Flutter or React Native for a business app? The questions that decide it

We build with both Flutter and React Native, and we do not have a favourite. The decision is driven by a handful of practical questions about the project and the team that will own it.

Who maintains it after launch?

If your in-house developers already work in JavaScript and React, React Native keeps the hand-over cost low. If you are hiring fresh or outsourcing long term, Flutter's single language and tooling are easy to standardise on.

How custom is the interface?

Flutter draws every pixel itself, which makes brand-heavy, highly custom interfaces consistent across platforms. React Native uses native components, so apps feel at home on each platform with less effort but diverge more in detail.

Which platform features matter?

• Deep integration with camera, Bluetooth or background services: check plugin maturity for each framework before committing
• Heavy animation or custom rendering: Flutter tends to be smoother out of the box
• Web version planned later: both can share logic, but neither replaces a proper web front end

What we recommend in discovery

We prototype the riskiest screen in the chosen framework during discovery. A week of prototyping has saved clients months of regret more than once.