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mobile app

Also known as smartphone app, smartphone application, mobile application, mobile applications, app, mobile apps, smartphone apps, smartphone applications

software application designed to run on mobile devices

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A mobile app is a software program designed to run on phones and tablets rather than computers. Mobile apps matter because they let people access useful services and information conveniently from devices they carry with them every day.

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Commons category: Mobile apps
equivalent class: schema.org/MobileApplication

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The Instagram photo sharing app on a smartphone

A mobile app or application is a computer program or software application designed to run on a mobile device such as a smartphone, tablet, or smartwatch. Mobile applications often stand in contrast to desktop applications which are designed to run on desktop computers, and web applications which run in mobile web browsers rather than directly on the mobile device.