Samrt phone users: App or website?
 

Do you find yourself using an app or website for most of the places you frequent on your smart phone?

I always find the app is dumbed down so I tend to use the website. My iphone shows Wiki, IMDb or Facebook just fine on the browser. I only load the facebook browser as I can snap a photo right to facebook but I browse on the browser.

Maybe I am alone doing this.

Very much depends on the site...

I prefer the Facebook app and the Stubhub app...

But on most sites, especially forums, I very much prefer the real site.

Mostly still use the websites.

I use the Ebay app now though...

website, and mostly the full site version not the mobile one.

if a site has a good app, its usually more efficient. most sites dont though. i would rather an app though.

same here.

Ditto. The apps are usually just thrown together in order to benefit from having one in the app market and lack many of the features of the full website.

real website only the aps are horrible and i hate mobile site

For some sites that I use OFTEN, a GOOD app is worth it. For example, PayPal has a lot of features on the site. 98% of the time, I want to either check the balance or rarely, send a payment. Being able to log in without entering the password is handy. Most apps are simply limiting, so I just use the site for anything but Paypal I think.

For some reason our local newspapers have their apps dumbed down so that they don't support anything, pinch zoom, back, videos or even linked videos, and I always end up opening up the full website.. Still if the app is good, I don't see why I'd open the browser etc

Glad to know. I really hate mobile sites. I should have added that option.

I like mobile web apps. If I want it in App form, I can just wrap it up and launch it within it's own app if need be.

I'd rather an app but ONLY if it has 100% of the features of the full site. Which is approximately zero of them. Most mobile sites are just plain stupid.

I prefer website

Interesting trend from tech savvy folks.

An APP if it's built right. And that doesn't mean 100% of the website features as some people are claiming, that means it has all the features you constantly use. Needing to go to the website to do something I only do once a year doesn't bother me. Having an extra feature on my app that I only use once a year that ends up blogging up the app will bother me.

The point of having an app is to provide me with features I need more easily so I can accomplish the task at hand more quickly and efficiently.

If I simply want the website and all of it's features - I should just visit the website right? That's what responsive design is for.

But why bother donwloading the app in the first place? Seriously, i have quit using 90% of the apps I downloaded as the sites are easier and better.

website all the way