Ionic vs React Native: Best Choice for Mobile App Development
1 min readJul 1, 2020
Mobile development does not mean just native iOS development using Swift or native Android development using Java anymore. We are facing the generation of hybrid, cross-platform, and progressive web apps.
Advantages of Ionic:
- Native-styled UI elements;
- Fast development-testing cycle;
- Learning curve.
Advantages of React Native:
- Uses JavaScript regardless of the platform;
- Native-like performance;
- Native-like user experience;
- Hot reloading.
There are many factors to consider such as features, requirements, cost, time, team size, and platforms while deciding the best framework. As both frameworks serve a different purpose, choosing any of them is surprisingly easy after figuring out main projects’ goals.
