Reviewers mostly see Flutter as a strong choice for cross-platform app development because one codebase keeps work faster, simpler to maintain, and more consistent across iOS, Android, and often desktop. Users also praise its approachable learning curve, UI system, active community, broad library support, and helpful Firebase integration. Founder feedback from the makers of FlutterFlow and others reinforces the same themes, citing high performance, consistent UI, fast iteration, and lightweight desktop apps. The clearest weak spot is web, which several users say still needs improvement.

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cross-platform development (24)

single codebase (13)

fast development (10)

expressive UI (9)

high performance (7)

multi-platform support (7)

mobile app support (6)

community support (3)

desktop app support (3)

hot reload (3)

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web app limitations (4)

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fast development (10)cross-platform development (24)single codebase (13)

Flutter is easy to learn and very fast to ship an app. It has a highly committed community, and the dev team is continuously improving the framework. There’s also a large set of third-party libraries built and maintained by the community, and it keeps growing every day. Having a single codebase makes it fast while also highly maintainable. Since it’s cross-platform, the experience is very consistent and there are fewer surprises.

What needs improvement

web app limitations (4)

The web side can be improved, and the development team is currently working on it.

vs Alternatives

React Native

The main reason I prefer Flutter is that the experience stays consistent across platforms. Since React Native compiles to native code, unexpected issues can sometimes occur.

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I use Flutter for building and app for more than 3 years, starting from 0 knowledge. It's been a journey, but working with Flutter is a great experience from a developer perspective.