RevenueCatReact Native apps make more money than Flutter and native apps. Again.
Two years in a row now in our State of Subscription Apps data. Why and how?
So Perttu Lähteenlahti dug into the why. 🧵
The numbers, from 115,000 apps making $16b combined:
– 25% higher download-to-paid conversion
– 55% higher revenue per install vs native (79% vs Flutter)
– $31.78 median first-year value per payer vs ~$21 for the rest
But here's the twist: it's probably not the framework.
The gap between the best and worst apps inside a single stack is 10x bigger than the gap between stacks.
Execution beats stack choice. Every time.
Year-1 retention is nearly identical across all stacks. So React Native isn't winning by keeping users longer.
It wins by front-loading value: converting earlier and monetizing better in the first weeks.
