Flutter vs React Native, Our Honest 2026 Take

We get asked which mobile framework to pick often enough that it's worth writing down our actual reasoning. Flutter tends to win when a client wants pixel-identical UI across iOS and Android and doesn't have an existing React codebase to share code with. React Native tends to win when the same team is already building a React web app and wants to reuse components, hooks, and business logic. Neither is universally faster to ship. What actually moves timelines is how clear the client's requirements are before development starts, and how much of the design is already decided. That's true regardless of framework.