Web app vs Mobile app

Web app vs Mobile app 

What is a web application? and what is the difference between a web app and mobile app?

The web application is a software application that is accessed through a web browser, whereas the mobile application can installed and used on your smartphone directly. While website shows users static data such as news and articles, web app allows users to deal with individual data, for instance, Gmail and Evernote.

	Web application	Mobile application
Internet connection	O	X
GPS	X	O
Speed	depends on the speed of wifi	perform faster on the device
Device compatibility	O	X
App store	O	O
Cost of maintenance	higher than mobile app	lower than web app