Guide of Mobile App Development: Native App v/s Hybrid App

Native App v/s Hybrid App 

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What is Native App? 

The native mobile app development is a process that helps in creating 

apps for iOS, Windows, Android, and Blackberry. The apps developed on 

native platform will work only on a particular operating system. This 

means the developer should create different versions of an app for 

different systems. The native apps provide optimized performance and 

they take advantage of the latest technology such as GPS. 

The developers write code in Swift or Objective-C for iOS applications, 

Java for Android Native applications and C# for Windows. The 

construction of app, design, graphic styles, typography, visual effects, data 

entry, etc. everything varies between the operating systems. 

API provided by Android, iOS and Windows. 



What is Hybrid App? 

In Hybrid app, one app will be created for different platforms. These means 

be it iOS, Android, Windows or Blackberry, only one app is enough to serve 

all the purposes. 

The hybrid apps are a combination of native apps and web apps together. A 

single product is enough to work on all the operating systems. These apps 

may look and feel like a native application, but the fact is that these apps 

are run by a website. 

The languages that are usually used in hybrid app development are CSS, 

HTML5, and JavaScript. It is simply a web-based app that is put in the native 

app shell and connected to the device’s hardware. 

There are so many hybrid mobile frameworks such as Ionic, NativeScript, 

React Native, Xamarin, PhoneGap etc. 



Languages 

Native only Native and Web / 

Web only 



User Interface 

Rich and attractive 

interface 

It won’t give a fully 

native experience for 

the users due to the 

usage of web 

technology 



Platforms 

Single for each 

platform 

Multiple 



Access 

to native APIs 

High 

Moderate 



Performance 

The apps perform 

faster and highly 

reliable due to their 

design 

Usually slower 



Updating 

It supports several 

versions like complex 

server part. The whole 

app must be updated to 

see changes. 

The apps will be updated 

regularly from the App 

store and there is no 

need of the market for 

updating the app code. 



Security 

The attacks occur in 

insecure data storage, 

weak implementation 

of SSL, unlimited leaks 

of data, the reverse 

engineering, and code 

injection. 

The attacks occur in 

insecure data storage, 

weak implementation of 

SSL, unlimited leaks of 

data, the reverse 

engineering, and code 

injection. 

Apart from them, the 

additional layer leads to 

some problems. 



Compatibility with 

other apps present 

on the device 

Higher 

Less 



Ecosystem 

It has a rich ecosystem 

of tools 

It is limited by the 

developer’s ecosystem 

of community solutions 

and the third party 

plugins. 



Navigation 

It has built-in navigation 

systems 

The WebView will help 

in combining existing 

content present on the 

Web with the native app 

capabilities. 



Frameworks 

API provided by 

Android, iOS, Windows 

Rubymotion (Ruby), 

React Native, PhoneGap 

(on HTML5, CSS, 

JavaScript),Sencha Touch 

(on HTML5, CSS, 

JavaScript). 



Stores 

Windows Store, Apple’s 

App Store, and Play 

Store 

Microsoft Windows 

Store, Google Play, Apple 

App Store. 



Developer’s 

learning ability 

The developers should 

have expertise in 

developing apps on a 

particular OS, if they 

don’t have experience 

then it will take time to 

study and understand 

development for each 

platform. 

The developers can learn 

this easily as there is no 

need to learn the 

development of apps for 

each platform. 



Time of market 

launch 

It takes a lot of time to 

launch one app in the 

market. Usually, six 

months is required for 

sure. 

This requires very less 

time, usually less than 6 

months. 



Development 

cost 

It is expensive 

It is cheaper and people 

who have a tight budget 

can go with this. 



Cash allocation 

This requires separate 

financing for each 

platform. 

The financing will be 

done in one stream. 



Device specific 

features 

High availability 

Moderate 



Internet 

connection 

The internet connection 

depends on the app. 

The native apps that 

usually need internet 

connection are 

1) API-client apps 

2) Updating the apps 

from the market 

Almost all the apps need 

connection. The web 

part needs to be 

renewed from time to 

time, and this requires 

internet. 


About Techtic Solutions 

Techtic Solutions take immense pride in mobile application development expertise 

of our in-house team of highly experienced professionals. Applications are being 

developed on various platforms like iOS, android, watch OS using programming 

languages like Swift, Objective C, JAVA, Kotlin. In addition, we offer our customers 

different models for them to hire mobile app developers on full-time, part-time or 

hourly basis. In addition, we have the ability to work on cross platform environment 

as well. 

For which, we have selected & developed on some of the industry frameworks like 

React Native, Flutter, Ionic & Xamarin. Our experienced team of mobile app 

developers ensure the quality-rich, scalable, engaging & flawless app is delivered to 

our customers in stipulated timeframe. 

Want to Hire Mobile App Developers from Techtic Solutions then feel free to 

contact us. 


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Visit us: https://www.techtic.com 

Email: info@techtic.com 

Phone: +1 201.793.8324 

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