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Ask HN: How many apps have you downloaded on your phone?

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Hi! I am thinking about the tradeoffs between making web apps vs making native apps for phones. I'm curious how many apps the people on HN have downloaded on their phones.

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A few dozen.

I think apps have a horrible UX for browsing, but are often better than web for actual applications.

Things like Slack, JIRA, maps, Seamless - those deserve apps. And of course, games.

HN, Reddit, newspapers, even YouTube - no point in an app.

I also tend to be very picky about what apps to install because for a long time I had a 16GB iPhone and would have to delete either another app or a couples dozen photos or mp3s each time I wanted to install a new one.

OP here hmmm that's interesting you bring that up.

I had noticed for sites like Youtube the number of people who had the app was startlingly small. Even people in my own life who downloaded tons of app often didn't have the Youtube app.

Shameful Plug: I've been working on this book site for classics,http://www.bookeyes.co/, and was thinking about whether to make an app but it doesn't seem like downloading books requires it.

The question at this time should be how often do you download a new app on your phone (rather than how many you've downloaded)

None; the command-line program on a computer is just a better way. I do not have a mobile phone. However, I do have a programmable calculator so can use that if I need to make a program elsewhere. That way I can do by myself

25 downloaded, 5 games, utility apps (Banking, Food, hotel, uber), Knowledge apps - flashcards, study guides. I very rarely play the games, usually just read pdfs

I have downloaded about 80 apps on my phone.

Hundreds. I don't like web apps.

Just short under 300 iOS apps.

294 Installed on my iPhone. Few dozen more I've uninstalled.

You won ;)

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