Deciding to build a mobile application is easy. It’s the decisions you have to make later that makes the whole application building process difficult. Things like should I go Native? Is Cross-platform app development a better choice? How much time it will take to reach the market? Which mobile app development company London should I hire? Well, here are the answers to some of these questions.
Native Apps
In native applications, we build software applications in a specific programming language for a specific device platform. This means you will have to use platform-specific programming language, software development kits, development environment, and other tools offered by the Operating System.
Advantages of Native App Development
- offer the fastest, most reliable, and most responsive user experience
- can use the wider device functionalities like camera, microphone, compass, swipe gestures
- best-in-class UI/UX experience to users
Disadvantages of Native App Development
- Need to maintain a separate codebase for iOS, Android, and any other platform
- costs you a lot more money and takes a longer time-to-market
When To Go Native?
- have time and resources to hire separate teams of mobile app developers London for iOS and Android
- have money and are willing to spend for superior UI and performance
- need full-access to hardware-related features like gestures, geolocation, touch ID
- Building a graphic-rich app/game and need topmost performance and speed
Some of the most popular mobile applications are fully Native like Pokemon Go, Twitter, Google Maps, LinkedIn.
Cross-platform App Development
Cross-platform mobile app development uses a single toolset to deliver apps across multiple platforms. Systango is a mobile app development company in UK that offers cross-platform mobile app development. It is about code-reusability and faster development. Some of the popular solutions for cross-platform app development are Xamarin, React Native, Flutter, Titanium, etc.
Advantages of Cross-Platform App Development
- 30% cheaper and 40% quicker than Native app development
- allows for up to 70% code reusability
Disadvantages of Cross-Platform App Development
- lower performance
- adapt design and functionality not just to different platforms but also devices, making code design difficult
- When new features are introduced in Android or iOS, SDKs are provided much faster for Native apps than for cross-platform frameworks.
When Should You Go For Cross-Platform App Development?
- Don’t have much time? If you want to reach the market in less than six months, then hire a mobile application development company to build your cross-platform app for you.
- If you want to build a low budget app that has simple UI but heavy logic.
Popular Cross-Platform Applications Out There
Some of the cross-platform applications built using Flutter and Xamarin are Google Ads, Picturex, Reflectly, Birch finance, etc.
About Systango
With over 13 years of experience, Systango is a specialised software studio, headquartered in London. Our services include web and mobile app development London and building custom software solutions with expertise in niche technologies and the latest technological trends like IoT, AI, AR, Fintech, and Blockchain.
