# Can native apps go extinct? / Dawn of the PWA!
**URL:** https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995
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**Created:** [July 12, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995 "2021-07-12T09:37:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Sharath\_S](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sharath_S)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/1 "2021-07-12T09:37:28Z")
Ever since coming across Glide, I’ve been noticing a lot of “Add to homescreen” option when I go to a website. So, this cuts the store costs and download time and storage and far more simpler in every way?? But can PWA handle complex apps though? Can the future be PWA?
edit - by being the simple, easy to start and use, no-code pwa tool, Glide might’ve hit the jackpot!
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### Author:  [@nathanaelb](https://community.glideapps.com/u/nathanaelb)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 10:31am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/2 "2021-07-12T10:31:57Z")
I’m no app specialist, but it seems to me that between a website and an app, discovery and adoption might have bigger hurdles if going the native app route: getting accepted into an app store, being discovered, then downloaded. For every step of the journey, one might expect conversion rates.
Nobody knows the future, but to leverage the speed of the internet and the usability of an app, PWA (progressive web apps) might indeed be the way to go 🤷🏻🙂
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### Author:  [@AymenM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AymenM)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 5:33pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/3 "2021-07-12T17:33:25Z")
> [@Sharath\_S](#):
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> But can PWA handle complex apps though? Can the future be PWA?
Can’t recall exactly where, but I’ve read on a very trusted ressource that the future of native apps (or apps you download from the stores) is definitely about to be PWA’s apps only !
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### Author:  [@wjcv06](https://community.glideapps.com/u/wjcv06)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 5:36pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/4 "2021-07-12T17:36:56Z")
I don’t think so, because native apps are more secure.
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### Author:  [@Sharath\_S](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sharath_S)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 5:52pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/5 "2021-07-12T17:52:21Z")
Trusted resource?? wow, that’s big!
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### Author:  [@AymenM](https://community.glideapps.com/u/AymenM)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/6 "2021-07-12T19:07:19Z")
Not exactly the source I was referring to but this article is quite interesting :
> **[Are Progressive Web Apps The Future? | Devetry](https://devetry.com/blog/are-progressive-web-apps-the-future/)**
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> Are progressive web apps the future or not? In this post, we'll explain what PWAs ar, their role in future tech, and if you should build one.
Also, if you search : Will PWA replace native apps? on Google, there’s quite a lot of interesting informations !!
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### Author:  [@Lucas\_Pires](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Lucas_Pires)
#### Post date: [July 12, 2021, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/7 "2021-07-12T19:54:01Z")
My thoughts about it - being clear I’m into this area till I start to dev with glide and study the market after it.
- Most of the apps will be PWA in a near future, as well as 90-95% of the entire market. It also covers what @david calls them _Dark Apps_ - known to us as **Work Apps**.
What about the rest of 5-10%? 🤔
- The rest I guess we will keep with native apps for more complex apps like: Games in general, and some feature the PWA technology (& Apple) doesn’t have/allow us to do.
> 💭 The vast majority of the world has a cell phone and/or a laptop. But that doesn’t stop companies or people who still have landlines and desktop computers.
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### Author:  [@Sharath\_S](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sharath_S)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/8 "2021-07-13T07:27:06Z")
Agreed near future for b2b is PWA! the “add to homescreen” option might just wipe out native apps and bring a new era of PWA b2c applications too I think
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### Author:  [@Sharath\_S](https://community.glideapps.com/u/Sharath_S)
#### Post date: [July 13, 2021, 7:27am UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct-dawn-of-the-pwa/28995/9 "2021-07-13T07:27:33Z")
Will indeed check them out! [Can native apps go extinct? - #8 by Sharath\_S](https://community.glideapps.com/t/can-native-apps-go-extinct/28995/8)