One codebase, two native-quality apps
We build cross-platform mobile apps with React Native or Flutter, giving you native-quality apps for iOS and Android from a single shared codebase.
Overview
Building genuinely separate native apps for iOS and Android means paying twice for almost everything: two development teams or two parallel workstreams, two codebases that need to stay in sync, and two sets of bugs that can each behave differently even when they're supposedly the same feature. For the significant majority of apps, this cost isn't justified by a corresponding benefit in user experience, since modern cross-platform frameworks deliver performance and native feel that's genuinely indistinguishable to most users in everyday use.
We build with React Native or Flutter, chosen specifically based on your team's existing skills and your app's actual requirements rather than defaulting to whichever framework happens to be trending. Both give you a single, shared codebase that covers the vast majority of your app's functionality, with the option to drop into native modules for the specific platform capabilities or hardware access that genuinely warrant it.
This decision isn't made lightly or defaulted based on trend. We evaluate your team's existing skills, since React Native fits naturally with teams already comfortable in JavaScript or React, while Flutter's Dart language is more of a genuine clean slate for most teams but offers more visual consistency across platforms. The result is a single codebase that ships to both iOS and Android from day one, with the flexibility to drop into native modules for the specific platform capabilities that genuinely warrant it, rather than being locked into an all-or-nothing choice between cross-platform convenience and native access.
What we build
Cross-platform apps that look, feel, and perform like native apps, built and shipped faster than two separate native builds.
Shared Codebase Architecture
Maintaining two completely separate codebases for iOS and Android means every feature gets built twice, every bug potentially exists in two different implementations, and every release requires coordinating two development tracks that can easily drift out of sync. We build on a single, well-architected shared codebase using React Native or Flutter, meaning the vast majority of your business logic and UI gets written once and runs correctly on both platforms. This isn't just about saving development time upfront, though that's substantial, it's about the compounding advantage over the life of the app: every future feature, every bug fix, ships to both platforms simultaneously rather than requiring duplicated effort from two separate teams working on two separate implementations of the same idea.
Native Module Integration
A shared codebase doesn't mean giving up access to platform-specific capabilities when you genuinely need them. Both React Native and Flutter support native modules, meaning we can write targeted platform-specific code for hardware access, unusual sensors, or platform APIs that the framework's standard cross-platform layer doesn't cover, all without sacrificing the shared codebase for everything else. This gives you the best of both approaches: the development speed and consistency of a shared codebase for the majority of your app, with the flexibility to drop into native code for the specific pieces that genuinely require it, rather than being fully locked into either pure cross-platform or pure native as an all-or-nothing choice.
React Native vs Flutter Consulting
React Native and Flutter are both mature, capable frameworks, but they're not interchangeable, and choosing between them based on genuine fit rather than trend matters for your long-term maintenance experience. We evaluate your team's existing technical skills, since React Native suits teams with JavaScript or React experience while Flutter's Dart language is more of a clean slate for most teams, alongside your specific app requirements and how important pixel-perfect rendering consistency across platforms is to your product. This isn't a decision we make lightly or default on, because the right choice genuinely differs based on your specific situation, and we'd rather spend time upfront getting this right than have you locked into a framework that doesn't fit your team two years down the line.
How we build one codebase that performs like two native apps
A process that leverages the shared codebase advantage without sacrificing platform-specific quality.
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Framework Selection & Fit Assessment
We assess your team's existing technical skills, your app's specific feature requirements, and how critical pixel-perfect platform consistency is to your product, then recommend React Native or Flutter based on genuine fit rather than trend, explaining the tradeoffs clearly either way.
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Shared Architecture Design
We architect the shared codebase with clear separation between cross-platform logic and any platform-specific native modules identified as necessary, ensuring the app's foundation supports both current requirements and future feature additions cleanly.
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Parallel-Platform Iterative Build
We build core functionality once in the shared codebase, testing continuously on both iOS and Android devices in parallel throughout development, catching any platform-specific rendering or behavior differences early rather than after both platforms are fully built.
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Native Module Development
For any features requiring genuine platform-specific access, hardware integration, or unusual APIs, we build targeted native modules that plug cleanly into the shared codebase without fragmenting the overall architecture.
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Cross-Platform QA & Dual Store Submission
We test thoroughly on real devices across both platforms, specifically checking for the platform-specific quirks that can differ even within a shared codebase, before preparing submissions to both the App Store and Google Play Store simultaneously.
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Unified Post-Launch Development
Post-launch, bug fixes and new features ship to both platforms from the same shared codebase, and we can continue this ongoing development under a maintenance retainer if you choose continued support.
Cross-platform frameworks we build with
We use the leading cross-platform frameworks, chosen based on your specific product and team needs.
Frequently Asked Questions
We choose based on your team's existing skills, specific app requirements, and long-term maintenance plans. React Native tends to fit teams with existing JavaScript or React experience well, while Flutter offers more consistent rendering across platforms since it draws its own UI rather than using native components. We'll walk you through the tradeoffs specific to your situation rather than defaulting to one on principle.
Yes, cross-platform apps typically launch meaningfully faster than building two separate native apps, often 30 to 40 percent faster, since the majority of business logic and UI code is shared rather than duplicated across two completely separate codebases and development teams.
Modern cross-platform frameworks deliver near-native performance for the vast majority of apps, and most users genuinely cannot tell the difference in everyday use. The gap becomes noticeable mainly for graphics-intensive apps like games, or apps with very heavy real-time animation, where fully native development may still be worth the tradeoff.
Yes, both frameworks support native modules, meaning we can write platform-specific code to access device hardware, unusual sensors, or platform APIs that aren't covered by the framework's standard cross-platform capabilities, without abandoning the shared codebase for the rest of the app.
Yes, we handle both App Store and Google Play Store submissions from the same shared codebase, which meaningfully streamlines the entire release process compared to coordinating two separate native codebases through two separate, sometimes conflicting release timelines.
Yes, this is one of the most significant long-term advantages. A single shared codebase means a bug fix or new feature typically ships to both iOS and Android simultaneously, rather than requiring the same work to be done twice by two separate native development tracks.
We evaluate this honestly during scoping. If your app relies heavily on cutting-edge platform-specific features the moment they ship, or needs console-level graphics performance, native development may genuinely serve you better despite the added cost of two codebases.
Yes, we can migrate an existing native iOS or Android app to a cross-platform codebase, though this is a substantial undertaking closer to a rebuild than a simple port, and we'll give you an honest assessment of whether migration or maintaining separate native codebases makes more sense for your specific situation.
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