Pros and Cons of Native Mobile App Development

 If you want to have two separate iOS and Android apps that will benefit from all the hardware’s native features, you’re after native.

Pros of Native Mobile App Development

In the past, when cross-platform mobile development was not so common, native apps came with a number of benefits and held a significant advantage. Some of the most popular ones came down to:

User interface (UI) is designed with a specific operating system in mind, making the native mobile app feel and look more natural and intuitive.

User experience (UX) offers better performance and less crashes as the code is written with a specific platform and all its strengths and limitations in mind;

Additional security can also be achieved with native mobile development tools;

More integrations with other features and programs of the preferred device can be achieved through native mobile app development;

Improved positioning can often occur, as for example, Apple app store is more likely to recommend native iOS apps because of the other benefits like better performance and interface.

Cons of native mobile development
The disadvantages you will encounter when choosing native apps are definitely the cost and development time. But there is more to it if you dig deeper:

Higher development costs result from the fact that native app development requires two different app versions to be built and, as such you need two development teams. And, while some of the processes can often be done concurrently, you will still be paying for two separate applications.

More time needed to complete a native development mobile application because, once again, these are two separate native apps you’re building;

Prolonged QA process additionally extends the native development time and costs;

Complex project management derives from two separate teams working on the same mobile app.