How do developer productivity and community size compare between Flutter and React Native?

Evaluates developer velocity, community engagement, hiring trends, and productivity feedback as of early 2025.

• Developers using Flutter report being 3× more productive, particularly for UI-rich builds—thanks to hot reload, unified tooling, and Dart’s cohesive structure. • Flutter’s community has grown to over 1 million monthly active developers, powering about 30% of new iOS apps in 2024. • React Native is backed by a larger JavaScript ecosystem and hiring pool, especially in North America and Europe—though Flutter is rapidly closing the gap. Tags: developer-experience, community, hiring, flutter, react-native