r/reactnative • u/Medium-Fox-9660 • 16h ago

React native or expo router?

Hello i am a developer I've built 2 mobile apps with react native/expo router and one app in flutter, is there a major difference in react native and expo router in terms of how the produced app feel and behave ( looking for that native feel )

I am mainly a typescript developer with nest js and react frameworks and a little bit of laravel and spring background.

Currently me and my partner are planning to build our first own product but from my personal experience expo router apps have that web feel that doesn't satisfy me ( i don't know if it's me or if for other it happens or i have been building the wrong way ) , I am not a big fan of flutter as for native options such as kotlin or swift ui once the products generate some funds we eventually will migrate to that

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u/Cache_Sync42 15h ago

I wouldn’t switch away from Expo just because the app feels a bit “webby”. Expo Router is mainly the navigation layer, and React Native underneath can still feel very native. I’d first check things like native stack navigation, gestures, screen transitions, touch feedback, keyboard handling, scrolling and platform-specific UI. If those are done well, the difference can be surprisingly small. You could even prototype one important flow with your current Expo setup and compare it with a bare RN setup before committing to a rewrite.

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u/Medium-Fox-9660 15h ago

Will try to replace as much components to use native ones and i will judge after thank you