Hybrid apps

One codebase, two platforms

React Native and Flutter are not shortcuts. They are deliberate choices for the right projects, with a significant speed gain in development and a user experience that rivals native.

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Frameworks

React Native vs Flutter

Facebook / Meta
React Native
JavaScript · TypeScript · JSX

React Native renders true native UI components; no WebView, no canvas. The app uses the native iOS Button and the native Android Button. The result feels familiar to the user, because it is the native component.

  • Huge ecosystem (npm, Expo)
  • Large community, many battle-tested libraries
  • Perfect choice if you already have a JS/TS codebase
  • Shopify, Microsoft, Coinbase, and Discord use it in production
  • Expo platform for fast iteration and OTA updates
Google
Flutter
Dart · Skia / Impeller rendering engine

Flutter draws every pixel itself via its own rendering engine, completely independent of the underlying OS. That means pixel-perfect consistency across iOS, Android, web, and desktop from a single codebase.

  • Visually identical across all platforms
  • Excellent for custom UI and animations
  • Growing rapidly in enterprise applications
  • Also available for desktop (Windows, macOS) and web
  • Dart is quick to learn for developers with an OOP background
When to choose what?

How we choose

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We choose React Native when…

- The app is data-driven with standard UI patterns
- A JavaScript/TypeScript codebase already exists
- Development speed weighs more than maximum performance
- Expo's OTA updates are desired (fixes without App Store review)
- The team has a strong JavaScript background
We choose Flutter when…
The visual design strongly deviates from standard OS patterns, or when the app must also serve desktop or web from the same codebase.
We choose native when…
The app is mission-critical, requires deep hardware integration, or must serve 500k+ concurrent users with no margin for doubt.
Never hybrid when…
Real-time audio/video processing, complex AR, or critical background location is involved. That calls for native.

React Native is mature enough for 80% of apps. For the remaining 20%, when no compromise is acceptable, we build native.

Cases

Hybrid in practice

MijnKPN

MijnKPN

Millions of KPN customers. One self-service app. No call centre needed.

MiniBrew

MiniBrew

Craft beer, brewed at home. One app that guides you from grain to glass.

Easygrow

Easygrow

Urban farming, automated. Monitor, control, and optimise growing conditions from your phone.

PiM Identity

PiM Identity

Personal identity in your own hands. Share what you choose, with whom you choose.

EenVandaag

EenVandaag

Real-time political polling, live on air. One app that turns passive viewers into active participants.

Intergamma

Intergamma

6 apps. 1 codebase. From low ratings to mobile market leader.

Bloei Vermogen

Bloei Vermogen

50,000 investors. 99.9% uptime. And the decision to build a real app instead of a PWA.

Campercontact

Campercontact

1,000,000 users. 40,000 locations. One app that works offline anywhere in the world.