A web and mobile development company for your business needs

Depending on your target audience, you can choose if your application runs on mobile, web, or both platforms. As you can guess, mobile applications are meant to work only on mobile systems, e.g. iOS or Android (or, in case with cross-platform development, both). Meanwhile, web apps require different technology also known as Single Page Applications (SPAs) and are meant to work from the browser, e.g. Chrome, Safari, Firefox, etc, which also means they could be opened from both mobile and desktop devices.

It really depends on your purpose. If you only need to present some information about your company online, you build a website (like miquido.com). But if you are developing a product with certain features and you need your users to have a digital interface to interact with – you build an app (mobile, web or both).

Be careful not to confuse web app development with more traditional web development, which is dedicated to creating entire websites and landing pages. Websites are more informational in nature, while web apps are way more functional. Think Facebook, YouTube, GoogleMaps – those are all web applications. Consequently, web apps are generally more difficult to build and require more experienced developers (such as our Miquido web development team!)

The key difference that sets mobile applications apart is that you need to install them directly to your device through an app store (IOS App Store or Android’s Play Store to be precise). They are often designed specifically to take advantage of the unique features of mobile devices. For example, a mobile healthcare app can be created for users to benefit from a smartphone’s heart rate sensor. A web application wouldn’t have such a benefit.
Moreover, web apps can’t work offline, except for progressive web applications. So if you want users to benefit from your product regardless of their internet connection, go with mobile.

Both web and mobile applications designed specifically for a certain purpose and a certain platform, which gives you a good opportunity to save time and money as long as you know your market; i.e. if you know your audience is dedicated to iOS there’s no point in investing in cross-platform or Android development. To decide whether a mobile or a web app would work better for your business, you need to carry out market research and think through the key functions of your future application.

While many can argue that web apps won’t operate quite as well as native applications, mainly since they won’t be able to fully leverage the potential of a given mobile device, they are still pretty versatile. This means there’s no need to develop a web application for a specific system only. Instead, as long as it is developed with a responsive web design (RWD) in mind and your app can scale to fit smaller screen sizes, web apps have a definite advantage of working across all platforms via web browsers.

Both mobile and web applications have their pros and cons, which is why if you’re uncertain about which direction to go, it might be better to get a professional opinion. At Miquido, we have teams dedicated specifically to product design and strategy consulting, so you can rest assured that your app will hit the right audience at the most suitable time. That’s exactly why we call ourselves a one-stop software house! Just get in touch with us and see for yourself!

Both native and cross-platform refer to mobile applications.
Native apps are written in the specific languages native for a given platform: Kotlin or Java for Android and Swift/ObjC for iOS. If you are certain that your target audience is using a specific platform only or performance is your top priority, go with native app development.

Instead, cross-platform applications are expected to work across different mobile platforms. At Miquido, we write our cross-platform apps in Flutter or React Native. You can read more about the benefits of cross-platform development in our blog.

In the case of progressive web apps (PWAs), we’re talking about web applications pretending to act like mobile applications. They can be installed on phones (usually, this process is simply adding a shortcut to the actual web app to your homescreen) and can run offline like a mobile app would do. However, it will not be using any of the native components and will actually be run in the browser.

There is no single fixed price for app development services. The final number will depend on a variety of factors, such as the overall complexity of your idea, the number of team members involved in your project, and the time needed to complete the task for each of them.
You can read more about the pricing of app development here.

We know that time is money, which is why it is paramount for you to know the estimated time-to-market before fully committing to a project. As a rule, it can take anything between two-three months to develop a functioning minimum viable product. However, every case is unique and highly depends on its individual complexity, general requirements, and the number of people involved in the development process.

Here, it is important to remember that every step of the development process is equally important. You can read about how long it takes to develop an app at Miquido software house here.