What kinds of businesses does nanushi work with?

nanushi works with businesses of all sizes — from local cafes and retail shops to tech startups and established companies. If you need a website, web app, mobile app, or AI integration, nanushi can help.

How long does a project take?

A simple marketing website can be delivered in 1–2 weeks. A full web application or mobile app typically takes 4–12 weeks depending on scope.

Does nanushi build AI chatbots?

Yes. nanushi builds custom AI assistants and chatbots using Claude (Anthropic) and OpenAI. These can be integrated into websites, mobile apps, or internal business tools.

Where is nanushi based?

nanushi is based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The team works remotely and serves clients globally.

What is a nanushi mission?

A mission is a 6-week collaborative React Native app-building challenge. Teams of developers work together to ship a real, production-quality mobile app.

react native vs flutter in 2025: which should you choose?

if you're building a mobile app and want it to work on both ios and android without building it twice, react native and flutter are the two frameworks that dominate the conversation. both are mature, widely adopted, and capable of building production apps that companies rely on. the question is which one makes sense for your project.

here's an honest comparison without the sales pitch.

what they are

react native, created by meta (facebook), lets you build mobile apps using javascript (or typescript) and react — the same language and library used for web development. the framework translates javascript components into native ios and android ui elements. your react native code runs javascript in a background thread and communicates with native components.

flutter, created by google, uses a programming language called dart and takes a different approach: instead of rendering native components, flutter draws its own ui elements directly using a graphics engine called skia (now impeller). this gives flutter complete control over how every pixel looks.

where react native wins

shared codebase with your web team. if you already have javascript developers building your web application in react, react native shares language, tooling, and much of the mental model. the same developer can contribute to both web and mobile. for small teams, this is a significant practical advantage.

larger ecosystem and talent pool. react native has been around since 2015 and has a massive community, more third-party libraries, and more available developers. finding a react native developer is generally easier than finding a flutter developer.

closer to the native platform. because react native uses actual native ui components, your app automatically inherits platform conventions — ios apps feel like ios apps and android apps feel like android apps. for some categories of app, this matters.

code sharing with expo. expo, the most popular react native toolkit, lets you build and deploy without needing a mac for ios builds (in many cases), simplifies the development setup, and has excellent ota (over-the-air) update support — you can push small updates to users without going through the app store review process.

where flutter wins

consistent ui across platforms. because flutter draws its own ui, you get pixel-perfect identical rendering on ios, android, and web. if your design requires precise, consistent visual behaviour across platforms, flutter delivers it more reliably.

performance. flutter's rendering architecture avoids the javascript bridge that has historically been react native's performance weak point. for graphics-intensive apps, animations, or anything with complex ui transitions, flutter typically performs better.

web and desktop support. flutter has mature support for web, macos, windows, and linux from a single codebase. react native has web via react native web, but it's more awkward. if you need to target desktop or multiple platforms simultaneously, flutter's story is cleaner.

dart language. dart is strongly typed and fast. developers who learn it tend to find it pleasant. that said, it's a less common language, so your hiring pool is smaller.

the honest trade-offs

react native's javascript bridge has been the source of legitimate performance complaints for years. meta has been rebuilding the architecture (the "new architecture" with jsi) and it's significantly improved, but for complex animations or high-performance apps, flutter still has an edge.

flutter's self-drawn ui means your app doesn't automatically look like a native ios or android app. this usually doesn't matter — flutter apps look polished and professional — but it does mean you're not getting automatic platform ui updates for free.

how to decide

choose react native if:

your team already knows javascript and react
you need a large pool of developers to hire from
you're building a typical business app (social, productivity, service booking, ecommerce)
you want to share code with a web application
you're using expo

choose flutter if:

you need precise visual consistency across platforms
performance is critical (games, complex animations)
you want to target web and desktop with the same codebase
your team is willing to learn dart

either works well for: the vast majority of business mobile apps. both frameworks power apps with millions of users. if you're building a restaurant loyalty app, a booking tool, a crm companion, or a service business app, you won't go wrong with either.

nanushi builds primarily in react native with expo. if you're scoping a mobile app project and want to talk through what makes sense, we're happy to have that conversation.