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Hi,
I want to know basic difference between Canvas app and custom app in PowerApps.
Canvas App is an AppModule enabling user to design and develop task-specific apps with designing flexibility. also, Canvas Apps can connect and interact with over 350+ Connectors, empowering users to have more functionalities. while custom Apps is an AppModule enabling users to design and develop component-focused apps to implement an end-to-end business process as well as custom Apps can connect and interact with only one data connector that is Data Verse.
you can refer to this link if you wanna know in detail:-
https://www.c-sharpcorner.com/article/difference-between-canvas-app-and-model-driven-app/
Hope it'll help you to clear your query.
@bharti_amar,
A canvas app is a custom app... A custom app is not necessarily a canvas app, can be also a model driven app.
Hi @bharti_amar
@gabibalaban is spot on here - a canvas app is always a custom app (that is, an app that we build and customise ourselves).
To add to this, Dynamics 365 comes with a range of built-in apps.
https://www.nigelfrank.com/blog/dynamics-365-101-the-ultimate-overview-of-apps-and-modules/
Any app will build ourselves to extend the core capabilities, or any completely new apps we build would be known as custom apps.
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