Best Cross-Platform Mobile (2025)
Ranked picks for cross-platform mobile. No "it depends."
🧊Nice Pick
Ionic
The cross-platform Swiss Army knife for web devs who want to pretend they're mobile experts.
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#1
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Nice PickThe cross-platform Swiss Army knife for web devs who want to pretend they're mobile experts.
Pros
- +Seamless integration with Angular, React, and Vue for familiar development
- +Extensive library of pre-built, customizable UI components
- +Single codebase deployment to iOS, Android, and the web
- +Strong community support and regular updates
Cons
- -Performance can lag behind native apps, especially on complex animations
- -Limited access to native device features without plugins
Write once, deploy everywhere—except when you're debugging platform-specific quirks.
Pros
- +Leverages React knowledge for mobile development
- +Hot reload speeds up iteration
- +Large community and extensive third-party libraries
Cons
- -Performance can lag behind native apps for complex animations
- -Platform-specific code often required for advanced features
Compare:vs Ionic
Google's cross-platform darling. Write once, run everywhere, and actually look good doing it.
Pros
- +Hot reload speeds up development dramatically
- +Single codebase for iOS, Android, web, and desktop
- +Rich widget library with customizable UI
- +Strong performance with its own rendering engine
Cons
- -App size can be larger than native alternatives
- -Limited access to some platform-specific APIs
- -Dart language has a smaller ecosystem compared to JavaScript or Swift
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