Sure but how many apps out there are doing little other than replicate functionality available on a web site? I'd argue very few apps are doing anything truly n

Sure but how many apps out there are doing little other than replicate functionality available on a web site? I'd argue very few apps are doing anything truly native that is impossible on the web. Most are just CRUD forms with a nicer UI than you get on the web. If your reason for spending huge sums of money on (usually two) native apps is because you think at some point in the future you might maybe need to extend beyond what the web can offer then you're making a bad business decision.