People are moving towards modern technologies by app development which has gained popularity in the field of mobile-phones services.
In light of this, we’ll be comparing two of the most popular cross-platform development applications available today that is Flutter vs React Native.
Flutter, introduced by Google, is new to the mobile application world which resolves the issue of cross-platform app development, a major challenge for app developers.
Whereas React Native, introduced by Facebook, gained popularity within a short period of time and benefited the companies that adopted it.
Flutter vs React Native: A quick comparison
| BASIS | FLUTTER | REACT NATIVE |
|---|---|---|
| First Released | May 2017 | Jan 2015 |
| Created By | ||
| Language | It uses Dart language. | It uses JavaScript language. |
| Popularity and Coverage | Rating of 37,200 Github stars. It is trending in the industry and Google is trying to make sure that it becomes the most popular application in the developer’s tribe. | Rating of 68,690 Github stars. It’s one of the most common application among developers. |
| Reusable Code | It allows overwriting the code. You can recycle the code and use it. | It also allows to reuse the code, but that is restricted to some components only. |
| Components Library | It has a small inclusive library. | It has a large inclusive library. |
| Competitive Advantage | It is simple and easy to use. | It is older in the market with higher availability. |
| Performance | It is much faster than React Native as it uses Dart and JavaScript to connect with native components. | It uses hybrid apps where developers have to face issues related to it’s architecture, libraries and native components. This makes working with react native complicated and slower as compared to flutter. |
| Industry Adoption | Some of the apps using flutter are Alibaba, Google AdWords, Birch Finance, and Hamilton Musical | Some of the apps using React Native are Instagram, Facebook, Skype, Pinterest, Uber, Walmart, Bloomberg, Vogue, and Wix. |
| Adaptive Components | Some components are adaptive automatically. | Components are not adaptive. |
Conclusion
Flutter and React Native both have pros and cons. One shouldn’t forget that React Native is already an established platform with massive community support whereas Flutter is still young and has to achieve that level of popularity.
Since Flutter is a newer framework, it will take some time to be adopted by the industry but till then React Native will be a smarter choice to start with.
Besides, it all depends upon what specifications are desired by the developers.
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