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Choosing cross-platform app development framework: Ionic vs Flutter vs React Native

Over the years, smartphones have become an essential part of human life. The invention of smartphones has led to the lesser usage of PCs. As a result, it can be witnessed that a compelling number of changes and transformations are being made for the sake of better user experience, mobile applications successfully conquering in the first place.


Since its invention, mobile applications have been the go-to tool for interacting with each other. Although when it comes to building an app for your business, choosing just one platform still remains a crucial decision. This is where Cross-Platform App Development comes into play.

Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks have become impressively popular with the app developers. Ionic, Flutter, and React Native are without a doubt the most preferred Cross-Platform App Development Frameworks right now.

Ionic

Ionic is an Open-Source SDK that was launched in 2013. Experts consider Ionic one of the adequate frameworks for Cross-Platform App Development. Ionic uses programming languages like JavaScript, CSS, HTML. 

Pros and Cons of Ionic:

Pros Cons
Fast development process Depends heavily on plugins
Low maintenance Size of the app
Easy to learn Slightly lose security
Single source code Absence hot reloading
User experience is Native like Not fully compatible with iOS

Applications built using Ionic App Development that are popular:

McDonald’s, MarketWatch, JustWatch, and many more.

Flutter

Flutter is an Open-Source UI toolkit launched by Google. It was launched in 2015 and its latest version was launched in 2019. Google named it Flutter 1.12. Flutter functions on Dart programming language. Dart is known as one of the fastest programming languages in the mobile app development industry. 

Pros and Cons of Flutter:

Pros Cons
Great performance Faces problems in iOS
Single source code No third party libraries
Coding is faster Application size
Supports all kinds of devices, even old  
Testing  

Applications built using Flutter App Development that are popular:

Google Ads, Coach Yourself, Alibaba, and many more.

React Native

React Native is supported by the most popular Social Media Platform Facebook. It was launched in 2015, and has been successful in achieving immense popularity across the globe in just a short span of time. React Native uses JavaScript as its programming language.

Pros and Cons of React Native:

Pros Cons
Has regular updates Takes long to open
Amazing User Experience and User Interface Does not have great security
Has a large community Immature
Codes are reusable for several Operating Systems Difficulty in coding
Supports third party libraries  

Applications built using React Native App Development that are popular:

Instagram, UberEats, Facebook, and many more.

Comparison Table of Ionic, Flutter, and React Native:

Characteristic Ionic Flutter React Native
Creator Drifty Co. Google Facebook
Language CSS, JavaScript, HTML5 Dart Swift, JavaScript, Objective C
GUI CSS, HTML Uses widgets Native UI
Cost Open-Source as well as paid Open-Source Open-Source
Reusability of Code 98% of code can be reused Almost 90% of code can be reused 90% of code can be reused

Wrapping Up

It is safe to say that Cross-Platform App Development is here to stay for a long time. The main goal of this blog is to help you understand the importance of Cross-Platform App Development and not declare a Cross-Platform App Development Framework winner. 

With the help of this blog, we aspire to help you make the right choice while choosing a Framework for your business. 

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