For me, the big gap between native and web is in UI. Performance is a solvable issue with either Javascript-native bridges or just devices getting faster. Even

For me, the big gap between native and web is in UI. Performance is a solvable issue with either Javascript-native bridges or just devices getting faster. Even ignoring the Android/iOS "look", I've yet to come across an HTML5-based framework that can be used to build a complicated user interface with the same usability as native development. Cordova's great for what it is, but it's still a tool designed to wrap web app in a thin native shell, not a framework designed from the ground up to create a strong mobile UI/UX