--- title: Mobile Apps for Laravel Devs: NativePHP vs React Native... description: A Laravel developer compares three mobile app development options for PHP/Laravel developers: NativePHP, React Native (with Expo), and Flutter. All three are... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-apps-for-laravel-devs-nativephp-vs-react-native-vs-flutter-hlm2scjzx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Mobile Apps for Laravel Devs: NativePHP vs React Native vs Flutter | daily.dev og:description: A Laravel developer compares three mobile app development options for PHP/Laravel developers: NativePHP, React Native (with Expo), and Flutter. All three are... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-apps-for-laravel-devs-nativephp-vs-react-native-vs-flutter-hlm2scjzx og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/hLM2ScJzX.png og:image:alt: Mobile Apps for Laravel Devs: NativePHP vs React Native vs Flutter 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. # Mobile Apps for Laravel Devs: NativePHP vs React Native vs Flutter **[Laravel Daily](https://daily.dev/sources/laraveldaily)** · 10 min read · 24 upvotes · 3 comments ## Summary A Laravel developer compares three mobile app development options for PHP/Laravel developers: NativePHP, React Native (with Expo), and Flutter. All three are demonstrated using the same habit tracker app backed by a Laravel API. NativePHP lets Laravel devs use familiar tools like Livewire and Blade, React Native suits those already comfortable with TypeScript/React, and Flutter requires learning Dart as a separate ecosystem. Job market data from Upwork shows React Native has the most opportunities, Flutter is second, and NativePHP has almost none yet. PWA and Capacitor are briefly mentioned as alternatives. The overview is a free excerpt from a paid 55-minute course on LaravelDaily. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What language and framework prerequisites does NativePHP require if I already know Laravel? NativePHP requires no new language or framework if you already build Laravel applications. You write your mobile app using Laravel with a frontend layer like Livewire or Vue.js, using Blade views with Tailwind classes, then compile the same codebase into an Android or iOS build via NativePHP mobile packaging. _daily.dev surfaces comparisons like this for developers weighing NativePHP against React Native or Flutter._ ### How does the job market compare between Flutter, React Native, and NativePHP for mobile development roles? React Native has roughly double the job listings of Flutter on Upwork, with around 2,000-plus intermediate and expert postings combined versus Flutter's 1.5 thousand intermediate and 670 expert listings. NativePHP has almost no job postings, making it a viable technical choice for building and publishing apps but a poor bet if you're hunting for paid mobile development work. _Developers weighing career prospects against tech choice can track this kind of market signal on daily.dev._ ### What programming language does Flutter use and how similar is it to web development skills? Flutter uses Dart as its language, which forms a separate ecosystem largely unrelated to web technologies like PHP, JavaScript, or React. Unlike React Native, where TypeScript and React skills carry over from web development, Flutter and Dart are typically learned solely for building Flutter applications, with most of the code structured around widgets. _daily.dev helps developers deciding between Flutter and React Native weigh the learning-curve tradeoffs._ ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ezee** · 0 upvotes > Great comparison, love to see this type of stuff. **@ax\_prashant** · 0 upvotes >  ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Mobile App Development in 2026: Flutter vs React Native - Which Framework Should You Choose?](https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-app-development-in-2026-flutter-vs-react-native---which-framework-should-you-choose--vuzpor1pa) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Getting Started With NativePHP Mobile](https://daily.dev/posts/getting-started-with-nativephp-mobile-soo6wqtyv) · Larablog · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Hotwire Native vs NativePHP: How Web Frameworks are Conquering Mobile and Desktop](https://daily.dev/posts/hotwire-native-vs-nativephp-how-web-frameworks-are-conquering-mobile-and-desktop-lu6ldbtqp) · Ruby Flow · 15 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#mobile](https://daily.dev/tags/mobile), [#flutter](https://daily.dev/tags/flutter), [#laravel](https://daily.dev/tags/laravel), [#react-native](https://daily.dev/tags/react-native) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-apps-for-laravel-devs-nativephp-vs-react-native-vs-flutter-hlm2scjzx) ```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":"Mobile Apps for Laravel Devs: NativePHP vs React Native vs Flutter","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-apps-for-laravel-devs-nativephp-vs-react-native-vs-flutter-hlm2scjzx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/mobile-apps-for-laravel-devs-nativephp-vs-react-native-vs-flutter-hlm2scjzx"},"datePublished":"2026-06-30T06:09:05.693Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T07:11:16.350Z","description":"A Laravel developer compares three mobile app development options for PHP/Laravel developers: NativePHP, React Native (with Expo), and Flutter. 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