--- title: Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the... description: Flutter is a cross-platform software development kit (SDK) used to build natively compiled applications. React Native was introduced back in 2015 by facebook... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/flutter-vs-react-native-the-battle-of-the-cross-platform-arena-ivoaeglaa twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the Cross-platform Arena | daily.dev og:description: Flutter is a cross-platform software development kit (SDK) used to build natively compiled applications. React Native was introduced back in 2015 by facebook... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/flutter-vs-react-native-the-battle-of-the-cross-platform-arena-ivoaeglaa og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/iVoAEgLAA.png og:image:alt: Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the Cross-platform Arena og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the Cross-platform Arena **[Honeypot](https://daily.dev/sources/honeypot)** · 4 min read · 67 upvotes · 7 comments ## Summary Flutter is a cross-platform software development kit (SDK) used to build natively compiled applications. React Native was introduced back in 2015 by facebook to develop native Android and iOS applications. Flutter ships with native components by default and compiles to X86 and ARM out of the box. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@nishantkapadiya** · 0 upvotes > yes I learn something, which platform is better **@stnight99** · 0 upvotes > good article. > > > Some note: > Flutter doesn't render a native component. It's like a game engine that renders stuff that looks and feels native but not truly native **@akashptl328** · 0 upvotes > Flutter is the future of Mobile app. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#react](https://daily.dev/tags/react), [#javascript](https://daily.dev/tags/javascript), [#flutter](https://daily.dev/tags/flutter), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/flutter-vs-react-native-the-battle-of-the-cross-platform-arena-ivoaeglaa) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Flutter vs React Native: The Battle of the Cross-platform Arena","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/flutter-vs-react-native-the-battle-of-the-cross-platform-arena-ivoaeglaa","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/flutter-vs-react-native-the-battle-of-the-cross-platform-arena-ivoaeglaa"},"datePublished":"2021-11-01T10:27:09.345Z","dateModified":"2021-11-01T10:27:09.346Z","description":"Flutter is a cross-platform software development kit (SDK) used to build natively compiled applications. 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