Cross-Platform Apps: React Native, Flutter & Ionic

One codebase for iOS and Android, with the framework chosen to fit your team and product: React Native with Expo, Flutter, or Ionic with Capacitor when you already have a web app.

Cross-platform is usually the right default when a product needs both stores and the team is small. The real decision is which framework, and that depends on what you already have and what the app has to do. React Native with Expo suits teams that work in TypeScript and React. I use development builds and config plugins so the native projects are generated from configuration rather than hand-edited, and write Swift or Kotlin through Expo Modules when a feature needs it. Flutter suits products with a custom, brand-led UI that should look and behave the same on both platforms. Flutter renders…