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Starbucks PWA: 233 KB vs 148 MB native app

A public example of how a PWA can replace a heavy native app: Starbucks' storefront is 233 KB instead of a 148 MB iOS app and works offline.

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Starbucks launched coffee ordering as a Progressive Web App. Size: 233 KB vs 148 MB than the native iOS app (99.84% smaller). The app works offline and on slow networks, which is critical for emerging markets. Result: 2x growth in daily active audience, and the share of desktop orders matched mobile. This illustrates the page's point: for a significant share of retail use cases, a PWA on a JS stack removes the need for separate native builds.

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PWA delivers offline access, speed, and installability at a size two orders of magnitude smaller than a native app, without app store publication.

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