How do developer experience and community engagement compare between Flutter and React Native in early 2025?

Explores productivity feedback, community adoption trends, and hiring implications for Flutter vs React Native.

• Teams using Flutter report being 3× more productive, especially on UI-rich projects, due to hot reload, robust tools, and a cohesive ecosystem. • Flutter’s community has surpassed 1 million monthly active developers and now powers nearly 30% of new iOS apps in 2024. • Meanwhile, React Native benefits from a larger JavaScript ecosystem and easier hiring pools in regions like North America and Europe. Tags: developer-experience, community-support, hiring, flutter, react-native