They may not distinct visually, but iPhone user without chrome can definitely tell.
I totally agree with you, I developed a PWA and 'native app' which is mostly an webview of the same content. I often use the PWA version but it seems most (if not all) of my users are using the app version even when the app stores approve updates in a notifiable slower rate.
My native app do used some native plugin, but those functions are not often used by the users. So I feel they just blindly ask for apps.
Maybe they think native app loads faster than PWA?
People don't want to wait for a SPA first-time loading but they won't blame the download and install time of native apps.
I totally agree with you, I developed a PWA and 'native app' which is mostly an webview of the same content. I often use the PWA version but it seems most (if not all) of my users are using the app version even when the app stores approve updates in a notifiable slower rate.
My native app do used some native plugin, but those functions are not often used by the users. So I feel they just blindly ask for apps.
Maybe they think native app loads faster than PWA? People don't want to wait for a SPA first-time loading but they won't blame the download and install time of native apps.