Did you know there’s a type of app that works for all operating systems and is easier for users to access they’re called PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS or PWA and they are reliable, fast, engaging and more likely the future of mobile apps. Twitter is one of the biggest PWA success stories they decided they needed an app that works on every device loaded quickly and gave their 380 million viewers the experience they were used to the resulting PWA twitterlite delivered on its promise pages per session +65%, tweets sent increased +75%, bounce rate decreased 20%, user data consumption decreased as much as 70%, average load time decreased 30%, an average boot time is under 3 seconds. In fact, it was so successful that as of now TwitterLite is the default experience for all mobile users.

PWA are mobile apps that are easily accessed or downloaded through the web and work across all platforms and devices as opposed to an operating system specific sometimes called native app which is a self-contained program that lives on smartphone and only works on that type of operating system that being said PWA have a number of huge advantages over traditional native apps some of the biggest ones are:

Direct deployment sends your app directly to your users’ phone instead of focusing them to download it from the app store. This will reduce the number of steps it takes for the user to download your app.

Access Anywhere load instantly on any operating system and on any device.

Promote With SEO: PWA are searchable through google and other search engines so you can use SEO to help your prospective users to find them.

Easy Updates: Instead of going through the resubmission and review process you can push out updates and new versions of your apps with just the click of a buttons.

Safe and Secure: provide the familiar app experienced users demand without sacrificing performance or security.

Future-proof Technology: Progressive web apps are future-proof because they adapt easily and evolve quickly as technology improves plus since you are not distributing it through the app store. You are not tied down to apple’s guidelines.

Features	PWA	Native APP
Push Notification	Yes	Yes
Offline function	Yes	Yes
No Downloading	Yes	Yes
Less Data Required	Yes	Yes
Better SEO	Yes	No
Access to Home Screen	Yes	No
Mobile Specific Navigation	Yes	No
Can be linked and shared	Yes	No