# Flutter or React Native: How to Choose a Cross-Platform Framework

DevFeed: [Flutter or React Native: How to Choose a Cross-Platform Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/flutter-or-react-native-a-cross-platform-dilemma-how-to-chose-bonus-part-4-25551.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.marcogomiero.com/posts/2020/rn-flutter-dilemma-4-how-choose/>)

Author: Marco Gomiero

Published: 2020-03-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Posts on Marco Gomiero](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/posts-on-marco-gomiero.md>)

Topics: [Flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/flutter.md>), [React Native](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/react-native.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cross-platform.md>), [Framework](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/framework.md>)

Tags: [article](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/article.md>), [comparison](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/comparison.md>), [cross-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cross-platform.md>), [flutter](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/flutter.md>), [how-to](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/how-to.md>), [react-native](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/react-native.md>)

## AI overview

The fourth and final article in a series compares Flutter and React Native and discusses how to choose between them. It explains that cross-platform development involves situation-specific compromises and suggests Flutter for complex, custom layouts and React Native for incorporating cross-platform features into existing native applications, while noting that circumstances may change.

## Source excerpt

Welcome to the fourth and last part of this article series about React Native and Flutter. In the first episode, we have introduced the two frameworks with some history and with a comparison between the languages that they use. In the second episode, we have talked about User Interfaces and how to build them. In the third episode, we went deeper under the hood to understand how things work. And now it's time to wrap things up by trying to understand how to choose the right framework for you.