Choosing how to build your mobile app is one of the most important early decisions. It affects cost, time to market, performance and how easily you can add features later.
Native (Kotlin & Swift)
Native apps are built separately for Android and iOS. They offer the best performance and the fullest access to device features — ideal for apps with heavy graphics, complex device integrations or very demanding performance needs.
Flutter
Flutter uses a single codebase to deliver apps for both platforms with a consistent, highly customisable UI and near-native performance. It is an excellent choice for most business, e-commerce and service apps.
React Native
React Native also uses a shared codebase and is particularly attractive if your team already uses React for the web, allowing shared knowledge and some shared logic.
How to decide
- Budget and timeline: cross-platform usually launches faster.
- Performance needs: native for the most demanding use cases.
- Existing team: React skills favour React Native.
- UI ambitions: Flutter excels at custom, animated interfaces.
There is no universal winner. We recommend the approach after understanding your features, users and growth plans.
