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React Native mobile apps - built once, deployed to iOS and Android

Production-grade cross-platform mobile applications using React Native and Expo, with shared business logic from your existing React web codebase.

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React Native Development

How we use it

We build React Native apps with Expo and Expo Router for fast iteration and OTA updates, Reanimated 3 for native-feel animations, and NativeWind for consistent design tokens across web and mobile. We have shipped production apps including Knwdle Connect - a multi-surface school ERP mobile application used across 7 modules.

Best fit for

Cross-platform mobile apps

SaaS mobile companions

EdTech & community apps

Why now

React Native powers 12.57% of the top 500 apps in the US App Store - including apps from Meta, Walmart, Bloomberg, and Discord - and reduces cross-platform development costs by up to 65% compared to building separate native iOS and Android apps (Stack Overflow, 2024). The React Native New Architecture, which became stable in 2024 with JSI and Fabric, delivers native-level UI performance that was previously impossible with the bridge-based architecture. Combined with Expo SDK 52 and Expo Router's file-based navigation, teams that previously chose Flutter for its performance now have a compelling reason to stay in the JavaScript ecosystem.

What's included

Capabilities

Design system implementation

Responsive UI engineering (mobile-first)

Performance budgets & Lighthouse audits

Accessibility (WCAG 2.2) compliance checks

Analytics-ready component architecture

Fit analysis

Is this right for you?

Honest breakdown of where React Native Development shines — and where it doesn't. Pick the right tool.

When to choose this

Right fit scenarios

You are building a mobile companion app for an existing web product - sharing authentication, API calls, and business logic between React web and React Native mobile reduces engineering effort by 40–60%

You need to ship to both iOS and Android simultaneously without the cost and complexity of maintaining two separate native codebases with two separate engineering teams

Your application is interaction-heavy - lists, animations, gestures, offline-first data sync - and needs native-feel performance, not a web view wrapped in a container

You are building an EdTech, community, or marketplace product where iOS and Android reach is essential for user acquisition from day one

Your team already works in React and TypeScript - React Native uses the same component model, so developers can move between platforms without a language or paradigm shift

When to choose this

Right fit scenarios

You need to ship to both iOS and Android simultaneously without the cost and complexity of maintaining two separate native codebases with two separate engineering teams

Your application is interaction-heavy - lists, animations, gestures, offline-first data sync - and needs native-feel performance, not a web view wrapped in a container

You are building an EdTech, community, or marketplace product where iOS and Android reach is essential for user acquisition from day one

Your team already works in React and TypeScript - React Native uses the same component model, so developers can move between platforms without a language or paradigm shift

Honest limitations

Not the best fit if…

Applications requiring deep platform-specific features - advanced camera APIs, ARKit, HealthKit integrations, or hardware-specific device APIs - where native Swift or Kotlin gives more direct access

Highly graphics-intensive applications like games or real-time 3D rendering, where Flutter with its Skia/Impeller renderer or a native game engine is better suited

Teams with no JavaScript experience who need to hire locally and immediately - Flutter has a smaller but dedicated Dart developer community that may be a better fit if the team is already Dart-proficient

Simple utility apps with a 4–6 week timeline and very limited budget - a cross-platform no-code tool or PWA may be a proportional alternative at that scope

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Common questions

You're probably wondering

How long does a React Native app take to build?

A React Native app with 5–8 core screens, authentication, API integration, and App Store / Play Store submission takes 10–16 weeks. Complex apps with offline sync, real-time features, payments, and push notifications take 16–28 weeks. These timelines assume UI designs are finalised before development begins.

React Native vs Flutter - which should I choose?

Choose React Native if your team has JavaScript/TypeScript experience, you have an existing React web app to share logic with, or you need the largest mobile developer hiring pool. Choose Flutter if your team is Dart-proficient, you need deeply custom UI with pixel-perfect control on both platforms simultaneously, or you are building a graphics-heavy product. For most business apps, React Native with Expo is the faster and more cost-effective path.

How much does React Native development cost in India?

A mid-complexity React Native app - 5–8 screens, authentication, API integration - starts at ₹6–10 lakh. Full-featured apps with real-time features, offline support, payments, and multi-platform deployment range from ₹12–25 lakh. Senior React Native developers in India bill at ₹3,000–6,000/hour.

Do you use Expo or bare React Native?

We use Expo for most projects - it dramatically simplifies iOS and Android build infrastructure, enables over-the-air (OTA) updates via EAS Update, and provides a managed environment for common device APIs. For apps requiring deep native modules that are not available in Expo, we eject to a bare workflow. The majority of production applications do not need to eject.

Can a React Native app share code with a React web app?

Yes - business logic, API calls, data models, TypeScript types, validation schemas, and authentication flows can all be shared in a monorepo. UI components cannot be directly shared because React Native uses native primitives (View, Text, Pressable) instead of HTML elements - but the logic layer can be 60–70% shared, reducing total engineering time significantly.

How do you handle app store submission?

We manage the full submission process - generating production builds via Expo EAS Build, configuring Apple Developer and Google Play Console accounts, writing App Store descriptions, setting up screenshots and metadata, and submitting for review. We handle the review back-and-forth if Apple or Google requests changes. First-time submissions typically take 1–3 days for iOS and a few hours for Android.

Can React Native apps work offline?

Yes. We implement offline-first data strategies using local storage (MMKV or SQLite via Drizzle ORM), background sync queues, and optimistic UI updates. When the device reconnects, queued operations sync to the server automatically. This is critical for apps in markets with unreliable connectivity, including most of tier-2 and tier-3 India.