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Building a PWA: when does it fit?
An application shared through a browser link. What does that mean for users, and when does a mobile app fit better?
An app in the browser
You open a web app via an address, on the desktop, a tablet or a smartphone. There is nothing to install and no app store required.
Yet it feels like a regular app: it can be on the home screen, opens in full screen and continues to work without an internet connection.
When a web app fits best
- The work is mainly done in the office, on a desktop or a tablet.
- Everyone must have the latest version: an improvement is immediately available to all users.
- Employees use their own device, Android and iPhone interchangeably.
- You don't want to depend on approval in Google Play or the App Store.
When an app is a better fit
A app from the store is a better fit if she has to work deep into the phone, for example with a widget on the home screen or notifications that appear at a fixed time.
A project can start as a web app; the app can be added later, with the same screens.
What a web app can do
- One login per user, so that everyone only sees their own data.
- Overviews, planning, orders and reports as PDF.
- Take photos with the mobile phone camera.
- Working without range, with the data on the device.
- Your name, colors and logo, also on the home screen.
An example
The time registration of riding school Aequilibrium in Tollembeek is such a web app. The staff puts it on the home screen, it opens as a normal app with the riding school horse as the icon, and it continues to work without range. At the end of the month she creates a PDF report for the manager.
Which task do you want?
make it easier?
An internal overview, work order or administration process: we look at which actions the web app should support.