Mobile Apps

React Native app development agency

React Native lets web developers’ skills carry over into mobile, and it uses genuine native components. For companies already working in React, it’s often the natural choice.

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If your team already builds in React, the biggest advantage of React Native may be organisational. People, patterns and even some business logic can move between your web and mobile products, and you’re drawing on the very large JavaScript hiring market. Maintained by Meta and a broad community, it’s been used in production for over a decade.

The rebuilt New Architecture has addressed many of the historic performance complaints by removing the old asynchronous bridge. Expo has also made the day-to-day work far smoother, handling much of what used to be painful around builds and native configuration. Over-the-air updates let you ship JavaScript fixes without waiting for store review, within the rules each store sets for what’s allowed.

Where it’s not the best fit

Apps doing heavy graphics, intensive background processing or lots of custom native work can spend so long in native code that the benefit shrinks. Dependencies also need watching, since an abandoned community library can become a real problem when you next upgrade. We’re careful about what we take on as a dependency. For a comparison with the alternatives, read our cross-platform guide.

When React Native fits

An existing React team

You want to reuse skills and some code across web and mobile rather than hire a separate native team.

Frequent content and UI changes

Over-the-air updates mean fixes can reach users without a full store review, where the rules allow it.

Mainstream business features

Accounts, forms, lists, payments and notifications, where the framework is very well proven.

React Native services

New apps

TypeScript apps using Expo where it fits, with typed navigation and automated tests.

Upgrades

Moving older apps to current React Native and the New Architecture.

Native modules

Swift and Kotlin modules for device features not covered by existing libraries.

Adding React Native to native apps

Introducing shared screens into an existing app, one feature at a time.

Where it fits

  • Companies with a React web product adding a mobile app
  • Marketplace, booking and content apps
  • Teams that want to ship small fixes quickly

Technology

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • TypeScript
  • React Navigation
  • TanStack Query
  • Detox
  • EAS

React Native questions

Is React Native slower than native?
For typical business apps the difference is rarely noticeable, particularly with the New Architecture. For heavy graphics or very complex animations, native code still has the edge.
Should we use Expo?
For most new apps, yes. It’s the framework the React Native team itself recommends, and it removes a lot of build complexity while still allowing custom native code.
Can it share code with our website?
Business logic, API clients and types can be shared. Interface code usually can’t be reused directly, though it can be structured similarly.

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