React Native App Development Company: When We Choose React Native, and What We Build With It

We'll start with the honest part. Our main mobile framework is Flutter, and most apps we build from scratch use it. We also build with React Native, and on some projects it's clearly the better tool. This page explains when that is, what we do with React Native, and what it costs.

If you've landed here because you have a React Native app that needs work, skip to the section on existing React Native apps further down. If you're still choosing a framework, our Flutter vs React Native guide compares them side by side.

When we choose React Native over Flutter

On a new project we ask a few questions before recommending a framework. React Native wins when one or more of these is true:

1. Your team writes React and TypeScript and will maintain the app. If your developers will take over after launch, building in a language they already know is worth more than any technical difference between frameworks.
2. The app shares logic with a React or Next.js web product. Data types, validation rules, API clients and business logic can live in one shared package, used by the website and the app. Fewer duplicated rules means fewer bugs where the web and the app disagree.
3. You already have a React Native codebase. Rewriting a working app in another framework is rarely worth it. Improving it usually is.
4. A service you depend on only offers a React Native SDK, or offers a much better one, for example some payment, video or analytics providers.
5. You want fast fixes between store releases. With Expo's update service, changes to the JavaScript part of an app can reach users without a full store release, within Apple's and Google's rules. Native changes still go through review.

When we'd steer you towards Flutter instead

• No one on your side writes code, and you just want a well-built app. Then the framework is our maintenance decision, and Flutter is where we're fastest.
• The design is highly custom, with the same look on every device. Flutter draws its own interface, which makes pixel-consistent designs simpler.
• You want a two-sided product (customer app, provider app, admin panel) and have no framework preference; two-sided apps are a specialty of ours. See Flutter app development.

Either way, the price is the same. We don't charge more for one framework than the other.

How we build React Native apps

• Expo as the starting point for new apps. React Native's own documentation recommends starting with a framework like Expo, and it handles builds, signing and over-the-air updates well. We drop down to custom native code only where a feature needs it.
• TypeScript throughout, with strict types on data that comes from your API.
• The New Architecture. Since late 2024 it has been the default in new React Native projects; we build on it and choose libraries that support it.
• A clear structure: screens, shared components, data fetching and business logic kept apart, so the app stays easy to change.
• Store setup under your accounts: bundle identifiers, signing, privacy declarations and listings in your company's name.

Arabic and right-to-left in React Native

React Native supports right-to-left layouts, but it needs care. Switching direction usually requires the app to reload, layouts must use start and end instead of left and right, and icons such as arrows need mirroring. Mixed Arabic and English text, numbers and dates need testing on real devices. We're native Arabic speakers and build bilingual apps routinely; if your main need is fixing an existing app's Arabic, see Arabic and RTL localization.

Existing React Native apps: fixes, upgrades and takeovers

Much of our React Native work is on apps someone else started. Common situations:

• The app is several versions behind. React Native moves quickly, and an app left alone for two years can be hard to build at all. Upgrading in steps, version by version, is usually safer than one big jump.
• Google Play's yearly requirement to target a recent Android version forces an update the team isn't ready for.
• A library is abandoned and blocks the upgrade. We find a maintained replacement or write the small piece of native code ourselves.
• The original developer has left, and nobody else can build the app.

We start with a quick review and tell you what's worth keeping before you pay for larger work. What we check first:

If the project is in worse shape, our take over an abandoned project guide explains how to recover it calmly.

Prices and timelines

New apps follow our standard mobile packages, whichever framework we use. Prices are in USD with a written scope and fixed price before any payment, and projects over $500 are paid in milestones.

You see a working preview on your own phone within 72 hours of starting. App Store and Google Play review is outside our control and usually takes a few days. For the full picture of budgets, read app development cost.

When we're the right fit, and when we're not

A good fit: companies with a React web product that want a matching app, teams with a React Native app and a backlog, and founders who want an honest framework recommendation rather than a sales pitch for one.

Not the right fit:

• You need a React Native developer working full-time inside your team for months. A direct hire will serve you better than a project studio.
• The app is mostly a thin layer over brand-new platform features, such as advanced AR or watch and car integrations. Native development may be cleaner.
• You need the app to be identical to an existing native iOS app, line by line. Then extending the native app is usually cheaper than a rewrite.
• The app involves gambling, crypto or forex trading, interest-based lending, alcohol, adult content or dating, or military use. We don't take these.

FAQ

Is React Native still a good choice in 2026?

Yes. It's mature, widely used, and its New Architecture removed many of the old performance complaints. For most business apps, React Native and Flutter both do the job well; the better choice depends on your team and existing code.

Will you rewrite my React Native app in Flutter?

Only if there's a strong reason, such as an app so out of date that upgrading costs more than rebuilding. In most cases we keep React Native and fix what's there. We'll show you the reasoning in writing before you decide.

Can my web developers maintain the app after you hand it over?

That's one of the main reasons to choose React Native. If they know React and TypeScript, they'll recognize most of the code. We hand over running notes on how to build, test and release the app.

Can you share code between our Next.js site and the app?

Yes. Types, validation, API calls and business rules can sit in a shared package used by both. Screens are usually written separately, because web and mobile interfaces work differently, but the rules behind them stay in one place.

Do you publish the app to the stores?

Yes. We prepare the builds, listings and privacy declarations and submit to the App Store and Google Play under your developer accounts. You pay Apple's and Google's account fees directly, in your name.

How do I start?

Tell us about the app, or share the repository if it already exists. Within 24 hours you'll get a written scope, a timeline and a fixed price, free and with no obligation. The project planner can help you shape the brief, and our mobile app development page covers the full process.