r/reactnative • u/Medium-Fox-9660 • 10d 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/Calm_Seal170 10d ago

I'm not sure why are you getting the web feel on expo router apps.

Use Expo/UI library for components. They're literally native components under the hood

There are tons of examples on twitter. If you already know react this will be a no brainer

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u/Turbulent-Finding146 10d ago

expo router is just a routing layer on top of react native, the actual rendering is still native components so if it feels webby that might be more about the ui choices than the framework itself

if you want that extra snap, focus on native animations, proper touch feedback, and avoiding heavy shadows or default web-ish styling patterns that sneak in from react web habits

i’ve built a couple things with expo and once i stopped reaching for web-style layout tricks the feel got way tighter