iOS Native App Development
While cross-platform development offers lots of advantages, iOS Native app development is often a sensible choice for app owners. Thanks to Apple’s loyal audience that is used to making in-app purchases, iOS is many app owners’ first choice when it comes to development.
What does iOS Native App Development have to offer?
Although iPhones and iPads are not the most common devices of their type, they do have the most engaged audience. Most importantly, iOS users are more likely to pay for app-related services, be it subscriptions or in-app purchases. These benefits make iOS apps not only an attractive choice for app owners but also a priority for their businesses.
What does iOS Native App Development have to offer?
Although iPhones and iPads are not the most common devices of their type, they do have the most engaged audience. Most importantly, iOS users are more likely to pay for app-related services, be it subscriptions or in-app purchases. These benefits make iOS apps not only an attractive choice for app owners but also a priority for their businesses.
What devices can iOS Native app development be used for?
iPhone App Development
With every new generation, the iPhone becomes more powerful and offers users and developers new features. Creating a native iOS app allows us to make use of innovative features, for example, harnessing the power of Face ID to create a truly immersive app experience.
iPad App Development
The bigger display size boasted by the iPad is something our native iOS design team can take advantage of to enhance usability. Moreover, iPad app development allows us to create features that only make sense on a larger screen.
Apple Watch Apps
The Apple Watch is not just a platform for travel and fitness apps. It is also a device people rely on for music streaming, mobile payments, messaging and more. iOS native app development ensures that the crucial integration between a user’s iPhone and their Apple Watch is seamless.
Pros and Cons of iOS Native App Development
Pros of iOS Native app development
Super High Performance
As the technologies we use when developing native iOS applications are platform-specific, the code has direct access to the host’s operating system and functionalities.
This simpler, more direct interaction with the native features of the mobile devices can enhance the performance of the app, especially when it makes use of a larger amount of multimedia content.
Apps that do make use of lots of visuals and multimedia content can be prone to freezes and crashes, and so it may be the best choice to create complex iOS mobile apps like these natively.
Flawless User Interface
As native apps are built with a single OS in mind they make use of the interface features that device users are already very familiar with. This can be important when dealing with the very loyal to their gadgets Apple audience.
Better Initial Positioning in the App Store
User experience is an important rating factor in the Apple App store. If an app has a high positive rating, it can be ranked highly, leading to greater visibility and increased revenues. Native iOS apps, therefore, often receive better initial positioning in the App Store because Apple ‘trusts’ its own technology. However, over time that slight edge may fall away if the app is not engaging to actual users themselves.
And, native apps are likely to be positioned better on the app stores because of their high performance and ease of use.
Cons of iOS Native app development
Time and Cost Considerations
Creating apps natively for more than one operating system can significantly prolong the development process. The same code can’t be on different platforms and as programmers we do need more time, as we need to take the initial code written for iOS and convert and rewrite it for other platforms the mobile app will be deployed on, inevitably increasing costs and development time.
Missed opportunities
Developing mobile apps that focus only on the iOS platform may result in missed opportunities. Keeping your app out of other app markets may decrease your potential revenue, so doing so is not a decision to make lightly.
Take Advantage of NovaFlip’s Expertise
If you are not familiar with the ins and outs of mobile app development, deciding between iOS Native app development and cross-platform development can be daunting. Fortunately, the NovaFlip team can help you make the best choice for your unique project.
More than just a team of stellar mobile app developers, we are dedicated to creating an end-to-end app experience for our clients. This means that before a single line of code is written, we work with you to determine who your target audience is and how they will make use of your app. With that done, we can advise you on the question of native iOS development versus another approach.
FAQs
Why Might it be Best to Only Build an iOS App?
If you require that your app gets to market quickly, or is available to show an investor as quickly as possible, this is very often the best strategy, as it enables us to focus on getting the app into shape and into people’s hands, and develop an Android version later.
Overall this might be the most expensive strategy, as cross-platform will have a lower overall cost. But sometimes being first to market is the priority.
Is Native Development Going to Go Away Moving Forward?
Definitely Not!
To create the ultimate app you have to work natively, that’s not to say you won’t have an awesome app when using cross-platform technologies, but if you need the utter edge and most cutting edge native features you might not notice any difference.
What Are Some of the Top iOS Apps You Have Developed?
Given that we have independently been developing iOS apps for over 10 years, the list is very long. But , here are some of our highlights:
- TomTom
- Samsung Olympic Games
- Memrise
- Boohoo
- The Rolling Stones App
Which Tools and Technologies do You Use?
We code our apps in Swift and use xcode as an IDE, we all have been developing iOS apps since 2008 so we are also experts in ObjectiveC but we do now only start new apps in swift and have been doing so since 2014.
Will You Assist Me to Upload my App Onto the App Store?
Yes, this is part of the service, whether Native or cross-platform, we will help you set up any developer accounts required.
Boohoo App
Boohoo is a UK clothing giant that has been around since 2006. They release over 500 new products a week providing the latest trends and looks to thousands of customer across the country, so as you can imagine, speed, effectiveness and reliability is key to their business model.
