React Native allows you to develop native mobile apps for iOS and Android
with a single JavaScript codebase. Keep in mind that iOS & Android have
different design guidelines. Does your app going to look and behave the
same on both platforms? Do you need to write platform specific code?
Use React Native if:
• you need a UI heavy app that looks and behaves the same way on both platforms
• your developers have a strong React / Web development background
and you don’t want to build a dedicated iOS / Android team
• you want to take advantage of fast build time, hot reloading, live reloading
Use Native iOS (Objective-C, Swift) / Android (Java, Kotlin) if:
• you need to build an iOS-only or Android-only app
• you need to build a high complexity app which requires
a large portion of platform-specific code
• you need to use native modules (e.g camera, image picker, push notifications,
third party services, address book etc)
• you plan to maintain the app over a long period of time and you need to support
new mobile OS features as soon as they are released