{"id":6593,"date":"2019-06-20T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2019-06-20T09:08:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost:8888\/TristateWebsite\/blog\/?p=6593"},"modified":"2023-12-29T11:50:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-29T06:20:49","slug":"how-lite-app-different-than-normal-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tristatetechnology.com\/blog\/how-lite-app-different-than-normal-app","title":{"rendered":"How lite app is different than the normal app for end users?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Nowadays, a mobile app becomes crucial for all industries, and it has revealed many business opportunities. Just imagine the existence of Facebook or Instagram without mobile apps. They couldn’t penetrate such huge market without mobile apps.<\/p>\n

Oh! Wait. We cannot even imagine Uber<\/a> without a mobile app. Can we? Nah.<\/p>\n

These famous brands have covered an almost good part of the overall consumption in the developed countries. But, the rest of the world has two significant challenges, first is a slow internet connection and other is low-end devices. Then, WHAT IS THE SOLUTION?<\/p>\n

What is the Lite version of the app?<\/strong><\/p>\n

To understand this, continue reading-<\/p>\n

In the app stores, you may find two versions of some apps with “Lite” postfix having many downloads and even in a few cases, more popular than a normal application. Here is the list of few popular Lite apps:<\/p>\n

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And many others.<\/p>\n

So, what does “Lite” mean? Why do brands even need them?<\/p>\n

Lite app is a limited featured app mainly designed for low-end devices.<\/strong> Normal apps generally have app size about 40~50 MB whereas these Lite versions have about 1~4 MB. Sounds interesting? Presently, we are enjoying the fastest network on 4G or 3G and expecting a lightning-fast 5G network soon, but many countries in the world are still using a legacy network like 2G. But these Lite apps work great with such slow internet connections.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Facebook has developed a Lite version for the users of developing countries and acquired billion of users. Facebook\u2019s Lite version works in an extremely slow 2G network with less than 1 MB installation space and limited access to internet data. In this Lite version, they trimmed some features which need a comparatively large amount of data and storage like nearby friends, videos, etc. Similarly, other famous apps have taken the same approach to penetrate the developing market.<\/p>\n

So now, you have enough idea about the Lite app. Probably, you would have a question that “From an end-user point of view, how the Lite version will be different than a standard app?”<\/p>\n

Just like you, many other end users have this question in their minds.<\/p>\n

In general, a Lite app is different from the standard app for end users in terms of the following parameters:<\/p>\n

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