React Native vs Native: What We Recommend in 2026

For most startups, React Native delivers 90% of the native experience with one codebase and one team. We recommend React Native when: you need to ship on both platforms fast, your UI complexity is moderate, and you want to reuse web skills. We recommend fully native when you're building GPU-heavy games, complex AR, or highly specialized device integrations. Every app we ship targets 60fps scrolling, offline-first behavior, and automatic over-the-air updates.