According to this source, in July 2015 there were over 1.6 million Android apps and 1.5 million Apple apps available to download, with the largest percentage (22%) being games and those for food and drink, such as restaurants, coming in at 2.72%. It seems that these days every business has its own app, but do the benefits outweigh the costs when it comes to developing one for an independent restaurant? What are the benefits to having an app? Having your own mobile app would give a huge presence on a person’s phone, always sitting there rather than the customer needing to open a browser to access a website. This means that the business will always be in the mind of the phone user
Source: Digital Marketing