Before you hire anyone to build an app, you will be asked: native, hybrid or cross-platform? The choice affects cost, speed and how users feel about your app.
| Type | How it is built | Performance | Cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Native | Kotlin for Android, Swift for iOS – two codebases | Best | Highest | Games, heavy device features, very large apps |
| Cross-platform | Flutter or React Native – one codebase | Near-native | Medium | Most business, ecommerce and booking apps |
| Hybrid | Website inside an app shell (Ionic, Cordova) | Lower | Lowest | Simple content apps, internal prototypes |
For most Indian businesses, cross-platform with Flutter or React Native gives the best value. We choose native Android development only when a feature truly needs it.
A hybrid app is a web app (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) packaged inside a mobile app shell, using tools like Ionic or Cordova.
Flutter is cross-platform: one codebase compiled to native code for Android and iOS, so it performs much closer to native apps than hybrid apps.
Hybrid apps are usually cheapest to start, but cross-platform apps give better user experience for a modest extra cost.
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