React Native Vs Flutter App Development

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React Native Vs. Flutter App Development

• People nowadays enjoy everything in their comfort
  zone, and mobile phones have become a prominent
  reason for this. The increasing number of mobile
  app users pushes mobile app development
  companies to come up with the latest mobile
  phones then and now.
• Results from Statista say, There are around 3.6
  million mobile app users in 2023, and this
  number is expected to reach 7.6 million in 2027.
  The numbers represent that developing mobile
  applications has become the need of the hour.
• Two cross-platform frameworks are used for
  building cross-platform applications-
• React Native
• Flutter

What is React native? Facebook developed react
native in 2015. React native is an open-source
framework that is available to developers for
free. It is used for building cross-platform
applications. Here, developers need not write
code twice because the same code is reusable for
developing different apps for IOS and Android.
React native is often considered a flexible
framework as it enables the developers to use
React and JavaScript side by side. For app
development React native framework is used by top
tech giants, which include Facebook, Skype,
Tesla, and Bloomberg. What is Flutter? Flutter
is an open-source framework for building
cross-platform apps. Google developed this
framework in 2017. Flutter uses Dart as its
programming language. Flutter allows developers
to use this framework for free. It is expected
that Flutter will take the position of react
native in the coming few years but we are not
still not sure which framework will rule the
tech world.
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Statista says, React Native was used by 38 of
developers in 2021. On the contrary, Flutter is
used by 42 of developers for building mobile
apps The figures represent that the Flutter app
development service is getting massive support
from developers.
Difference Between React Native and Flutter
Basis React Native Flutter
Programming language React native uses JavaScript for building cross-platform applications Flutter uses Dart programming language for developing cross-platform apps
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Performance React native uses Native APIs and components to develop native like apps (40-45 frames per second) Flutter does not use any JavaScript library to interact with native components. Flutters offers the speed of 60 frames per second to develop interactive applications
Community support React native has huge community of developers because react native framework is there in market Flutter is though a new framework but it is continue to grow in coming years.
User interface React native uses third-party libraries to provide a native like application. It does not have its own UI components. Flutter has its UI rendering engine to create user-friendly apps that could work on multiple platforms
Code reusability React native is based on write code once and use it everywhere The codebase of flutter is more reusable as UI widget is once defined and logic can be reused again
Maintenance Applications developed through react native framework is hard to maintain as it uses different plugins to ensure proper maintenance. It is easy to maintain an app that is developed through Flutter framework as google regularly tests the app against new versions
Interoperability Interoperability is bit complex in terms of react native as the libraries available are Since flutter is powered by google, support for libraries is extensive.
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non-functional, even the wrapper written up for them doesnt provide a support
Top giants React native framework is used by many companies including Bloomberg, Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, uber eats etc. Flutter framework is used by leading players such as Google ads, E-bay, Groupon, Alibaba etc.
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