DigiOcean app platform deploy vs droplet/standard server

I've started learning Laravel with the Wave SaaS kit, and the docs instruct to deploy it to a Digital Ocean app. I was just wondering if this is the best way to do this? Is there any upside or downside to this...aside from the obvious having to wait for it to re-build your app each time you push any changes.

I keep feeling the urge to re-deploy it on a normal server but I wanted to get some info first so that I don't make these changes just because I want to go to something familiar. If it's better then I'll keep it on the app, but I was just curious what you guys think.

Thanks