Mobile app: native or cross-platform?

Before building an app, one decision shapes the whole project: native or cross-platform? Here’s how to decide.

Native

Building separately for iOS (Swift) and Android (Kotlin) delivers the best performance and full access to system features. The trade-off: two codebases, so more time and budget.

Cross-platform

With Flutter or React Native, a single codebase powers both iOS and Android. You often halve cost and time, with a near-native experience for the vast majority of apps.

How to choose?

• Tight budget or fast launch → cross-platform
• 3D game or heavy processing → native
• MVP to test the market → cross-platform
• Deep system features → native or native modules

For 90% of projects, cross-platform offers the best value. Let’s discuss your case to pick the right path.