What makes a Dapp different from a traditional app?

What makes a Dapp different than a traditional app is that it's built on a decentralized network, like Ethereum. When you're creating your own Ethereum smart contracts, you're actually writing a piece of the backend code for your Dapp.

What are the disadvantages of Dapps?

While dapps promise to solve a lot of the problems faced by regular apps, there are also some disadvantages. Hacks- As many dapps are run on open-source smart contracts, hackers have the opportunity to review code and probe the networks looking for weaknesses. This has led to a spate of hacks on popular dapps.

What are some examples of Dapps built on Ethereum?

Cryptokitties, a decentralized exchange (DEX) IDEX, 0xUniverse, and many other dApps built on Ethereum have paved the road for current applications. Ethereum is a stable and convenient platform to launch a decentralized application yet there is one huge disadvantage.