Choosing between native, React Native and Flutter in 2026

Choose native (Kotlin and Swift) for graphics-heavy, hardware-intensive or platform-specific apps. Choose React Native if you already have React skills and want to share logic with the web. Choose Flutter for a highly custom, consistent interface on both platforms from one codebase.

All three are production-ready. Team skills, performance needs and the long-term roadmap should decide, not trends. We run a short architecture review to recommend one for your product.