React Native Development
Two native apps cost roughly twice as much to build and permanently twice as much to maintain. Cross-platform removes that — provided the app is the kind of app that suits it. We will tell you if yours is not.
1 codebase
Android and iOS together
~50%
Typical build cost reduction
Shared
Logic reused from React web
5 apps
We've published our own
The cross-platform decision is a business decision more than a technical one. Building separately for Android and iOS means two codebases, two teams or two skill sets, two release cycles and every feature implemented twice — permanently. For most business applications that cost is not repaid by anything users can perceive.
React Native lets one team ship both platforms from a single codebase while still producing genuinely native interface components rather than a web view. It is particularly strong when you already have a React web application, because business logic, validation and API layers can be shared rather than rewritten.
We also build in Flutter, and we would rather have a real conversation about which fits than default to one. Our own published apps — Pro Compressor, GymLogbook Pro and Money Flow — are Flutter, chosen for heavy on-device processing and a fully custom interface. A React Native recommendation from us is a recommendation, not a house preference.
How Cross-Platform Projects Disappoint
Rarely the framework's fault. Usually a scoping or expectation problem.
Chosen for an app that needed native
Heavy real-time camera processing, complex custom gestures or deep platform integration pushed through a cross-platform layer. It technically works and it fights the framework the whole way.
One interface pretending both platforms are the same
iOS conventions imposed on Android or vice versa. Users notice immediately that the app does not belong on their device, even when they cannot articulate why.
Lists that stutter with real data
Naive list rendering that is smooth with twenty test items and janky with two thousand real ones. Almost always fixable, and almost always discovered after launch.
No plan for store submission
Development finishes and then signing, store assets, privacy declarations and review policies begin — adding weeks nobody scheduled and frequently a rejection cycle.
React Native Capabilities
From build through to a live listing in both stores.
Cross-Platform App Development
Android and iOS from one codebase with platform-appropriate navigation and interface conventions rather than one design forced onto both.
API Integration & Offline Sync
Typed API layers with request retry, local caching and offline queueing so the app remains usable on a poor connection instead of showing an error screen.
Authentication & Secure Storage
Login flows, token refresh, biometric unlock and encrypted local storage for anything sensitive held on the device.
Push Notifications
Push setup across both platforms with deep linking into the right screen, permission handling and delivery tracking rather than fire-and-forget sends.
Payments & In-App Purchase
Payment gateway integration and store in-app purchase where the platform requires it, with the idempotency handling that stops a retry becoming a double charge.
Native Module Integration
Bridging to platform-specific capability where the app genuinely needs it — hardware, background services, third-party SDKs without a cross-platform equivalent.
Performance Tuning
List virtualisation, image handling, navigation transitions and startup time measured and tuned on real mid-range devices, not on a flagship or an emulator.
Store Submission & Launch
Release signing, store assets and screenshots, data-safety and privacy declarations, review guideline compliance and staged rollout — handled, not handed back to you.
Maintenance & OS Updates
Ongoing work for OS releases, dependency updates and store policy changes, which is a recurring reality of shipping mobile software rather than an optional extra.
Getting Cross-Platform Right
Share logic, respect platform conventions
The gain from cross-platform comes from sharing what should be shared: business rules, validation, API integration, state management, data models. Those are identical on both platforms and writing them twice is pure waste. The mistake is extending that to the interface and shipping one design on both.
Android and iOS have different navigation patterns, different back-button behaviour, different typography and different expectations for how a share sheet or a date picker looks. Users do not consciously articulate this, but an app that ignores it feels subtly wrong. We share the logic and adapt the interface where the platforms genuinely differ, which is a small amount of extra work for a disproportionate improvement in how the app is received.
- Business logic, validation and API layers shared entirely
- Navigation and interaction patterns adapted per platform
- Platform-native components rather than a web view
- Existing React web logic reused where the stack allows
Design for the network being unreliable
Mobile apps run on trains, in basements, in factories and in rural areas. An app that assumes connectivity and shows an error when it is absent gets deleted. The alternative is not complicated, it simply has to be designed in from the start rather than added later.
We cache what the user has already seen so it remains readable offline, queue actions taken while disconnected and replay them when connectivity returns, and make the app's state honest about what is pending. We have shipped this properly: GymLogbook Pro is fully offline-first with an encrypted local database and works with no connection at all. The same architecture applies to field-service, logistics and healthcare apps where connectivity cannot be assumed.
- Previously loaded data cached and readable offline
- Actions queued and replayed when connectivity returns
- App state honest about what is pending versus confirmed
- Local storage encrypted where it holds anything sensitive
The store launch is part of the job
A surprising number of app projects treat store submission as an afterthought, and it is where avoidable delay concentrates. Release signing and keystore management, store listing assets and screenshots at the required sizes, privacy policy and data-safety declarations, permission justifications, age ratings and review guideline compliance all take real time — and a rejection adds a review cycle measured in days.
We handle it as part of delivery. We have taken our own apps through Play Console submission, including data-safety declarations and staged rollout through closed testing, so we know where the friction is before we hit it. You get a live listing, not a build file and a set of instructions.
- Release signing and keystore management handled correctly
- Store assets, screenshots and listing copy prepared
- Data-safety and privacy declarations completed properly
- Staged rollout through testing tracks before wide release
When we would recommend Flutter or native instead
We build in both React Native and Flutter, so we have no reason to push one. Our actual decision rule:
- Heavy on-device processing or a fully custom interface? We lean Flutter. That is why our own compression, fitness and finance apps are Flutter.
- Already have a React web app and a React team? React Native, clearly. Shared logic and shared skills are a real, compounding advantage.
- Deep platform integration, complex gestures, AR or heavy real-time camera work? Go native. Cross-platform will fight you the entire way.
- Genuinely just a mobile view of a website? Consider a progressive web app first. It may remove the need for an app — and an app store — entirely.
What We Pair It With
Backend
Alternative
Data
Services
Delivery
Frequently Asked Questions
React Native if you already have a React web application and team, because shared logic and shared skills compound. Flutter if the app needs heavy on-device processing or a fully custom interface — which is why our own published apps are Flutter. Both produce genuinely native performance for typical business applications. We will recommend based on your situation rather than what we would prefer to build.
Related Expertise
GymLogbook Pro
Our offline-first mobile app with encrypted local storage.
Money Flow
A finance app with biometric security, built and published by us.
React Development
The web side of the shared-logic advantage.
Python & Django
The API layer behind our mobile apps.
Mobile App Development
How app projects are scoped, priced and launched.
Startups & MVPs
Getting to a live app on a founder's budget.
Need It on Android and iOS?
Tell us what the app has to do and who uses it. We'll give you a straight recommendation between React Native, Flutter and native — including when the honest answer is that you don't need an app at all.
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