--- title: Understanding the Differences between Websites vs Web App description: Websites can be accessed through a web browser, but they are fundamentally different in terms of functionality, user experience, and development. Websites are... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-the-differences-between-websites-vs-web-app-dhvpij-h2 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Understanding the Differences between Websites vs Web App | daily.dev og:description: Websites can be accessed through a web browser, but they are fundamentally different in terms of functionality, user experience, and development. Websites are... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-the-differences-between-websites-vs-web-app-dhvpij-h2 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dhvpIj_H2.png og:image:alt: Understanding the Differences between Websites vs Web App og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Understanding the Differences between Websites vs Web App **[MCSS](https://daily.dev/sources/getmcss)** · 5 min read · 31 upvotes · 4 comments ## Summary Websites can be accessed through a web browser, but they are fundamentally different in terms of functionality, user experience, and development. Websites are typically designed to be viewed on a desktop or laptop, but can also be seen on mobile devices. Web apps, on the other hand, are designed to provide a specific functionality or service. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@kakrecha** · 0 upvotes > Great article. **@pritesh836** · 0 upvotes > Nice explanation **@ashish\_sharma** · 0 upvotes > An informative article . **@star\_knight\_\_\_** · 0 upvotes > Thank you for your wonderful explanation. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#css](https://daily.dev/tags/css), [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#html](https://daily.dev/tags/html), [#ux](https://daily.dev/tags/ux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-the-differences-between-websites-vs-web-app-dhvpij-h2) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Understanding the Differences between Websites vs Web App","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-the-differences-between-websites-vs-web-app-dhvpij-h2","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/understanding-the-differences-between-websites-vs-web-app-dhvpij-h2"},"datePublished":"2023-02-09T13:23:57.110Z","dateModified":"2023-02-09T13:23:57.109Z","description":"Websites can be accessed through a web browser, but they are fundamentally different in terms of functionality, user experience, and development. 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