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Flutter builds mobile apps from a single Dart codebase, compiled to native machine code for each platform. Unlike frameworks that map to native UI components, Flutter draws every pixel itself with its own rendering engine.
That drawing model is the core trade-off. It gives you identical rendering across platforms and versions, and it means the framework is not waiting on a platform to expose a component. It also means Flutter has to reimplement platform behaviour — and where it lags, you notice.
The economics are straightforward: one codebase, one team, one set of tests, and features that arrive on both platforms simultaneously rather than one lagging behind. For most products that is a substantial reduction in cost and coordination.
Performance is genuinely good — compiled, not interpreted, with animation that holds a steady frame rate on mid-range hardware. For typical product interfaces, users cannot distinguish it from native.
The honest limits: heavy platform integration means writing native code anyway, app size has a higher floor than native, and brand-new OS features can take time to reach Flutter.
Our approach
We respect platform conventions rather than shipping one interface to both stores. Navigation patterns, back gestures, date pickers and share sheets differ between iOS and Android, and users notice when an app ignores that. Flutter makes shared code easy; deliberately diverging where it matters is what makes the result feel native.
We settle state management early and apply it consistently. Flutter has many competing approaches, and mixing them across a codebase is a reliable source of confusion. We pick one appropriate to the app's complexity and use it throughout.
We test on real mid-range Android hardware from the start. The iOS simulator and a flagship test device hide problems that appear immediately on the devices a large share of users actually own.
Capabilities
iOS and Android from one codebase, with platform-specific behaviour where conventions genuinely differ.
Brand-led design implemented precisely, since Flutter draws its own widgets rather than adapting platform ones.
Local persistence, queued mutations and conflict resolution for apps used without reliable connectivity.
Platform channels and native modules for hardware, background work and SDKs without Flutter bindings.
Complex transitions that hold frame rate, which is where Flutter's rendering model pays off.
Signing, build pipelines and staged store rollout so shipping updates is routine.
Stack
Process
Confirming Flutter fits the feature list — and saying so if heavy native integration makes it a poor choice.
State management, navigation and data layer decided and applied consistently from the start.
Interfaces built with platform conventions honoured where they diverge between iOS and Android.
Iterative builds distributed to testers on both platforms throughout.
Real hardware across screen sizes and OS versions, including older mid-range Android.
Signing, listings, review handling and phased rollout with crash monitoring.
Use cases
Where iOS and Android are both required and maintaining two native codebases is not justified.
Where a distinctive branded interface matters more than matching platform widgets exactly.
Staff apps where deployment speed matters more than platform-specific polish.
Testing a mobile product on both platforms without doubling the build cost.
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