www.iMenucards.com. A dilemma between mobile app and mobile website is making restaurant owners a bit confuse what they should choose from both of these options, as more or less the features are similar in both of them. #imenucards
Research Says Restaurant Owners Confuse Between Mobile App and Mobile Website
1. Mobile websites and apps seem alike but, actually it is entirely distinctive.
The distinction between mobile website and app creates dilemma for
people, that which one is better?
Research Says Restaurant Owners Confuse Between
Mobile App and Mobile Website
2. Apps are actual applications that are especially designed for mobile users. It needs to be
downloaded and installed on your mobile device instead of installing from any browser.
Through a specific portal like Apple’s App Store, Android Market, Blackberry App
World and Google play are operating system that helps in downloading an app via mobile
itself. The app allows you to get content and data from mobile internet. It may also
download the content so that it can be accessed without an Internet connection.
Let’s Have A Look On Mobile App
3. Mobile App Benefits
A software application on a mobile device
Found in app stores, no confusion
Excellent tool but existing customers can use
Permission of provider requires to publish
Must be developed for each platform (separate app for iPhone, BB, Android, etc.)
User must upgrade to keep current
Some functionality without being online
Generally more expensive.
4. A mobile website is designed as like any other website that consist of
browser-based HTML pages that are linked together and accessed over
the Internet. Only few characteristics are added in mobile website that
distinguishes it from any other website handheld display, touch-screen
interface, location-based mapping otherwise it carries the same
content, data, images, and video that other website usually have.
Now Look at Mobile Website
5. Mobile Website Benefits
Website designed for a mobile browser
Always comes up in search results
Reaches to potential customers
Website can be optimized on thousands of devices at diverse platforms
Publishing authorization is not required
Always use up-to-date version
Internet is required to access and further use
Usually less expensive
Both, mobile website and app are user friendly in their functionality, but it will be unfair to
say which one is better. Depending on priority and choice of person to person both of them
are best at their end.