Hey there! As someone who has experience with Ionic, I wanted to share why I think it’s a better choice for mobile app development compared to React Native and other frameworks. Let’s keep it simple and dive into why I prefer Ionic.

1. Easy to Use and Familiar:

If you’ve worked with Angular, React, or Vue before, jumping into Ionic is a breeze. It keeps things familiar, and although there’s a bit of a learning curve with Ionic’s own life cycle methods, it’s nothing major. Plus, you get to stick with the skills you already have.

2. Development Speed:

The speed at which you can build stuff on Ionic is impressive. In my experience, it’s 2–3 times faster than using React Native. With Ionic, you don’t need to spend ages on basic setups because it comes with default settings that just work. Unlike my friend using React Native, I’ve found Ionic to be less dependent on specific platform details, making development smoother.

3. Application Speed:

Some say there’s a speed difference between Ionic and React Native, but honestly, as a regular user and developer, I can’t really notice it. Both perform well, and any tiny speed advantages React Native might have are usually only visible in tests, not in everyday use.

4. Development Cost:

Saving money is always a win, right? Ionic makes that happen. Faster development means spending less. Also, because you can get developers familiar with Vue, React, or Angular quite easily, you save even more. And here’s a bonus — you can work on a web app at the same time. Double win!

Challenges:

No tech is perfect, and with Ionic, the main hiccup I faced was with styling. They use something called shadow DOM, which made styling a bit tricky at first. But don’t worry, they’re working on making it friendlier for us, and it’s getting better.

Conclusion:

Even though big companies push their own tech (looking at you, React Native and Flutter), I’m sticking with Ionic. It just makes things easier for developers like me and makes good business sense. Sure, it’s not flawless, but the combo of ease, speed, performance, and cost-effectiveness makes Ionic my go-to for mobile app projects.