Apps

Despite the explosion of web apps, there still remains a need for native apps because if the Internet isn't available, many application scenarios simply aren't satisfied unless the user has the ability to work offline. As such, native apps are in abundance and growing. According to the site https://www.statista.com/chart/3530/app-store-growth/, native iOS apps are growing at a rate of 1,000 apps per day, as shown here:

That's phenomenal! Even more interesting is that people use native apps more than web apps, according to businessinsider.com, as shown here:

However, here's a question: Should a developer build a native app or a web app? Which is most appropriate? On the one hand, everyone wants their app to be functional, useable, reliable, performant, and scalable, right? Besides, do you want to create a web app, native app, or hybrid app? It's pretty common that building a native app takes longer and costs more than building a web app. Yet, web apps aren't as responsive and still don't work, and will never work if you don't have a connection to the Web. So, which approach should you take? (Note that it's possible to cache web content on a device, but that has its limitations.)