Cross-Platform Hybrid Mobile Application Development – a Tool Comparison « Technology Trend Analysis. Cross-Platform Hybrid Mobile Application Development – a Tool Comparison Posted by Udayan Banerjee on February 20, 2012 · 15 Comments Hybrid tools try to resolve the debate of … “Should you write a mobile web application which will render on multiple platforms without significant change but won’t be able to take advantage on native features?” Or “Should you create platform specific native application to fully utilize the power of the device but increase your effort?” PhoneGap.