Different Mobile Apps. When to choose native and when to choose hybrid app. Benefits of each type of mobile app.

1. Bikash kumar Sundaray
Senior Software Developer
Web and UI developer

2. • Mobile Platforms / OS:
– Android ( Google )
– iOS ( Apple )
– Windows ( Microsoft )
– BlackBerry (BlackBerry)
– Firefox ( Mozilla)
– Ubuntu ( Ubuntu )
– WebOS (HP)
• 3 Types of Mobile app:
– Web App (Websites used for offline browsing)
– Native App (Facebook app, gmail app)
– Hybrid App (The Magic, 1 code for all)
Idea on Mobile App

3. Android iOS Windows
• Google Android sdk
• Style of Java lang
• Kit Free of cost
• A small app can cost
minimum 50k
• Any body can
post/host their app in
Google App store/
Market (Rs 1500)
• iOS xCode
• Style of C and C++
• Kit Free of cost
• A small app can cost
minimum 1 lakh
• Needs review and
approval to get app
displayed in iTunes
store (Rs 6000)
• Visual studio & app
• C# and VB.net
• Kit Free of cost
• A small app can cost
minimum 50k
• Any body can
post/host their app in
windows store (Rs
6000)

6. PHP/JAVA/.Net Developer Phonegap/Ionic (Tool)
Get Multi platform versions

7. • Can work offline (without internet connection)
• Very Fast
• Get the Maximum out of inbuilt device feature (Camera & multitouch)
• Code is different for different platforms like Android and iOS
• Difficult to maintain code
• One code can be deployed in multiple platforms / OS
• Cost effective from Client point of view
• No need to learn very new technology.
• Takes the power of HTML5 & CSS3
• Easy to Update Patch , Maintain code
• Can be slow
• Working offline can slowdown the process