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Mobile presence on the market is a no longer an option but a must for business leaders. Companies shall make a choice on application type that suites them better within their business objectives, budget, target audience, and target devices.

Native Mobile Applications and Mobile Web Applications are two major types of applications supported across a mobile platform. These two ways have pretty many differences, but generally the main distinguish feature is that Native App is technically a software designed for a specific mobile platform and run in your mobile device, while Mobile Web is technically a mobile web site running across any platform within browser.

Reasons to choose a Native Mobile Applications:

• You need to develop GPS, camera, accelerometer, mobile games with 2D-or 3D graphics;
• Superior quality and performance due to being a adjusted for specific operating system or hardware;
• Full functionality;
• Navigation without Internet connection;
• Brand awareness – your brand name is always in a device palette;
• Rich user interface.

However Native Apps demands for larger budget and have smaller reach of mobile users due to being developed for a specific mobile platform. Regularly, distribution fees are also higher.

Reasons to choose a Mobile Web Applications:

• You need to develop a widely reached commercial application used for shopping/services;
• Brower-supported application. Once you developed an app, it can be used across all mobile platforms and devices;
• Easy for development - while developing a Mobile Web you use regular web technologies;
• Lower costs for development and maintenance;
• Wide coverage. Any mobile user connected to Internet can reach your application;
• No need to share revenue with a mobile service provider to roll out.

Statistics shows that mobile users are engaged with Native Apps and Mobile Web almost equally. Industry trend shows that many businesses focused on mobile applications development start with developing a Mobile Web and on a later stage develop a Native App for major mobile platforms, ex.Android, Apple iOS, to improve brand awareness and customer engagement.