React Native

React Native apps,
one codebase, both stores

React Native app development by senior engineers — one TypeScript codebase shipping a near-native iOS and Android app, built and maintained by a team that has shipped to both stores before.

Idealogic is a mobile app development company that builds and ships React Native apps to the App Store and Google Play. If you are still weighing frameworks, our React Native vs Flutter guide compares them in depth — this page is for teams ready to build, or to hire React Native developers.

Why React Native

One codebase,
near-native on both

React Native is the pragmatic default for most apps — one TypeScript team shipping to both stores, with native depth where it actually counts.

01 / PRINCIPLE

One TypeScript codebase

One React and TypeScript codebase compiles to a real iOS and Android app, so you build, test, and ship each feature once instead of twice.

02 / PRINCIPLE

Native depth where needed

When a feature needs the platform directly — camera, secure storage, Bluetooth — we drop to native Swift or Kotlin behind a clean bridge, so nothing is off-limits.

03 / PRINCIPLE

Expo or bare

We pick Expo for speed or a bare workflow for full native control, matching the setup to what the app needs rather than dogma.

04 / PRINCIPLE

OTA updates

Over-the-air updates push JavaScript-level fixes and tweaks straight to users between store releases, so iteration after launch stays fast.

05 / PRINCIPLE

Shared logic with web

Validation, types, and business logic can be shared with a React web app, so a product on web and mobile keeps one source of truth.

06 / PRINCIPLE

A deep talent pool

React Native sits on React and TypeScript — among the most widely known stacks — so the team is easy to staff, scale, and hand over.

Engagements

Six ways to build with
a React Native team

Not every React Native project starts in the same place — a greenfield build, two native apps worth collapsing into one codebase, or a team that just needs senior React Native hands. These are the ways we come in.

01

Custom React Native app development

A product built from an empty repo to both stores — one TypeScript codebase, native modules where the hardware demands them, and a working build on your phone early instead of a demo months in. This is most of what we do.

ground-up build
02

Hire dedicated React Native developers

When you have the roadmap but not the React Native hands, we embed senior engineers into your team — your repository, your standups, your release cadence — and scale the count up or down as the work moves. They are the people who ship our own apps, not bench developers ramping up on your clock.

dedicated team
03

React Native MVP

A focused first version that reaches real users in weeks rather than quarters: the few screens that prove the idea, built well enough to grow into the full product instead of being thrown away. One codebase keeps the first launch cheap on both platforms.

idea to launch
04

Native to React Native migration

Two native codebases drifting apart is a tax most teams pay quietly. We move them onto one React Native app screen by screen, behind the app already in the stores, so releases never stop while the consolidation runs. It starts with an audit of both apps and a migration plan.

native → rn
05

React Native rescue and code audit

Some of the best projects arrive half-built and stuck — the previous team gone, the build failing, nobody sure why. We take those over, get them green and shipping again, and harden what is there rather than arguing for a rewrite. The first week is mostly reading code.

audit · takeover
06

React Native consulting

Sometimes a team has the engineers and needs the judgement — an architecture review before scale, a performance audit on a janky screen, or a plan to climb off an old React Native version without freezing a quarter. We advise where it is cheaper than rebuilding.

advisory · upgrades
How we build React Native

From scope
to both stores

Senior engineers own the build while AI tooling removes the busywork, so the app reaches real devices early and the stores on schedule.

01SCOPE

Discovery

We map the app — platforms, must-have features, integrations, and the store strategy — before a line of code.

platforms and features
02UX

Design

Platform-aware interaction design so the app feels native on each store, not one layout stretched across both.

ios and android patterns
03DELIVERY

Build

Senior engineers build on React Native with AI in the loop and every line reviewed by people.

typescript + react native
04ASSURANCE

Test

We test on a real device and OS matrix — performance, gestures, and offline — not just a simulator.

real devices
05RELEASE

Launch

We handle submission to the App Store and Google Play, the metadata, and a phased rollout.

app store + play
06OPERATIONS

Iterate

After launch we ship OTA updates, watch crash and usage data, and keep improving.

ota + analytics
FAQ

React Native questions

What founders and product teams ask before starting a React Native engagement.

  • A React Native app development company designs, builds, and ships production mobile apps using React Native — one TypeScript and React codebase that runs on both iOS and Android. Beyond writing the app, that means native module work where the platform requires it, store submission, performance tuning, and ongoing maintenance. At Idealogic it is senior engineers who have shipped React Native apps to both stores before, not a junior team learning on your budget.

  • React Native cost is driven by scope — the number of screens, integrations, and how much native and backend work the app needs — not by a fixed price list. As a rough guide a focused MVP starts lower and a complex, integration-heavy app costs more, and we scope it precisely before any commitment. Our full breakdown lives in the mobile app development cost guide.

  • Yes. React Native runs in production at companies like Meta, Shopify, and Microsoft, and its new architecture closed most of the old performance gaps. It is an excellent fit for the large majority of apps; the exceptions are the most graphics- or hardware-intensive products, where fully native still has the edge. For most teams the speed of one codebase to both stores outweighs that.

  • Both are excellent, and the honest answer depends on your team and product. React Native wins when you have React and TypeScript skills in-house or want to share logic with a web app; Flutter wins for the most design- and animation-heavy UIs. Neither is a wrong choice for most products. We compare them in depth in our React Native vs Flutter guide, and we build in both.

  • Yes. We take over existing React Native codebases to fix, extend, and ship them, starting with an audit of the architecture, native modules, and dependency health, since that is where stalled projects usually hurt. Whether you need to rescue a stalled build, add features, or harden it for scale, we work from your current code rather than insisting on a rewrite.

  • A typical React Native MVP reaches the stores in about 8 to 14 weeks, with larger or more integration-heavy apps taking longer; the single codebase is part of why cross-platform is faster than building twice natively. We stage delivery so a real, testable build is in your hands early and grows from there.

  • Yes. Alongside full builds we place dedicated React Native developers inside your team — senior engineers working in your repository, your standups, and your release cadence, scaled up or down as the roadmap moves. It is the people who ship our own React Native apps, available as an embedded team rather than a separate vendor you manage at arm's length.

  • Yes, and it is one of the more common reasons teams reach us. We migrate incrementally — moving screen by screen behind the app already in the stores rather than stopping everything for a rewrite — so releases keep going while the two native codebases collapse into one React Native app. We begin with an audit of both apps and a written migration plan before any code moves.

Let's build

Ship a React Native app
to both stores

Partner with Idealogic for production-grade React Native — one TypeScript codebase, native depth where it counts, shipped and maintained by senior engineers.