Apps are not websites
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Technically, you can build apps that do not need a browser. If your application required a browser, would you have to design your own browser in order for it to be a "real" application? You can probably go even further and say that a "real" application doesn't require an Operating System...
Back to web apps, if someone already built a browser there would be no reason to build a new one from scratch, and building apps that piggy back on a browser make efficient use of and show two apps working together.
The main purpose of an application is to fulfill a particular purpose of the user. Other than reading and navigating. I think a "real" application would have to fulfill a particular need.
The question of choosing a web based or desktop application is how much real time system resources does your application require for its performance. The other is how do you want to go and sell this so called app of yours.