In this article, we’ll share the most popular React Native apps and explain what makes this framework so special.
React Native is a technology that has already earned trust from world-known giants. To prove React Native development is a great choice for businesses, last year we found 14 of the best mobile apps written with this powerful technology. But time has passed and the situation is now different, so we updated the list. Let’s check it together!
1. Instagram
Today it’s difficult to imagine a world without this application. Getting the hottest news on celebrity scandals, finding the best cooking recipes or workouts — Instagram covers all these scenarios 🙂
Instagram is one of the most popular mobile apps in the world. It has 1 billion monthly active users, and more than 500 million of them use the platform every day. In their official blog, Instagram developers claimed that using React Native allowed their team to ship features faster to both iOS and Android apps.
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2. Skype
Back in early 2017, Skype announced the team was developing an app based on React Native. The new Skype Android app was a drastically renewed version of Skype — a huge part of this app was rebuilt, from design to functionality.
The company transferred almost all the features of the old version of Skype to the new version and added many new features. For example, Microsoft has integrated Giphy, which allows users to share GIF files in conversations.
Despite a decline in popularity, Skype is still utilized by millions of users around the world.
3. UberEats
UberEats is a platform that allows to easily order favorite restaurant food.
To put together three parties — restaurants, delivery partners and diners — Uber’s team needed to improve its built-in Restaurant Dashboard and rewrite this component using React Native.
Soon after the introduction of the technology, the developers said that, although React Native was a rather small part of the UberEats ecosystem, their experience in using it to rebuild Restaurant Dashboard was very positive. Since using React Native, the updated Restaurant Dashboard has become a common tool for almost every UberEats restaurant. Developers were gratified to know that they’ve created an improved platform that attracts more users and helps expand Uber’s customer base. Today, UberEats is one of the most popular food delivery platforms in the USA.
4. Walmart
Today Walmart is one of the most popular retailers on the planet. To retain the top position on the market and provide the best customer experience, the Walmart team placed a big bet on React Native.
React Native allowed them to simultaneously use the same team for developing both iOS and Android apps which reduced labor costs by half. The initial stages of development, as well as the creation of additional features, were completed very quickly, giving Walmart the edge over competitors in meeting the evolving needs of its customers.
The benefits of using this cross-platform many times outweighed its downsides. As a result, the Walmart team recommended using React Native in creating new mobile projects for companies ranging from startups to Fortune 500 enterprises.
5. Tesla
The famous manufacturer of all-electric cars also used React Native to develop its mobile app. Thanks to this technology, it makes no difference to users whether their device is Android or iOS. All the app features such as charging, lights, horn, locks or the panoramic roof, are available on both platforms with the same capabilities.
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For Facebook, the company that released React Native in 2015, the framework is an important part of the company’s tech stack.
7. Wix
Wix is a popular service that allows users to create and manage websites in a very convenient way. In addition, the company provides a mobile application using React Native.
What does the company think about using this technology? First, Wix offers the React Native crash course — an independent learning program created to help developers learn the basics before they start writing code in React Native. The course is open-sourced since May 2019.
8. Bloomberg
When Bloomberg decided to develop a mobile app, the company wanted a high-quality solution that would offer an advanced user experience and personalized content . That’s why they opted for React Native.
With this cross-platform framework, Bloomberg engineers were able to easily and quickly rebuild the company’s consumer app for both Android and iOS, as well as add many innovative features.
The whole process took the team of developers just five months , roughly half the time it would have taken with native technologies.
9. Airbnb
Airbnb is a famous digital marketplace for arranging or offering primarily homestays, lodging, and tourism experiences. Although recently the Airbnb team has decided to use other frameworks, a few years ago React Native helped the company accelerate the development of their mobile app.
10. SoundCloud Pulse
SoundCloud Pulse is a React Native app that helps creators manage accounts and interact with their communities.
SoundCloud faced a number of difficulties during the development process. In particular, the team could not find suitable iOS developers. Therefore, the company decided to try React Native. The SoundCloud team continues to use this framework.
11. Whym
Whym is a real-time translation app for hospitality and travel businesses (airports, hotels, etc.). The team used the React Native framework when developing a mobile application and was happy about the results.
12. ChaperHome
ChaperHome is a personal safety app that was also developed with React Native. With this app, you can save other people’s lives — or your own. To avoid dangerous or uncomfortable situations, users pick protectors (people who will get a notification if they feel unsafe) and set the time they want to reach their destination points.
13. Shine
Shine is a mindfulness app that provides users with motivational articles and mottos, helps them deal with stress and encourages relaxation. It offers inspiring recordings created by experts. Today, this React-based application is quite popular in Canada and in the United States.
14. Microsoft OneDrive
Microsoft OneDrive is a file hosting service and synchronization service operated by Microsoft. During its development, Microsoft decided to choose the React Native framework for the OneDrive mobile app.
15. Townske
Townske is a travel guide app that helps you find the best local places in almost any big city around the world. Thanks to React Native, the resulting UI is highly responsive — the app is faster and feels smoother than a hybrid one.
16. Gyroscope
Gyroscope is an app that collects your data and can build a complete history of your life. You can use this app to track your steps, sleep, heart rate, workouts, and basically anything you care about. This React Native mobile app integrates with Apple Health and many other data sources — all tracked data is collected in statements.
17. Pinterest
Pinterest’s mobile app helps you find inspiration and explore ideas for every part of your life. Their team decided to use React Native to reduce the development time and get the native look-and-feel.
18. Discord
Discord is a voice and text chat that was developed specifically for gamers. They adopted React Native to build their iOS app and were happy with the result. Currently, it sees many millions of monthly active users, is 99.9% crash free , and holds a 4.8 star rating on the app store.
19. Salesforce
Salesforce’s mobile app allows you to run your business straight from your phone. You can view your scheduled events or get updates on accounts on the go. This app was also built with React Native.
20. Hive
Hive app allows users to control their smart home devices. You can switch your lights on and off, control your heating and hot water with one tap. The application was developed using React Native, in their AWS environment.
Wrapping up
So, yes, we’ve just listed out top 20 React Native-based apps. These solutions are from completely different industries, however, there’s SOMETHING they have in common — all these apps are super popular.
In terms of user experience and performance, React Native is amazing. With such a framework, it’s possible to deliver a mobile app that targets will fall in love with (these 20 examples just perfectly prove that). So, if you hesitate about which technology to choose for mobile app development, React Native is definitely worth considering.
