What a progressive web app delivers
A PWA is a website with extra capabilities: a web app manifest for installation, a service worker for caching and offline behavior, HTTPS, and optional features such as push notifications and background sync. Users add it to the home screen without an app store. We build PWAs for field tools, catalogs, booking, internal systems, news and content apps, and e-commerce front ends where reach and speed matter more than deep hardware access.
The business case is reach and cost. One codebase serves every device, updates ship instantly without store review, and the install step disappears. This helps in markets with low-end devices or patchy networks, where a lightweight cached app outperforms a large download. It also lets you test an idea before funding separate native apps. Discovery still comes through search and links.