app development because this option offers most of the native development pros that are vital for fintech solutions while being more cost-effective, easier and quicker to launch.
2. Hybrid Financial App Development
Hybrid apps allow the developer to use a single code base to build apps that can operate across various platforms. So there is no need to develop a single app for a single mobile platform, you can build one that will operate on both iOS and Android platforms. They consist of both native and web solutions and have the same look and feel like a native app. The most popular development frameworks for hybrid app development include Ionic, Apache Cordova, Visual Studio.

Below are the pros and cons of opting for hybrid app development over native or cross-platform development.

Pros of hybrid app development

Cons of hybrid app development

When is hybrid banking app development the best option?

Hybrid banking app development does make sense if you are launching a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) on a limited budget and within a tight time frame. Hybrid apps are simple and if compared to other approaches easy to build. The fast development speed and cost-effective nature of developing hybrid apps makes this approach ideal for startups.

However, if the UX and app's performance are vital and/or complicated functionality is required, you should consider opting for cross-platform or native app development instead. Also, given their weaker security capabilities, hybrid apps are not ideal for Fintech and banking solutions, where security is non-negotiable for users.
3. Cross-Platform Financial App Development
Cross-platform app developments use a native rendering engine and is regarded by many as the golden mean between native and hybrid app developments because it combines the benefits of both approaches and minimizes the downfalls. It is, however, often confused with hybrid apps when the only similarity is that the code can be reused for different platforms.
Why choose Flutter for a Fintech mobile app?
The most popular cross-platform frameworks are Flutter, React Native and Xamarin. However, Flutter, which is Google's software development kit for building iOS and Android apps, is better suited to the development of banking and fintech apps for several reasons.

It enables easier development by reducing code development time. Its technology is proven: more than 100,000 apps have shipped using Flutter, among which are global industry leaders Alibaba, Uber and Airbnb. The technology is modern, having been introduced in 2017, and once there is a new functionality, Flutter has faster support services. Apps developed on Flutter are also almost indistinguishable from native apps, and thus provide the holy grail of app development - great user experience that is tailored for a specific operating system.

Pros of cross-platform app development

Cross-platform apps have a native app-like feel and great user experience. UX is tailored to the specific operating system, enabling smooth animations, applicable UI components, OS-specific interface elements and seamlessly works with gestures.

They are between 15% to 50% more cost-effective and quicker to develop than native apps and are similar in cost and the time it takes to get to market as hybrid apps.

Cross-platform frameworks like Flutter enable developers to build high-performance apps for both platforms while not compromising on application security. Numerous security features are available to maintain the safety of user data. These include secure storage, encryption API, third-party libraries for jailbreak detection, biometric authorisation, connection security and some other features.

Cross-platform apps are easy to maintain and its simple and fast to iterate features. The "hot reloading" feature enables developers to see changes made in code within seconds not minutes as you can do when using native technologies.

Easily integrated with cloud. Cross-platform apps are completely compatible with the cloud. The single source code is coordinated with various plug-ins and extensions to enhance the app's scalability and functionality.

Cons of cross-platform app development

Cross platform apps have limited capabilities in terms of performance when compared to native app development. When comparing two similar apps containing the same functionalities, the native one will be faster. However, these differences in performance are usually small and almost indistinguishable for financial apps.

It might be hard to find high-level specialists that have the financial market understanding and the cross-platform development knowledge and experience needed to leverage the opportunities cross-platform apps offer in delivering a pure native experience.

Why is cross-platform app development the best option for Fintech startups?

By combining the best from native and hybrid mobile app development approaches, cross-platform apps, from our perspective, are an optimal solution for neobanks and fintech companies. These apps deliver a great user experience that is native to the device. They harness security best practices and provide scalability while remaining cost-effective and quick to launch.

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Are you looking to capture the growing demand for mobile banking? If yes, you might be already stuck with choosing an app development approach: native, hybrid, or cross-platform development frameworks. Given how upfront and personal mobile apps are to their users, it's critical that you understand the benefits and drawbacks of the different routes before taking the one.

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Nowadays, it’s a bit easier. You can still choose to go platform-centric (iOS only, or Android only), but this time, you can also build a cross-platform app – in other words an app that will work on both iOS and Android using one codebase only – or a Progressive Web App (PWA) – an app that works in the browser, yet behaves like a truly native app!

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Introduction

A couple of years ago, when you wanted to build a mobile app, there was only an option to build native apps - in other words, you could make it for a specific platform ( iOS or Android), or, if you wanted to appear in both platforms, you had to build two separate apps.

Nowadays, it's a bit easier. You can still choose to go platform-centric (iOS only, or Android only), but this time, you can also build a cross-platform app - in other words an app that will work on both iOS and Android using one codebase only - or a Progressive Web App (PWA) - an app that works in the browser, yet behaves like a truly native app!

Even if the differences are less and less visible, all of them still have pros and cons that make one better than others. Of course, it all depends on the case in which they will be used, your business type, and the result you want to achieve (more about how to build and choose objectives for your app you can read here).

In this article, we will dive a bit deeper into best use cases for native, cross-platform, and PWA apps, as well as we will look closer to the pros and cons of building each.

What are Native apps?

As I've explained, Native apps are the ones built for a specific operating system, like Android, iOS, or Windows.

Native apps are a great option if you aim to have:

Outstanding performance

Flawless user experience (even with resource consuming apps like games)

Use of full potential of a specific OS platform

However, they also have their cons, which may be:

More expensive in general

It takes much longer to produce a native app

Need to hire a dedicated developer for each operating system

It's harder to learn (or convert to) a native programming language

Hard to update and maintain

Native development pros

Native apps are better performance-wise

Even if the web is able to do more each day, cross-platform apps are still not able to run at the same performance level as native apps in their natural environment.

Native apps have been made fully to run on a specific operating system, which means they are able to use all the blessings and potential of that system to maximize app functionalities and deliver the ultimate user experience in the result.

Native apps are better for designs and interactions

The previous point is strictly relater to this one.

If you consider complicated designs or advanced interactions as a crucial part of your business advantage, you should definitely go for native development.

Native apps are like fishes in the water. They cannot live anywhere else, but they live like no other animal in the water. And this is why native development makes it possible to deliver a truly outstanding user experience.

Native apps use more of the device functionalities

Native apps work perfectly with devices of specific operating systems. This especially applies to iOS and Apple devices. If you want to use the full potential of an iPhone in your app, and you plan to make some functionalities specifically working on this device, you should definitely choose native development.

Native development cons

Native apps are more expensive in general

First of all, you need to hire different developers for different operating systems.

Second of all, it takes more time to build a native, and there is no possibility to use a blessing of reusable components and code parts.

Third, it's harder to find a talented native developer, and generally, it's also more expensive.

Native apps are harder to update and maintain

Maintenance of native apps is truly hard, as you need to spend time searching for bugs on different platforms, as well as you have to plan and prepare the updated plan for each separately.

What are cross-platform apps?

Cross-platform apps are the ones built-in web languages (like JavaScript) that can be later pulled (f.e. through React Native) as native apps able to work on any operating system and device.

Cross-platform apps are great when you want to:

Build your app 50% faster

Build one app for both iOS and Android

Get to market faster

Update and maintain it easier

However, be aware that cross-platform apps have cons, like:

Still needs a native skill for complicated functionalities

It may not be a good choice for big size-wise apps (like games)

Cross-platform development pros

Cross-platform apps work everywhere

If native apps are like fishes, cross-platform apps are like ducks. They can swim, walk, and fly.

This is a typical scenario when the gift is a curse as well, as you can do a lot, but none of it will be done in a spectacular manner. However, although cross-platform apps cannot use the full potential of specific operating systems, they are built to run regardless of them, and to be honest, if you don't have any big size-wise designs, or you don't need any fancy interactions, your app will be just fine.

In this case, you don't have to develop two apps (one Android, and one iOS) anymore. Instead, you can use one developer that will build an app ready to be working on both, Android and iOS, and more than that, on every device.

This is a great option for lightweight and easy-to-use apps, or a startup, or any other small business that would like to appear on the market faster without a need of making huge investments.

Cross-platform apps are better price-wise

Don't get me wrong - it's not a typical price-performance relation.

To deliver a great user experience you don't have to take native development as a no-brainer. Cross-platform apps are doing great in that matter too, and if you put a price tag next to that, you may just fall in love with cross-platform apps and get yourself a win-win scenario.

There are quite a few things that make cross-platform development cheaper.

Mind that the popularity of web programming languages is constantly growing, which means it is easier to get a cross-platform developer on board than to get an Android/iOS developer.

More than that, think of a learning curve. It is way much easier for Android/iOS developers to learn React Native for example than a React Native developer to learn Android/iOS development.

Also, in most business cases, native hyper-performance is not so-much-needed.

As long as extreme designs or interactions are not crucial to your business (which is probably more than 80% of business cases worldwide), you don't need extreme native performance. Cross-platform performance is still delivering a great user experience for a much better price.

You can find out more about how React Native (a cross-platform framework) can cut your development costs in this article.

Cross-platform have a better time to market

Native development is time-consuming. Or at least in comparison with cross-platform development.

For example, thanks to React Native (more about it here) you can build your app faster by using reusable components. Thanks to that you are able to build an app even 50% faster. You can also use ready-to-use components that been already made by somebody else and easily copy them to your own project.

You may not be able to have an outstanding user experience from the beginning, but you can arrive on the market much faster (which is great for startups to test their MVP), get feedback, and adapt changes accordingly without a need for a big investment.

That way, you protect yourself from building and investing in something that nobody will use in the real world.

This is an important business advantage related to multi-platform support.

Native apps can run only in one operating system, which means you have to build two apps to cover the mass market. In other words, building a native app makes more sense if you want to reach only people using for example iOS.

With cross-platform development, you are able to reach all operating systems users with one app.

Cross-platform apps cons

You still may need some native skills for advanced functionalities (or to use the full potential of the device)

May not be a good choice for demanding UX

As we said before, although cross-platform apps are becoming more and more like native apps, there are still cases in which they won't make it. Like games, or truly demanding designs in user experience.
What are Progressive Web Apps (PWA)?
Cross-platform apps are also made with technologies like PWA (Progressive Web Apps) - websites that look and behave just like apps! And as the Web can do more each and every day, it makes almost no difference for a typical user to use a native app instead of a cross-platform app (or a PWA), and vice versa.

Progressive Web Apps are great, as they are:

Easy to build

The most cost-efficient way to build an app

Works on any device

Doesn't require any installation

Updates are happening automatically

However, they are also:

Are only an imitation of a real mobile app

Weak on performance

Doesn't support some minor functionalities (like push notifications)

Progressive Web Apps (PWA) pros

PWA is famously known for its motto: "Once built - works everywhere". You need only one codebase that will work on any device, any operating system, anywhere.

The most cost-efficient way to build an app

Because basically what you build is not an app, but a very responsive website that is optimized to work and behave like an app.

All you need to do is to run a browser - no matter which is that. PWAs also work for any kind of screen size and device.

You have it all in your browser. It's enough to just open it.

Updates are happening automatically

PWAs are getting updated automatically while refreshed. No manual or any other updates needed.
Progressive Web Apps (PWA) cons

Are only an imitation of a real mobile app

Although they do look, feel, and behave like an app - it's just a website. In order to "have it" on your phone, you need to make a shortcut.

You cannot really use it for demanding interactions, as well as speed and user experience is highly dependent on the device and internet connection.

Doesn't support some minor functionalities (like push notifications)

Even if web development is trying hard to do its best to become truly cross-platform, so it can be also used on mobile devices, there are still functionalities that will probably stay truly mobile, and reserved for mobile development technologies only.

Summary and the final advice

To sum it all up, Cross-platform apps seems like a great idea, because:

You build one app that works everywhere,

You can build app faster (reusable components or use ready-to-go solutions),

It's easier (and cheaper) to find a decent cross-platform developer,

It's easier to train a cross-platform developer than a native one.

On the other hand, Progressive Web Apps (PWA) are a great idea, as:

It's the most affordable way to build an app

It's much easier to build and maintain

Doesn't require any installation

Updates are happening automatically after refreshing the browser

And finally, Native apps are perfect, if you aim to:

Deliver a truly outstanding user experience

You need a super performance (f.e. to run a demanding game)

Want to use the full potential of specific operating system and devices

The final advice:

If you are a big company, or a game, that has a wish to use challenging and demanding designs, or interactions, and you can afford to hire two different developers and a designer at the same time - definitely go native.

If you want to build one app that is working on both iOS and Android -use cross-platform development.

If you think cost-wise - build PWA first, and then, if your app will be liked by people, you can push it to the next level, and make it a real app.

Wondering which way of mobile development is a good way for your business? Let's talk!

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Once upon a time, building a mobile application meant using programming languages specific to the environment where that app would live. Now, it’s not so simple. Here’s a breakdown of the options and tradeoffs that engineering and product teams need to consider when deciding whether to build their next mobile application using OS-native languages and tools or a cross-platform framework.

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Once upon a time, building a mobile application meant using programming languages specific to the environment where that app would live. Now, it's not so simple. Here's a breakdown of the options and tradeoffs that engineering and product teams need to consider when deciding whether to build their next mobile application using OS-native languages and tools or a cross-platform framework.

The release of the iPhone in 2007 unofficially marked the dawn of the mobile age in which we now live. When the first iOS (and shortly thereafter Android) phones made their debut, the world was introduced to a groundbreaking concept--handheld communication devices that not only allowed users to make calls, send texts, and check email, but download and interact with a plethora of applications via touchscreen interfaces. With this innovation, the entire experience of computing became mobile, and fit in the palms of our hands.

It's been almost a decade and a half since the first "smartphones'' (which we now just call phones) first made it to users around the globe, and their adoption and usage has only accelerated with each passing year. Now, in 2021, it's difficult to imagine the world before these tools reshaped how we experience it. When was the last time you looked at your phone? If you're like two-thirds of Americans, it was probably no more than ten minutes ago. Last year saw over 208 billion app downloads, and according to the World Advertising Research Center, by 2025, nearly three quarters of all internet traffic will come from mobile phones alone.

With mobile dominating the landscape of internet usage today, the stakes for delivering impactful and personalized app experiences are higher than ever before. Companies are expected to continuously iterate on their mobile apps, which means constantly pushing integrations to multiple versions of their product on various platforms. Additionally, considering the fact that switching apps on a phone only requires a few taps of the thumb, the decision for whether to use native or cross-platform languages and frameworks to build a mobile app is crucial, and one that can make or break the long term success of a company's digital interactions with customers.

In the "old days," prior to 2015 or so, developing an app for iOS meant using Swift or Objective-C. To deploy that same app on Android, the engineering team would reach for Java or, more recently, Kotlin. This has changed in recent years, however, as cross-platform frameworks like React Native, Flutter, Xamarin, Cordova and many other tools have reshaped the landscape of mobile development. Based on common and universal programming languages and technologies, these frameworks can be used to develop mobile apps across iOS, Android and web, as well as applications for other platforms like Roku, Fire TV, and more.

The benefits of managing all versions of your company's application from a single codebase cannot be ignored. Now that cross-platform tools present a viable alternative to building bespoke mobile apps with platform-specific languages, product and engineering teams need to be well versed in the pros and cons of native vs. cross-platform mobile app development in order to make an informed decision. Here, we'll explore some of the upsides and potential pitfalls of selecting a native language vs. a cross-platform framework, and present some key points to consider when evaluating which path to pursue.

Native app development: You're speaking my language

Native mobile app development entails building applications specifically to run on either the iOS or Android mobile operating system, using the programming languages, SDKs, and other development tools that Apple and Google provide to developers. More specifically, iOS developers taking the native approach will use either Objective-C or Swift, and Android developers will build apps using Java or Kotlin.

Since these languages are "native" to the operating systems on which they run, building a mobile app with these tools presents a multitude of advantages in areas that are critical to the long term its long term success--speed, performance, UI/UX, developer experience and scalability--that are difficult to turn down if delivering the best possible product for your customers outweighs all other considerations.

Here are a key areas in which taking the native approach to your next mobile app can offer significant benefits:
Overall developer experience
All of the primary native languages for app development--Swift, Objective-C, Java and Kotlin-- have strong built-in features for preventing bugs and crashes in production code like strong typing and error handling systems. With first-class support for throwing, catching, propagating, and manipulating errors, native languages offer much more robust options for preventing production errors. Error handling presents much more or a challenge in cross-platform frameworks, however. In React Native, for example, the presence of React components introduces a new class of errors that require some creative workarounds to be detected and routed out of your code.
CPU usage and file size
Cross-platform frameworks rely on dependencies to allow their code to run across operating systems, so it is no surprise that these apps ship with larger file sizes and clock higher CPU usage than those built with native languages. While this may not present a significant problem when an app is first rolled out, it can lead to major bottlenecks once the app's complexity and user base scales. At this point, the amount of processing power and speed it needs to run smoothly can quickly become unmanageable.
Closer component integration
Languages like Swift, Objective-C and Java have a long heritage as the primary languages within their respective platforms. Owing to this, their level of integration with the internal hardware and software ecosystem on iOS and Android operating systems is unrivaled by cross-platform frameworks. Accessing the device's internal hardware components, such as GPS, contacts, and camera, are first-class features of these languages. Native languages also have much more robust feature sets around memory management and complex networking functionality than cross-platform frameworks. Not only does this allow developers to build more powerful and performant applications, but "close to the metal" tie-ins between the language and operating system can make for a much better developer experience as well.
UI/UX
Just as the native languages have a direct integration with a device's hardware components, they also have a much more seamless and direct connection to the device's native user interface, making them the most robust and reliable choice from a UI/UX standpoint. Any cross-platform framework will need to utilize some sort of bridge to render native components in a mobile operating system. While some frameworks like React Native, for example, come with an extensive ecosystem of readymade components and UI libraries, they may behave unpredictably inside of iOS and Android environments.

Once again, owing to native languages' seamless integration with the operating systems on which they run, they are the preferable to cross-platform frameworks for realizing smoother, more intuitive user experiences.

Cross-platform frameworks: "Write once, run everywhere"

Cross-platform development is an approach to building mobile apps that allows developers to build a single codebase for a mobile application using a universal programming language that runs on multiple operating systems. Since the core language the framework uses (for example, JavaScript) cannot run natively on mobile operating systems, these frameworks require SDKs that compile code from the universal language into platform-native languages. They also frequently contain some form of reusable UI library with elements like text inputs, buttons, landing page scaffolds, etc., and other developer tools that help engineers bootstrap applications more quickly.

Cross-platform frameworks have been in a constant state of evolution since they first emerged. While new non-native tools for building mobile apps are entering the development ecosystem at a steady pace, here is a selection of established tools in this category:

React Native: Created by Facebook in early 2015, React native is based on the React web framework and leverages several of the same aspects of its browser-oriented counterpart, like JSX, CSS-polyfills, and the omission of a true DOM API.

Xamarin: Developed by Microsoft, Xamarin extends the.NET developer platform with tools and libraries specifically for building apps for Android and iOS as well as tvOS, watchOS, macOS, and Windows.

Unity: In addition to being a popular cross-platform choice for building mobile apps, Unity is also an expansive ecosystem of tools for developing 2D, 3D, and VR gaming content.

Ionic: Released in 2013 and built atop AngularJS, Ionic was an early entrant into the cross-platform space. Ionic apps run within specialized shells in iOS and Android environments, which allows them to display raw HTML and run JavaScript.

Choosing a cross-platform approach to developing your company's mobile apps does offer considerable advantages in terms of practicality and time-to-market. Some of those include:
Reduced costs
Based on the concept of "write once, run everywhere," cross-platform development eliminates the need to build and maintain completely separate versions of an application for different mobile environments, which dramatically decreases the engineering time and resources required to launch an app.
Increased developer talent pool
Additionally, the fact that cross-platform frameworks are based on widely used web technologies opens the door to a wider pool of developers who can join your team.
Faster time-to-market and customization
Dramatically reducing the development workload also translates to delivering your application to customers sooner, and responding to user feedback more promptly. This is a major advantage for entrepreneurial companies looking to deliver value to customers as soon as possible.

Choosing the right approach

While there is no right answer to whether you should take a native or cross-platform approach to building your company's mobile app using, considering your company's particular situation alongside the pros and cons of each solution should help you make an informed choice.

If delivering a best-in-class mobile user experience that fully leverages the capabilities of native operating systems is your paramount consideration, using OS-native languages is more than likely the appropriate path to select. This is particularly true for larger, more established enterprises with the resources to support the added overhead associated with native development. On the other hand, for smaller entrepreneurial companies in early growth stages, taking advantage of the flexibility and reduced development time that cross-platform frameworks deliver may well be the wiser decision.

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Nowadays to deliver a mobile experience to your users, building a native app is not the only option. If you finally decide to make a mobile app for your business or your company, the next step is picking between native and cross-platform mobile development. You can either choose from native development or you can use cross-platform tools like a flutter, react-native. Below you will explore both options and be able to select which suits your needs.

Native App Development

Native app development refers to building apps exclusively for a single platform like android and IOS. These apps are built using the tools available to the specific platform, such as Java and Kotlin programming languages for Android and objective C or Swift for the IOS.
Natively built applications are known for their exceptionally high performance and amazing user experiences. In native applications, developers have access to all the features of devices. This allows them to use complex and advanced functionalities.
Let's see the pros of the Native mobile development

Advantages of Native app development

Disadvantages of Native app development

Cross-Platform App Development

Cross-platform app development is the process of developing applications that can run on multiple operating systems such as android and ios. This can be achieved by using tools like React Native, Flutter, or Xamarin. These cross-platform frameworks fit an app to multiple operating systems so we don't have to create different elements for each platform.
Let's see the pros of cross-platform development..
Advantages of Cross-Platform app development

Disadvantages of Cross-Platform app development

Summary: Choosing between native and cross-platform applications

As we have seen both Native and cross-platform have their pros and cons. It depends upon the project requirements and resources which one should we use.
Native apps are the best choice where high performance is required. It also gives a stunning UI and UX. Also, it requires time and can be very costly, and require a large number of teams for developing the applications.
Cross-platform apps take less time for development and also they are cost-efficient because these apps share most of the same codebases for multiple platforms. The drawback is that their performance and UX are not the same as native applications.
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Native vs Cross-Platform Mobile App Development

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Nowadays to deliver a mobile experience to your users, building a native app is not the only option. If you finally decide to make a mobile app for your business or your company, the next step is picking between native and cross-platform mobile development.

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What Are the Some Important Reasons of developing Apps using Native or Cross Platform for Your Business in 2022

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What Are the Some Important Reasons of developing Apps using Native or Cross Platform for Your Business in 2022

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Are you are looking to make a Robust Mobile App? if yes than this blog is for you. Here, we have shared what to choose Native or Cross Platform development in 2022 for your business.

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by Tech Geekk writer

To say mobile apps are popular would be a grave understatement. Today, the market is brimming with mobile devices, which are driving the popularity of mobile apps through the roof. The mobile app development realm is pretty diverse. Mobile apps have had a positive impact on businesses across the world as it has helped them to expand exponentially. Now such a shift in the market is great for companies, of course, but it often leads them to a huge conundrum: should they opt for native app development or if cross-platform app development will be better suited for their requirements.

Native and Cross-platform app development has garnered greater interest for business owners all over the world. Guss what, a recent Statista report suggests that 67% of the app developers prefer Native apps while the rest go for cross-platform app development.

Finding the answer to this question is complex, so we put together a handy guide comprising key differences between the two forms of development to help you make an informed choice.

1. Development cost: Native apps are generally expensive to build, and if you are planning to target multiple platforms, the cost will go further up. Oh and let us not forget that maintenance of native apps is as expensive. On the other hand, cross-platform app development is considerably more affordable as compared to developing a native app for every single platform.

2. Customer reach: A native app means the company is missing out on the rest of the market. This is not a problem with cross-platform app development since it allows companies to build, in one go, apps for different platforms including Android, iOS, Windows, etc. As a result, companies immediately gain access to a much bigger audience.

3. Programming language compatibility: The choice of languages developers can use for native app development is limited to only a handful of options, such as Kotlin and Java for Android. This is decidedly not a problem with cross-platform app development because this type of programming affords developers a wide variety of choices when it comes to the language they can use. This is because cross-platform apps are made in JavaScript which is compatible with a large variety of OS platforms in the market.

Now, let us also discuss when it makes sense to use native app development and when cross-platform apps are a better idea.

1. Cost: Native app development is an expensive undertaking and such investment must be repeated for every platform that the company intends to target. Whereas with cross-platform app development, companies can save up to 40 percent on the development of apps for multiple platforms.

2. UI/UX: There is absolutely no doubt that when it comes to exceptional visual experiences and such, native app development wins hands down.

3. App development timeline: If you want to build a minimum viable product kind of app and ASAP at that, then cross-platform development is what you should go with. Why? Because you will be able to quickly build apps for various platforms in one go instead of working on different apps for every platform.

There you have it, ladies and gentlemen, some of the key differences that set apart these two app development approaches. Of course, each of the two has its own merits and cons which make them well-suited for different kinds of development projects.

So, before you decide to look for either a cross-platform mobile app development services provider or one for native app development, it is highly recommended that you first sit down with all the stakeholders and take the time to understand your business's unique requirements and expectations to determine which one of the two would work better for your company.

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by Tech Geekk writer To say mobile apps are popular would be a grave understatement. Today, the market is brimming with mobile devices, which are driving the popularity of mobile apps through the roof. The mobile app development realm is pretty diverse.