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React Native vs Flutter - I built the same chat app with both

Video Overview & Insights

A side-by-side comparison of React Native and Flutter. I built a mobile chat app with both frameworks to understand differences in developer experience, tooling, code, and performance.

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seeing first two reviews in intro while dont like both (React and Flutter) haha😂😂

— @JackSparrow-1687

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#flutter #react #versus

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Performance on a mobile App is always an important factor, better performance means longer battery life.

— @q.scherer3759

🔗 Resources

Performance Comparison https://medium.com/swlh/flutter-vs-native-vs-react-native-examining-performance-31338f081980

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React native is a Bullshit. This is fact not hype

— @webdev100

React Native Demo https://fireship.io/lessons/react-native-firebase-chat-demo/

Flutter Chat Demo https://fireship.io/lessons/flutter-firebase-chat-demo/

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0:11
Nothing: Darling, do you know what is a tool that is a fork and a spoon at the same time?
R.S.: a fpoon...
Nothing: No, it's a spork.

— @philippeyang2484

📚 Chapters

00:00 React Native vs Flutter

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I love flutter, i just dont like the market for flutter

— @gabrielmartins7642

00:57 Language

01:41 Ecosystem

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interesting that flutter has been scrubbed from fireship's website now

— @jfudman

02:04 Philosophy

02:42 Architecture

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React Native is better because the other one is built by Google.

— @Varcy-k6u

04:00 Developer Experience

05:45 Tooling

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Can we get an update of this vid pls? I’m starting my career out and I’d like to hear what the modern situation is.

— @MNOLA0023

07:39 Code

09:13 Performance

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DX was a thing also in this cruel world?🤣 BROOOOOOO....

— @hesamsadat4288

🎨 My Editor Settings

- Atom One Dark

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At about 6:52 , did he just say "BS code"? 😂

— @ChisFrancis

- vscode-icons

- Fira Code Font

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I loved the spork

— @nickburnette5572

🔖 Topics Covered

- Comparing Flutter to React Native

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how about building the same app in claud?

— @rogerperkins

- Mobile app development

- Native iOS and Android Development

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1:41 Came from Wikipedia for this

— @FNISKY36

- Cross-platform app performance

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new sub, these videos are incredible and so well done. thank you

— @FESHEFFIELD

More User Perspectives

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This is a solid explanation.

@MjgyXwrgg

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This clarified a lot for me.

@JessieSauvage

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I hope they fix flutter web soon, it is usable but not ideal, on other platforms i faced not many issues, maybe some slight performance issues on ios but that's probably on because of my code not the framework.

@Unizuka

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Always great content from you.

@DanielDushku-k5k

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Flutter is easy easy and easy to work with

@TJBasu

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This made things very clear.

@ertrtrhfdhytertr

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Appreciate the straightforward approach.

@MichaelPialo

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3:57 💀💀💀

@khalafnasirov

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So glad you uploaded this.

@AftgTdxg

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So as a Developer you recommend Flutter?

@xanxusvaria8492

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This made the topic simple.

@MoinahTriyah

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This was done very well.

@Ramsori-x3l

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The explanation was simple and effective.

@HamimahIkbal

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Where did this Fireship go?

@nnanna0013

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I'm learning flutter now and it's killing me

@ihabhatdaw4300

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Im a front end dev and i would like to add designing mobile apps, I think flutter is better even though its a new la nguage

@dyinexyi

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I really loved that part when you compared both chat apps ❤

@CyanTwelve

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And how are things now?

@JohnVenture2

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i use kotlin (failing to install it on my new pc as we speak :D)

@owgutRantz

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It's been 3 years can you do another video since a lot has changed

@lost_type

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I spend more time debugging in React Native than developing.

@Hector_don

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I found Dart pretty easy to learn. There were a few novel things, but as a curly girly, it was pretty similar to other languages. Like Java, but modern, and syntactically optimised for UI dev.

@KaliTheCatgirl

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Where is the chat app

@ghazanferquraishi4901

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Dart is like how I expected JS to be when I start working with JS

@KudoShinichii1412

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thing is after year or so seeing this video I made a project with flutter after years of my life working with javascript
yet somehow
it felt I spent my life studying Dart and not for a single second saw Javascript
DART FLUTTER IS SO MUCH BETTER AND ITS SO MUCH SATISFYING
JAVASCRIPT IS SO WEIRD MAN
though I miss it, like someone missing their toxic ex

@KudoShinichii1412

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Isn't that Grindr? 😂

@lifeashansen

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You forgot to mention to be a very good react native developer, you almost need to understand the inner working and code of the react framework else good luck with resolving bugs

@nanakojo

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For me it didn't take too long to learn Flutter. I am learning Flutter for about 3 months and I have already made project with like 2k lines, so i think Flutter isnt that bad.

@BoxikOfficial

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Kurt Busch mentioned

@zoot_333

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Thank you great info

@davidherndon1

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Watching this in 2025, need to choose between Flutter or React native..

@mrugendrashilvant8358

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In my opinion, react native has a lot of issues. look at it like this. to become a really good react native developer, you’re looking at: react native cli….expo….so many third party library integration…. Learning typescript on top of JavaScript for typesafety if you’ll be building enterprise level apps. Don’t get me started on how unstable it is, once there’s an sdk upgrade, you’re going to have to upgrade your entire app and most likely change stuff, I think I’m done with react native.

Meanwhile flutter is just….dart. Tell me if I’m wrong

@Coco-ii2pu

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One problem is that react is faster at cold starting than flutter

@discriptrivemenu1468

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I still hate both of the framewroks... Just waiting for someone to come up with something better than those pieces of shit.

@icavalheiro

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I am developing in React native for a project at work. The development process is hell compared to what i was used in Flutter

@drimiteros_21

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And then after all the learning you need to go native because of some limitations…?

@Miszkaaaaa

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