{"id":236,"date":"2015-10-31T21:27:19","date_gmt":"2015-10-31T21:27:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.startupguru.co\/blog?p=236"},"modified":"2024-04-02T12:41:32","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T12:41:32","slug":"should-you-build-a-mobile-app-first-or-a-mobile-friendly-website","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.startupguru.co\/blog\/should-you-build-a-mobile-app-first-or-a-mobile-friendly-website\/","title":{"rendered":"Mobile App or Website? Proven Hack You Need to Know in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/a>Internet entrepreneurs know by now that the future of the web is mobile. But, that does not mean web is dead, and mobile simply does not mean only mobile applications as well. Is it better to get started first with a mobile optimized website or a mobile app rather? The debate, in most cases, is rhetorical.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, what is right?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What comes first, especially now in 2024?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mobile app or a mobile website?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The answer lies in your requirement and the type of audience and market you want to target your business to rather than going with vox populi<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before we dig further into this, you may first want to check out this blog post on what is a mobile friendly website<\/a> to understand what we mean when we say a mobile site and a mobile app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speed and Accessibility<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Mobile App or website<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

While the mobile app is comparatively faster, it has accessibility issues as it has to be installed first. Not only that, you will have to develop mobile applications<\/a> for all popular mobile operating platforms such as iOS, Android, Windows, Blackberry and Symbian as just one app will get you limited accessibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, a native mobile app can be accessed offline (without internet) while a mobile site always requires internet access.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is more cost effective \u2013 mobile app or mobile site?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s typically cheaper to build or upgrade to a mobile site or a responsive website compared to building a mobile application. Not just that, mobile apps have platform dependency, so if you are talking about a mobile app, you will first need to decide whether you want an iOS app (for iPhone and iPad), an Android app, a Windows Mobile app, a Blackberry app or a Symbian app? If your budget is right, you will want to go with all of them just to make sure you don\u2019t leave out users on other platforms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But, in case you are having a budget constraint, launch your mobile site first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which one is more user friendly?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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User friendly app<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

This is the reason why there are better interactive games being developed as mobile apps rather than a web app. So if your startup is an interactive game, you would definitely want to launch it as a mobile app first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marketing point of view<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Marketing point of view<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n