What is a PWA?
A Progressive Web App is a website that behaves like an app: it can be installed to the home screen, can be fast, may support partial offline mode, and can support notifications (especially on Android).
Why choose a PWA?
Often better privacy: fewer ad/analytics SDKs compared to native apps.
Easier updates: shipped from the server without waiting for app stores.
Smaller footprint: typically lighter than native.
Cross-platform: one codebase across web/Android/iOS (with platform differences).
When native is better
Deep device features: Bluetooth, sensors, file access, persistent background tasks.
Higher performance needs (games/heavy media).
More reliable notifications on iOS (PWAs have improved but still face OS limits).
Better OS integration (widgets, sharing, shortcuts).
Practical guidance
If your product is mainly content (Quran, articles, libraries): a PWA can be excellent.
If you need precise alerts / background reliability (adhan, continuous audio, tracking): native or hybrid with careful testing is usually the safer choice.
