Native to Cross-Platform Migration — Without the Rewrite Pain
Two native codebases is two of every bug. We migrate to React Native or Flutter incrementally — module by module, behind feature flags — so you cut maintenance cost without a heroic cutover.
Typical 3-year saving moving from two native codebases to one cross-platform codebase.
- One feature implementation, not two — 45%
- Biggest lever — every product change is built once.
- Shared QA & test automation — 25%
- One test suite, one CI pipeline, half the regressions.
- Single OS-upgrade cycle — 15%
- iOS/Android version upgrades cost roughly half.
- Smaller hiring surface — 15%
- One team, two stores — easier to staff and onboard.
Numbers are typical, not guaranteed — exact savings depend on app surface and team shape.
What you get
When it fits
- You have two mature native codebases drifting apart in features or quality
- Most of the app is product UI, not hardware-intense workloads — those stay native
- You'd rather cut maintenance burn rate by 30–50% than ship the next feature twice
- You can tolerate a 4–9 month incremental migration instead of a 6-week cutover
When it doesn't
- The app is hardware-heavy (AR, BLE pipelines, video encoding) — staying native may be right
- The native codebases are about to be retired anyway — migrate to whatever the replacement is, not via React Native
- You want a Big Bang rewrite in three months — that's how migration projects fail
Process
Discovery (3–4 weeks) produces a module-by-module migration sequence and a working hybrid build with one screen migrated end-to-end. Then 4–9 months of incremental migration, each sprint replacing a discrete module behind a feature flag with a rollback path. Final sprint retires the dead native code.
Full delivery processPricing
Fixed-price by phase. Discovery is $20–40k. Migration phases run $40–120k each depending on the module surface. Total program for a mid-sized app typically lands $250–600k — versus $400–900k+ for keeping two native codebases over three years.
See engagement modelsFAQ
- Will users notice the difference?
- Done well, no. React Native and Flutter render close to native on modern devices, and we benchmark p95 frame-rate, time-to-interactive, and memory against your native baselines before each module ships. If a module can't hit native performance, we leave it native.
- Can you migrate incrementally without a freeze?
- Yes — the migration runs alongside ongoing feature work, behind feature flags. Each migrated module shipped is rollback-safe. We won't ask you to stop the product roadmap; that's how migration projects die mid-program.
- What's the real cost vs. staying native?
- Migration costs more in year one and saves money from year two. For a mid-sized app, total three-year cost typically lands 30–50% lower than keeping two native codebases — but we'll run the math with your team in discovery instead of giving you a glossy number.
- React Native or Flutter?
- Depends on what your team can hire for, the maturity of the ecosystem libraries you need, and the design system. We're agnostic; we've shipped both. In discovery we'll recommend one and explain why.