In one of the previous posts, we discussed why iOS developers should pay attention to Flutter in 2019 and also compared Flutter app development with native iOS development. In this post, we will do a side-by-side comparison of Flutter and native iOS app written in Swift. We build an identical app for comparison and started timer to discover, which platform is more suitable for your needs native iOS (Swift) vs Flutter. If you are impatient to see the results, check the infographic in the end of the article.

Let’s dig in.

Swift vs Flutter: Introduction

Native iOS app development became more interesting with the launch of the Swift programing language. Swift is a modern, fast and type-safe programming language but it’s still evolving and new features are under development. In order to develop iOS apps with native tools, we have to use developer tools and frameworks provided by Apple. Apple has great documentation to get started with native iOS development.

Flutter is an open-source, multi-platform mobile SDK from Google which can be used to build iOS and Android apps from the same source code. Flutter uses the Dart programming language for developing both iOS and Android apps and also has great documentation available. Flutter is similar to React Native but with full support of native features. Check out our detailed comparison of Flutter vs React Native.

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