Bhavesh Parekh

With nearly 90% of the digital time is spent on apps, there’s no questioning whether you should launch an app for your business. An average user spends close to 4 hours on their phones switching from one app to another. While several apps are designed for leisure and entertainment purposes, others help be more productive in their day, follow a healthier lifestyle or even get their tasks completed on time. 

However, the more important question businesses need to ask themselves is what should they prefer for their next project - native app development or cross-platform app development?

In one of our previous posts, we explored in detail cross platform app development and in this, we delve into native app development to give you an extensive overview of what it is, how beneficial it is to both customers and developers and more.

Let’s get started.

Native App Development - A Quick Introduction

Like you know, there are two predominant mobile operating systems in the market - Android and iOS. As far as mobile app development is concerned, each platform has its own set of stringent development protocols, guidelines and requirements.

Native app development is all about sticking to such requirements and developing an exclusive app for one particular platform. Taking this approach ensures the app is customized to the capabilities of the operating system and better leverages the functionalities of the platform and the device it operates in.

Apps designed and developed for iOS cannot be downloaded and used by Android users and vice versa. Native app development offers superior experiences to consumers and lets them take advantage of several device-centric features.

How Different Is Native App Development From Cross Platform App Development?

Cross platform app development is a concept that is completely opposite to native app development. While native app development requires distinct mobile app development processes for individual operating systems, cross platform apps are built or developed just once.

Yes, coding is done once and developers tweak them and push them to different platforms. Cross platform apps are comparatively easier to develop and require less investments.

With that said, their quality and performance are no way close to what native apps offer. Developers around the world have one goal when developing cross platform apps - to give native-like app experiences to their customers.

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Native Mobile App Development