Flutter vs React Native

Flutter

React Native

About

• Maintainer

  Google

• Initial Release

  May 12, 2017

• Maintainer

  Facebook

• Initial Release

  March 26, 2015

Community

• 152k stars
• 229.6k followers
• 107k members
• 52k members

• 109k stars
• 174.9k followers
• 103k members
• 15k members

Languages

• Dart

• JavaScript
• TypeScript

Target Platforms

• ✓ Android
• Android Auto
• Android TV
• ✓ iOS
• ✓ Linux
• ✓ macOS
• tvOS
• watchOS
• Wear Os
• ✓ Windows

• ✓ Android
• Android Auto
• ✓ Android TV
• ✓ iOS
• Linux
• ✓ macOS
• ✓ tvOS
• watchOS
• Wear Os
• ✓ Windows

✅Strengths

• Cross-platform

  Flutter allows developers to build apps for a wide range of platforms using a single codebase, reducing development time and costs.

• Performance

  Apps built with Flutter are fairly performant as Flutter's engine and framework are optimized to take advantage of each platform's hardware.

• User Interface

  Flutter has built-in UI elements for both iOS and Android, allowing developers to create a consistent interface that follows the Apple and Android design guidelines.

• Native APIs

  Flutter provides a bridge between to native APIs. This means that developers can access native functionality like the camera, accelerometer and much more.

• Large Community

  Flutter has a large and active developer community, which means there is plenty of documentation, tutorials, and examples available to help developers build desktop apps.

• Cross-platform

  React Native allows developers to build mobile apps for multiple platforms, including Android and iOS, using a single codebase.

• Native APIs

  React Native provides a bridge between JavaScript and the native APIs of the operating systems. This means that developers can access native functionality such as camera, contacts, and file storage.

• Large Community

  React Native has a very large and active developer community, which means there is plenty of documentation, tutorials, and examples available to help developers build apps.

🛑Weaknesses

• Learning Curve

  Dart is not a very popular language, so developers will have to learn a new language to build apps with Flutter.

• App Size

  Flutter apps tend to be larger than native apps due to Flutter engine being bundled with them.

• Performance

  React Native's performance is not as good as that of native apps due to the overhead introduced by the bridge between JavaScript and native code.

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