Offline access - SQLite or Indexed DB?

Question

I am in the R&D phase of developing an application, with the following key requirements:

• HTML5 web application - which will also have a hybrid version

Answer 1

First of all, the one that has been deprecated by W3C is WebSQL not SQLite

IndexedDB -

• It is incompatible with many types of mobile OS and is only compatible with certain types of versions of mobile OS
• Developers cannot use SQL with IndexedDB. They can with SQLite and WebSQL
• Most developers actively avoid using IndexedDB as much as they can

WebSQL -

• It has been deprecated by W3C which means it is no longer maintained or developed
• It requires another plugin called Polyfill to enable mobile applications to work with popular mobile OS such as Google Android and Apple iOS

SQLite -

• It received an award from Google
• SQLite has its official website. IndexedDB and WebSQL do not
• On Google, SQLite returns 4.3 million results. WebSQL returns a bit less than 700K results and IndexedDB returns 282K results.

If you want a quick tutorial on SQLite,

Storage of SQLite database using Android and Phonegap