Name the different types of mobile applications present in today’s era

Mobile applications can be broadly classified into three main categories in today’s era which are as follows :

• Native mobile applications: The mobile apps which are developed for a particular platform and also developed with a specific programming language and are available for download in the Google Play Store for Android users and App Store for iOS users are called native applications. For example Candy Crush, tinder, etc.
• Web application: Web applications are kind of mobile web portals that are designed, prepared and customized only for mobile users. These are not available for download but are available on the web browsers of mobile phones for usage. For example m.yahoo.com, m.snapdeal.com, etc.
• Hybrid application: Hybrid applications are made by combining the best features of both native and web applications. These are the web apps that are embedded in the native app which runs on the device.