App Design and Development
Mobile apps trends are growing, you should start thinking about growing with them
Native app development
Performance first
Developing a native app means using tools specific to the Android and iOS operating systems. For certain types of applications, it is essential to use native development, which means, in a nutshell, developing two solutions, one dedicated to each operating system.
A typical example where this type of development is needed are apps that need real-time responses, such as video games. In this case, a tenth of a second delay can compromise the playability and success of a project. We develop native apps using Kotlin, Swift and Java, for the best performance.
Hybrid app development
Cost efficient and flexible
When we talk about hybrid apps we mean those apps whose code can be almost totally reused for the two main operating systems (Android and iOS). This code interoperability makes development very flexible, and cuts costs considerably as you no longer have to develop two separate solutions, which also makes maintenance easier.
The disadvantage is that hybrid apps are slightly slower than native apps, but we are really talking about tenths of a second. Let’s say that for the vast majority of applications, a hybrid app is the recommended choice.
Xamarin, Flutter and ReactJS are our main tools when it comes to hybrid apps development.
Progressive Web Apps
A new trend
Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) are growing, even if their share of the market is not as big as mobile apps and web apps market. But what are PWAs?
In a nutshell: a website that, when displayed on a mobile device, behaves like a mobile app.
They are widely used when one wants to quickly develop a minimum viable product to test an idea without the expense of developing a real mobile app. But the market share of websites using this technology on a permanent basis is growing.
Their main advantage is the fact that they can be completely disconnected from the various app stores, often allowing the user to use their functionality without having to install anything. This also means that users do not have to be alerted to the presence of updates to be installed: they will find them automatically when they access the web page where the PWA is located again.
Their main disadvantage is that they rarely have a user interface that looks native, and in some cases this might make users think they are using something strange compared to the mobile apps they normally use.
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