ios / android
LeggUP
The app offers easy access to coaching and therapy sessions. It's a part of the platform for employees and focuses on personal wellbeing and professional development.
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Cross-platform App Development Services
Reach more users with one cross-platform app that works on iOS and Android systems.
Benefits of cross-platform
app development
Smaller budget
It takes only one software developer to build the app that works on two platforms.
Time savings
You can build one app that works on both iOS and Android instead of two native apps.
More users
With a cross-platform app you reach users who have devices with Android and users who use iPhones or iPads.
What is a cross-platform app?
It’s a kind of mobile app that works on different operating systems. All it takes is to build one codebase, and a cross-platform app will work equally well on iOS and Android devices.
The reason why companies choose cross-platform apps is usually the budget. Development cost is lower compared with two native apps, and it takes less time to build one application.
Flutter for cross-platform development
What is Flutter?
FLUTTER APP DEVELOPMENT
There are two particularly popular technologies for cross-platform app development – Flutter and React Native. At Holdapp, we use the first one.
Flutter is a dynamically growing toolkit designed by Google. It is based on Dart – an intuitive and easy-to-learn language, especially for developers who already know Java.
In this cross-platform technology, there are many libraries and frameworks already implemented, such as Material Components or Cupertino.
The fact that Flutter can be connected to native modules also speaks in its favor. If something doesn’t work in Flutter, our native developers can always add required modules in Kotlin or Swift.
What are the pros of cross-platform app development?
01 Reduced cost
Instead of two apps, there’s just one. This means one mobile app development team covers the whole project. There’s no need to hire Android and iOS specialists – at least when you don’t want to interfere with native modules. You only need one group of experts who know cross-platform technologies, so the final cost of the project is lower.
02 LESS TIME FOR DEVELOPMENT
Building one cross-platform app takes less time than creating two native products. What’s more, software engineers can choose from many ready-to-use components which speeds up mobile app development. This comes in handy when you work on short deadlines.
03 ACCESS TO MORE USERS WITH ONE CODEBASE
You only need to build one product – a Flutter app – that both iOS and Android users can download. It allows you to reach more people with one application. Whereas with native technologies, you need two apps. Each one dedicated to a different system.
Our cross-platform development services
Flutter app development
Project management
QA tests
UX/UI design
Our cross-platform apps
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Opera Wrocławska (Wroclaw Opera)
The mobile app for Wrocław Opera is the first production realized by Holdapp using Flutter technology. The app offers users access to the full theater repertoire and news related to this cultural institution.
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When should you build a cross-platform app?
Flutter app development is a good idea if:
- you want to build the app for multiple platforms as soon as possible,
- you have a limited budget,
- feature updates for the Android and iOS should be released exactly at the same,
- the app doesn’t require integrations that aren’t supported by Flutter.
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Are Flutter apps better than native ones?
Flutter isn’t usually recommended for the development of complex apps when there are many system features. For example, cross-platform mobile development is perfect when you want to release an MVP to check if your idea for a product needs any improvements.
Native apps written with Swift or Kotlin are a better way to go when you want to have apps with advanced features and many of them use system components. Native technologies are also a good option when you need to make quick updates – adding new functionalities separately to Kotlin and Swift apps takes less time.
Kotlin Multiplatform - a new alternative
Flutter and native apps aren’t the only options available. You can also combine cross-platform solutions with native code and build your app using Kotlin Multiplatform technology.
Compared to 100% native solutions, Kotlin Multiplatform enables faster app development because we only need to write some parts of the code once for two platforms.
With Kotlin Multiplatform, we create the UI for Android and iOS separately. This allows us to ensure a native experience for users on each platform.
Cross-platform or native app development?
If you have any doubts about choosing the technology for your mobile app, let us know what product you want to build. We will look into it and advise you whether it’s best to develop a cross-platform app or a native one.
