Stand-alone Mobile Apps versus Internet Browser Apps

No matter what you want to do, there is more than likely an app for that! As I look around me in class or on the bus I am surrounded with smart phone users. If you just so happen to see a flip phone, you almost have a sense to tell them they should appear on The Antic Roadshow with that thing. With so many smart phone users, more and more of us are using apps and downloading new ones daily. I don’t think I go a single week without hearing about some cool new app I need to download and try!

App creators are so creative and thinking up apps to fix or help with every facet of our lives.

I found this awesome blog written by Jerin Mathew last year that got into the nitty gritty details of just how many apps are being created currently. In his posted he stated:

• “Developers are currently submitting more than 1,000 apps to Apple's App Store per day, according to data compiled by Pocketgamer.biz.

• There are a total of 1.9 million apps seen in the US App Store, out of which 1.7 million are currently available for download.

• About 73% of the apps and games are free. The paid apps have an average price of $1.27, while paid games are priced at an average of $0.63.”

Check out his blog to read more about these statics! CHECK OUT THE BLOG HERE!

In regards to Stand Alone Mobile apps verse Internet Browser Apps I generally always use the Stand Alone Mobile Apps. They are generally faster and better equipped to do the kind of things that I want to do on these social media platforms. Using the Internet Browser can often make the platforms look chunky and messy and it is not fun or easy to manage my way through them.

I found a blog written by Priya Viswanathan a Mobile Devices Expert where she discussed the Pros and Cons of Native Apps and Mobile Web Apps

In this article she brings a lot of really important information forward that is important to consider when trying to decide what you like and what you are going to use.

She said some things to consider:

 "In order to decide if you want to develop a native app of Web app, you need to consider the following points:

·  How important speed and performance would be, to you
·  If you would like your app to include any device-specific features
·  If you want your app to be Internet-enabled
·  If you want your app to support multiple mobile platforms and devices and if yes, how many
·  Your budget, vs. the estimated cost of developing your app
·  If you would like to monetize your app in the future"
Check out her awesome blog to read more on the pros and cons!!


Sources Used:
 http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/apple-app-store-growing-by-over-1000-apps-per-day-1504801
 http://mobiledevices.about.com/od/additionalresources/qt/The-Pros-And-Cons-Of-Native-Apps-And-Mobile-Web-Apps.htm