React Native and Flutter both let you ship iOS and Android apps from one codebase, and both run large production apps. The right choice depends less on benchmarks and more on your team and your product.
When React Native is the better fit
- Your team already writes React or TypeScript for the web
- You want to share business logic, types or design tokens between web and mobile
- You rely on JavaScript libraries or services with good React Native support
When Flutter is the better fit
- You want pixel-identical custom UI on every platform
- The app is heavy on animation or bespoke visual design
- You are starting fresh, with no web codebase to share
What matters more than the framework
Most mobile projects succeed or struggle for reasons that have nothing to do with the framework: unclear scope, missing offline behaviour, slow release processes or no crash reporting. We set those up from the first sprint — automated builds, test releases through TestFlight and internal tracks, and monitoring in production.
Our rule of thumb
If you already have a React web team, choose React Native. If you are starting from scratch and design is a key differentiator, Flutter is a strong option. If you are unsure, a one-week technical spike with a real screen from your app settles it with evidence instead of opinions.
