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What is the difference between a regular app and a web app? Does iOS have WebApps or is just an Android thing?

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I’ve been using wefwef WebApps to browse the fediverse and am curious to understand how it works. I do not have knowledge deep knowledge about coding or programming.

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If being accessed solely through the browser is your qualification for web app, then wefwef (a PWA or Progressive Web App) meets that too, as it can only be used by a browser. “Installing” it is essentially equivalent to adding a shortcut to your desktop.

Also, Teams, Discord, and any other software written using Electron would then be a web app as well since every one of their windows is a browser window.

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