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Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by thosakwe »

thijser wrote: post #15

Our site (AppBrain) indexes which Android app contain which libraries. This doesn't indicate exclusive use of a framework of course, but the trend is very clear that React Native is much more popular than Flutter. React Native has a number of 1 billion+ downloaded apps, whereas the biggest Flutter app is 1 million+. https://www.appbrain.com/stats/libraries/details/react_nativ... vs https://www.appbrain.com/stats/libr…

Well, I mean, considering the fact that React Native came out long before Flutter was released, it would be very surprising if Flutter superseded the amount of downloads already.

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by devmunchies »

mattdennewitz wrote: post #20

until recently, airbnb made a substantial effort to integrate react native. project immaturity and a need for faster version releases necessitated maintaining an internal fork. they've since begun to move back to platform-native languages. https://medium.com/airbnb-engineering/react-native-at-airbnb...

It’s like twitter moving off rails back in the day. That doesn’t mean it’s a bad choice for smaller projects where dev speed is more important than scallability.

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by adamqureshi »

I have a tiny marketplace start up and am building an iOS app for it. I know a strong dev who can build it in SWIFT + Firebase. BUT i am thinking (seeking feedback) if there are ANY advantages to using RN? I am not even considering flutter. I just want the app not to suffer from any performance issues. I am leaning towards shipping to app store ASAP. ( maybe 2-3 months)

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by metachris »

RubenSandwich wrote: post #12

Dawn Chorus an app I worked on, which was featured on the iOS app store[1], was written completely in React Native. Here are the App Store links: iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dawn-chorus/id1146931666?mt=... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dawnchorus... We even open sourced it: https://github.com/CMP-Studio/DawnChorus I believe it is an example of a high fidelity and quality React Na…

Looks like a beautiful app. Installed and tested... snooze is not working. See the reviews // just tested it myself on Android -- snoozing once will just disable the alarm when it should ring the next time.

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by RubenSandwich »

metachris wrote: post #25
RubenSandwich wrote: post #12

Dawn Chorus an app I worked on, which was featured on the iOS app store[1], was written completely in React Native. Here are the App Store links: iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/dawn-chorus/id1146931666?mt=... Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dawnchorus... We even open sourced it: https://github.com/CMP-Studio/DawnChorus I believe it is an example of a high fidelity and quality React Na…

Looks like a beautiful app. Installed and tested... snooze is not working. See the reviews // just tested it myself on Android -- snoozing once will just disable the alarm when it should ring the next time.

Unfortunately I'm not longer on the team that created the app. But feel free to create an issuie: https://github.com/CMP-Studio/DawnChorus.

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by flanbiscuit »

andrewingram wrote: post #8
m_ke wrote: post #2

Our app (Bitesnap) is made with RN. Another popular one is Gyroscope. - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/bitesnap-photo-food-journal/... - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ai.bite.biteap... - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gyroscope-health/id110408505... - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gyroscope....

Gyroscope is one of those apps that's extremely aesthetically pleasing, but I'm always reluctant to use as an example of React Native. Mainly because none of the interactions feel "right". It's always reminded me of those highly polished Flash websites that look amazing, but something always seems off when you use them. From the screenshots Bitesnap looks nice, but I can't seem to download it in the UK.

curious what you mean by not feeling right or seeming off? Those are very vague reasons. I'm not a user of this app, nor a developer.

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by _bxg1 »

adamqureshi wrote: post #24

I have a tiny marketplace start up and am building an iOS app for it. I know a strong dev who can build it in SWIFT + Firebase. BUT i am thinking (seeking feedback) if there are ANY advantages to using RN? I am not even considering flutter. I just want the app not to suffer from any performance issues. I am leaning towards shipping to app store ASAP. ( maybe 2-3 months)

Well the obvious advantage of using React Native is portability to Android. The less-obvious advantage is partial portability to the web (would still take additional dev work, but some code could be shared) and the ability to hire JavaScript developers instead of Swift developers, of which there are lots more.

But if it's definitely an iOS exclusive and you don't plan on scaling your dev team up massively in the future, then there's no reason not to just use Swift.

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by joshstrange »

mikece wrote: post #13

Is there a larger question about how many cross-platform, non-hybrid applications are out there and which is the best stack for doing likewise? The field includes: Flutter, NativeScript, React Native, Ruby Motion, Xamarin, KikApp (PHP), PyMob and Kivy (python), RubyMotion (Ruby)... and of course C++.

Also Cordova/Ionic

Re: Ask HN: What popular apps were made exclusively with React Native or Flutter?

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Post by nprz »

Our app, Sift Connect, was built entirely with React Native. I started the project with no android or iOS experience. We have a collective ~1000 daily active users and a 70 NP score.

iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sift-connect/id1213640928?mt...

Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.justsift.c...

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