This basically depends upon what functions you want in your application. However, the generic difference between the two can be studied:
|Sr.no.
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|Native app development
|Hybrid app development
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|1
|Meaning
|Uses the native programming languages of the devices to build the app. For iPhone, the native programming language is Objective C and the new Swift. For Android, the native programming language is Java.
|Mobile development framework that enables software programmer to build applications for mobile devices. Hybrid apps are developed using web technologies: HTML5, CSS and JavaScript, then put inside a native container such Adobe PhoneGap. These native containers run the web application code and package it into an app.
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|2
|Managing code base
|Native development has to manage two code bases, iOS and Android. That means every bug fix, every feature added, every change would have to be done twice.
|PhoneGap development has to manage single code base.
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|3
|Costs
|With native you would have two developers working completely independently.
Hence, increasing the cost.
|If you need to support both Android and iOS you can have two JavaScript developers work together and help each other out. It reduces the cost.
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|4
|Development timeline
|Native development is time consuming.
|PhoneGap apps are easier and faster to develop and deploy.
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|5
|User Experience and Performance
|Native apps provide better performance; responsive and fluid experience and a user can navigate and interact with the app without noticing any loading delays.
|PhoneGap apps tend to have some user interaction delays, and users can notice that the app is not as responsive sometimes.
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|6
|Maintainability
|Native apps are less maintainable.
|PhoneGap apps are more maintainable. This is because it is easier to maintain the Web app technology (HTML, CSS and JavaScript).
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|7
|Support and Resources
|There are more support and available resources for building native mobile apps.
|PhoneGap development Environment provides less resources and options to develop for mobile apps.
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|8
|Security
|Native apps may provide better security environment.
|It does not provide better security environment.
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|9
|Tools and Debugging
|Native development provides better development environment and tooling to test and debug the work, so it is much easier and less time consuming to find and fix bugs.
|There are not reliable hybrid app development tools that can help with debugging and fixing issues.
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|10
|Platform Independent
|Developer has to build app every time for different platforms.
|The developer can build app once and then using a technology Adobe PhoneGap, submit the app to all platforms (iPhone, Android, Windows Phone and Blackberry)
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|11
|Popularity
|Since native app Environment provide a more fluid user experience and less likely to have feature limitations, most of the large app companies use native app development environment.
|PhoneGap is not so popular.
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