iOS doesn’t support Progressive Web Apps, so what?

Native Apps are Doomed

From now on, I won’t be building any more native apps. All my apps going forward will be progressive web apps. Progressive web apps are web…

Yet another blog about the state and future of Progressive Web App

Progressive Web Apps are in flux at the moment, these are the opinions of someone who has been working on web apps before they got conflated with Service Workers and new web tech.

What PWA Can Do Today

A showcase of what is possible with Progressive Web Apps today.

Why I switched to Android after 7 years of iOS

Monday of last week I was all excited. I had just gotten the green light to start prototyping a new Progressive Web App for a client I've been working with.

Jared White (ResistanceNet ✊) (@jaredwhite@indieweb.social)

Oooooo, this is a real big cherry on top! New Safari 26 feature: “Every site can be a web app on iOS and iPadOS” Just like in macOS, anything can become an installable web app if you wish. This is huuuuuuuuge! Most of the apps I use every day are web apps! https://webkit.org/blog/16993/news-from-wwdc25-web-technology-coming-this-fall-in-safari-26-beta/ #WWDC25 #Apple

Progressive Web Apps: Escaping Tabs Without Losing Our Soul - Infrequently Noted

Progressive Web Apps are aren't packaged and deployed through stores, they're just websites that took all the right vitamins.

Evolving App Store Business Models - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer

I’ve been thinking this past week (as I often do) about the ever-changing landscape of the App Store. This year has seen some of the biggest changes in policy and structure that I can remember. We have new subscription pricing models, search ads, a substantial purge of older apps, new requirements for app names and a variety of little changes to the App Store app itself in iOS 10.

The viability of JS frameworks on mobile

Whether I like it or not, not everyone using my web apps will be running iOS 9 on an iPhone 6S or a Nexus 6P and connecting via super-speedy wifi.

SLAP and FLOP: Apple's Lack of Full Site Isolation and iOS Browser Ban Puts Users at Risk - Open Web Advocacy

TL:DR; Yet again Apple’s ban on third-party browser engines weakens security rather than strengthens it.

Why did the web take over desktop and not mobile?

TLDR: “make the web do apps” is not a disruptive strategy. It's like surviving The Great Oxidation Event, then saying “make anaerobes do photosynthesis”. Ok, but the blue-green algae got there first, so photosynthesis is no longer asymmetric. It is symmetric competition.

Apple Announces App Store Mini Apps Partner Program

Apple today announced the App Store Mini Apps Partner Program, allowing apps that host mini apps and mini games to support In-App Purchases. The program is designed for developers who host mini apps and games within a larger, native app. Today, we're introducing the Mini Apps Partner Program, which expands on the App Store's ongoing support for apps that offer mini apps. Mini apps are self-contained experiences that are built using web technologies like HTML5 and JavaScript.

Progressive Enhancement: Zed’s Dead, Baby

I've got bad news: Progressive enhancement is dead, baby. It's dead. At least for the majority of web developers.

Browsers, not apps, are the future of mobile - The Intercom Blog

Proclamations of an all-native mobile app world ignore the fact that browsers and the web are fast becoming the mobile operating system of the future.

GREG ISENBERG on Twitter / X

Apple JUST quietly announced something that’s a lot BIGGER than it looks: "the Mini Apps Partner Program"Apple is admitting that the future of software is embedded, lightweight, vertical mini-apps distributed inside bigger appFor founders who want to make $$ building apps:… pic.twitter.com/jZz7dU6w07— GREG ISENBERG (@gregisenberg) November 14, 2025