PWA vs. Native App: a Side-by-Side Comparison
Have you noticed an “Add To Home Screen” notification while you were browsing websites on your smartphone? If you clicked on it, you would see a shortcut on your device’s home screen just like a native app does. Yet the site sits bookmarked alongside all other apps. The only oddity is that you haven’t downloaded anything from app stores. This is how PWAs work. In this article, we will dig into application development software Progressive Web Apps and native apps, bump their heads together, and draw comparisons to determine which technology is the winner of the contest: tried-and-true native applications or brand new progressive ones. Without further ado, let’s dive right in. Native Apps: A Quick Overview A native app is a software program coded in a particular programming language that is created for use on a specific device or platform (Android, Windows, or iOS). On the tech side, in order to build a native app, developers make use of dedicated frameworks and programming la...