Built native regardless of whether it is needed
A native app built out of habit or assumption, carrying app-store approval and fees for functionality a browser could have handled.
MOBILE · NATIVE APPS
The exception, not the default
A native app is compiled specifically for iOS or Android, with direct access to device hardware and OS-level capabilities a browser cannot reach. Most functionality does not need that access, which is why every build here starts mobile-first and installable, and native is reserved for the specific feature that genuinely requires it.
THE RANGE OF PRACTICE
What native by default looks like, and what scoped deliberately looks like
Described by behaviour, not by a score.
Stuck on web when a device feature genuinely requires native
A product that actually needs deep hardware access forced into a browser limitation it cannot work around.
Native only where the device feature requires it
The default mobile-first build covers everything else; native is reserved for the specific capability that actually needs it.
WHERE WE SIT
Scoped after the technical audit, not assumed upfront
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Which specific device feature actually requires native access is established during the technical audit, not assumed from the start. Distribution through the App Store and Google Play brings an approval process and a store fee on transactions, a real trade-off weighed deliberately against what a progressive web app can already do.
STRAIGHT ANSWERS
Questions about native apps
The ones that come up before anyone signs anything.
A native app is compiled specifically for iOS or Android, giving it direct access to device hardware and OS-level capabilities a browser cannot reach: certain background processing, deep camera or sensor integration, or OS-level push behaviour beyond what a progressive web app supports.
When a specific device feature required by the product is not exposed to browsers at all. Most functionality, including offline use and push notifications, does not need it, which is why native is the exception here, not the default.
Yes, native apps are distributed through the iOS App Store and Google Play, which brings an approval process and a store fee on transactions that a progressive web app avoids entirely. That trade-off is part of why native is scoped deliberately rather than assumed.
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