Top 10 Cross Platform Mobile App Development Tools - updated!

Mobile Applications are much crucial for today’s online business.
Cross-Platform Mobile App Development refers to the development of mobile apps that can be used on multiple mobile platforms.
There are numerous Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Tools out there that will help you to build and develop your own apps.

You can create and manage your mobile application using one of the Cross-Platforms listed below.


1. PhoneGap (Apache Cordova)

PhoneGap is an amazing cross platform framework, that lets the developers to develop applications that run smoothly on multiple mobile platforms like iOS, Android, Windows and more. 

To develop apps using PhoneGap, the developer does not require to have knowledge of mobile programming language but only web-development languages like, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript(JS).

Advantages

      • Open Source Platform
      • Flexibility
      • Compatible on all the platforms
      • Ease of Development
      • Low Development Cost
      • Large developer community
      • Backed by Adobe

      Disadvantages

        • Lack Of UI Widgets
        • Poor Documentation Content
        • Low performance
        • PhoneGap can be inefficient sometimes, while working with native apps.
        • PhoneGap framework lets the developers to develop the apps only for once. Thereafter it charges some monthly fees.
        • App Designing and architecture approach plays vital role for your app performance.

        2. Appcelerator

        It is a Cross-platform development tool that can be used to build, test, deploy and develop applications for different platforms like iOS, Android, Blackberry etc. Appcelerator also uses JavaScript programming as a universal code mechanism. 

        It's an excellent choice for rapid application development if the developer is skilled in JS. 

        Advantages

        • It’s suitable for rapid application development.
        • It possesses a schema-less data store called ArrowDB
        • It’s an open-source, free software development kit (SDK)
        • By using JavaScript in normalizing code cross-platform, you can control existing skills on multiple platforms.

        Disadvantages

        • It’s to be a bit buggy and laggy There may be SDK related issues due to versions and build.

        3. Xamarin

        Xamarin is built on the .NET Framework. It allows one to create apps that easily run across multiple platforms.

        With a C#-shared codebase, developers can use Xamarin tools to write native Android, iOS, and Windows apps with native user interfaces.

        Advantages 

        • Fast app development cycle
        • API Integration flexibility
        • Portable Class Libraries
        • Shared Codebase

        Disadvantages

        • Xamarin license cost
        • Limited Access to Open Source Libraries
        • Issues of App file size
        • Small Community.

        4. React Native

        React native is an open-source cross-platform app development framework. It uses JavaScript framework for building native mobile apps and React framework offers large amount of inbuilt components and APIs.

        Advantages

        • Faster to Build
        • One Framework, Multiple Platforms
        • Simplified UI
        • Hot Reloading
        • Fast Applications.

        Disadvantages

        • Poor documentation
        • Third-party components
        • Lagging SDK Updates
        • Instability, compatibility issues, and errors.

        5. Sencha Ext JS

        Sencha’s ExtJS is somewhat similar to React Native in terms of functionality.
        It is a pure JavaScript application framework for building interactive cross platform web applications using techniques such as Ajax, DHTML and DOM scripting.

        Advantages

        • It features built-in native-looking themes for every major platform.
        • Multiple Platform support.
        • Its backend data package works independently with different data sources.
        • It supports PhoneGap/Cordova integration for native API access and packaging.

          Disadvantages

        • Few choices regarding choosing the themes for the target platforms.
        • Licensing complexity with the commercial version.


        6. RhoMobile Suite

        Powered by Rhodes open source framework, RhoMobile Suite is a set of development tools required to build multi-platform, data-centric, cross-platform enterprise apps with a native user experience.

        Advantages

        • It supports offline data accessibility
        • It’s Object Relational Mapper enables automatic synchronization of backend data.
        • Facilitates web developers to incorporate offline data synchronization into applications

        Disadvantages

        • It restricts Radio-frequency identification (RFID) plug-ins to Windows Mobile/CE.

        7. Kony Mobile Platform

        Kony is a low-code, cross-platform and integrated mobile application development framework, with automatic coding features, API connections as well as app preview facility features.

        It’s the favorite choice of enterprises who want to cope with their growing demand for mobile applications.

        Advantages

          • Kony is loaded with sample or pre-built apps to educate developers.
          • It supports a wide range of backend systems.
          • It has a strong visualizer to validate its powerful multi-channel JavaScript APIs.

          Disadvantages

          • Its documentation and support are not far-reaching

          8. NativeScript

          NativeScript is an open-source framework to develop apps on the Apple iOS and Android platforms.

          Build native cross-platform mobile applications with native APIs in JavaScript of platforms supporting extended features.

          Advantages

          • Extended support to Angular.js 2, TypeScript, declarative UI and native APIs.
          • It lets you use almost any JavaScript library that does not rely on the Internet.

          Disadvantages

          • It lacks in proper multi-threading and documentation support.

          9. MonoCross

          MonoCross supports the development of cross-platform apps with C#, Microsoft .NET and the Mono framework to create shared-code apps on iOS, Android, Windows and Webkit.

          Advantages

          • Easy access to native device APIs at the same time coding in C#
          • Offers access to numerous APIs you require to steadily deploy apps
          • Requires just C# and .NET for app development and maintenance.

          Disadvantages

          • Resources, documentation, maintenance and support present online is limited

          10. Codename One

          It is a cross-device platform with easy usability, swift app development and offers integration support with native platforms.
          While you are needed to code in Java, your app can also be verified as well as tested with Codename One.

          Advantages

            • Supports IDEs similar to NetBeans, Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA
            • Possess lightweight architecture enabling seamless UI on major platforms
            • Its build servers create native iOS apps and Windows apps without much support
            • It utilizes ParparVM which offers assurance of compatibility with new iOS versions.

            Disadvantages

              • Default visual themes are somewhat primitive
              • Maintaining a single file with every single event handler turns awkward
              • Graphical UI Builder may not be very appropriate for big projects.

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