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Hire React Native Developers for Your iOS and Android App

A senior React Native developer from our team, dedicated to your app and working through your backlog, your repository and your store accounts. One codebase, two platforms, one person who owns the details.

A good fit if

  • You need an iOS and an Android app but cannot fund two native teams
  • Your React Native app has a backlog nobody has time for
  • Your last developer left and the app is stuck on an old React Native version
  • You want a remote React Native developer who answers to you, not a project manager

React Native lets one developer ship to iPhone and Android from a single codebase, which is why it suits startups and small product teams. When you hire a React Native developer from Kavion, you get a senior engineer from our own team, working only on your app. Slots are limited, and we say so when none are free.

The work

What you can hire React Native developers to build

New apps, rescued apps and everything that happens between the code and the store.

  • New iOS and Android apps

    One TypeScript codebase for both platforms, with screen routing, state, offline storage and the API layer planned before the first screen is built.

  • MVPs that can grow

    A first version with only the features that prove the idea, structured so version two does not need a rewrite.

  • Features on an existing app

    Joining your codebase to work through the backlog: new screens, payments, push notifications, maps, camera and deep links.

  • Upgrades and rescues

    Apps stuck on an old React Native version, with broken builds or abandoned libraries, brought back to a current, buildable state one step at a time.

  • Native modules when you need them

    Most of the work stays in JavaScript and TypeScript. When a feature needs Swift or Kotlin, the developer writes the native module rather than dropping the feature.

  • App Store and Play Store releases

    Signing, builds, TestFlight and internal testing tracks, store listings and review rejections, all handled from your own developer accounts.

Fit

When React Native is the right hire, and when it is not

We also build with Flutter and native iOS and Android, so this is advice, not a pitch for one framework.

  • Right: one team for two platforms

    Most business apps, such as bookings, accounts, content, commerce and dashboards, behave the same on both platforms. One codebase saves you building everything twice.

  • Right: you already use React on the web

    A React or Next.js web team shares a language and patterns with a React Native app, so knowledge and some code move between web and mobile.

  • Right: you need to ship and learn fast

    Over-the-air updates through Expo let you fix many JavaScript bugs without waiting on a store review, within the rules the stores set.

  • Think twice: heavy graphics or games

    Apps built around 3D, complex animation or real-time media are often better served by native code or a game engine.

  • Think twice: deep platform features

    If most of the value lives in platform APIs such as advanced Bluetooth, background processing or home screen widgets, native development can be simpler overall.

Remote engagement

Hiring a remote React Native developer: how it runs

Same tools as your team, a build on a real phone every week, and nothing kept in our accounts.

  • Onboarded into your Slack, Jira and GitHub

    Your developer joins your workspace, board and repository, and works through pull requests your team can review.

  • A weekly demo on a real device

    Every week, a build you install from TestFlight or a Play Store testing track, plus a short walkthrough of what changed and what is next.

  • Overlap with your working day

    We plan overlap with your working day for standups and reviews, with written updates covering everything else.

  • Your store accounts, your code

    Apple and Google developer accounts, signing keys, repositories and backend services stay in your name. You own the app outright.

  • Flexible notice

    Scale hours up or down, pause after a release or end the engagement on notice agreed in the contract. Handover notes come as standard.

  • Limited, senior capacity

    We are a small team, not a staffing agency. When no React Native developer is free, we tell you when one will be.

How it runs

How to hire React Native app developers from Kavion

  1. 01

    Tell us about the app

    Platforms, current state, backend and what you need next. We reply within one business day.

  2. 02

    Meet your developer

    Talk to the developer who would join you before anything is signed, and ask how they would approach your app.

  3. 03

    Set up access

    Repository, project board and store accounts connected under your ownership, then a small first change shipped to a test build.

  4. 04

    Build every week

    A demo build every week, a monthly review of hours and priorities, and releases on your schedule.

Cost

How much does it cost to hire a React Native developer?

We do not list hourly rates. The monthly fee depends on these factors, and you see it as a fixed quote before work begins.

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What moves the priceWhy
Full time or part timeA developer on your app every working day is a larger commitment than a fixed number of hours each week.
New app or existing codebaseStarting fresh means architecture decisions up front. Joining an old app may mean upgrades and cleanup before any new features.
Native work requiredFeatures that need custom Swift or Kotlin modules take more specialist time than those covered by mature libraries.
Backend and integrationsBuilding the API, auth and database alongside the app is a wider role than consuming an API your team already runs.
Release and store managementOwning builds, signing, store listings and review responses adds steady ongoing work to the role.
Length of engagementA longer commitment lets us plan the developer's time around your roadmap, which the quote takes into account.

Tools we use for this

  • React Native
  • Expo
  • TypeScript
  • React Navigation
  • Redux Toolkit
  • TanStack Query
  • Swift
  • Kotlin
  • Firebase
  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • GitHub Actions

FAQ

Questions before you hire React Native developers

It depends on the hours you need, whether the app is new or inherited, how much native Swift or Kotlin work is involved and whether the developer also builds the backend. A full-time developer who owns releases and the API is a different commitment from a part-time developer working through feature tickets. We do not publish hourly rates. After a short call about your app we give a fixed monthly quote, so you know the cost before anything starts.

For a full app build, the cost follows the number of screens, user roles, integrations such as payments and maps, offline needs, the backend and how polished the design must be. A focused MVP is a much smaller project than a marketplace with two apps and an admin panel. If you would rather pay for a defined outcome than for developer time, our React Native app development service quotes a fixed price per project after scoping, with milestones you sign off.

For most business apps, yes. React Native renders real native components, shares one codebase across iOS and Android and has a large ecosystem of maintained libraries. Its newer architecture has closed much of the old performance gap for typical apps. It is less suited to graphics-heavy games, complex real-time media or apps whose value lives in deep platform features, where native code is simpler. We will tell you which side of that line your app falls on before you hire anyone.

Neither wins everywhere. React Native suits teams that already use React or Next.js on the web, because the language and patterns carry over. Flutter draws its own interface and gives very consistent visuals across platforms, which suits design-heavy apps. Both ship production apps to both stores. We build with both, so the recommendation depends on your team, your existing code and the features you need, not on which framework we happen to prefer.

Yes. A dedicated React Native developer can work on your app every working day, inside your Slack, Jira and GitHub, attending your standups and following your review process. Part-time arrangements with a fixed number of hours each week also work well for smaller backlogs or apps that are mostly in maintenance. Either way, the developer works only on your product during their booked hours, and you see progress in a weekly demo build installed on your own phone.

Yes. Our team is based in India and works remotely with clients in the US, UK, Canada and Australia. The developer works inside your tools and your store accounts, so your app is built and released exactly as it would be by an in-house hire. We plan overlap with your working day for standups and demos, and keep the rest async with written updates. Contracts assign the code to your company, and nothing is held in Kavion's accounts.

Not on this site yet, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise. Our published case studies are websites and DigiSafe, our own document vault app, which is built with Next.js as an installable app rather than with React Native. The best way to judge a React Native developer from us is to talk to them directly before signing: ask how they would structure your app, which libraries they trust and what went wrong on past projects.

Yes. The first step is getting the app to build cleanly on both platforms from your repository, which often uncovers outdated dependencies, expired certificates or libraries that are no longer maintained. The developer documents what they find and proposes an order of fixes, then ships a small change to a test build to prove the release pipeline works. After that, feature work begins, with upgrades scheduled alongside it rather than blocking everything.

You do. The Apple and Google developer accounts, signing keys, repository, backend services and analytics are set up in your name, and our developer is added as a team member. The code belongs to your company under the contract from the first commit. If the engagement ends, there is nothing to transfer: you remove access, and the app keeps running and releasing under accounts you already control. Your next developer starts from exactly where ours left off.

Start dates depend on availability, because we are a small senior team and do not keep developers waiting on a bench. If the right person is free, the steps are short: a call, a conversation with the developer, a contract and access to your tools. Ending is just as plain. You can reduce hours, pause after a release or end the engagement with a notice period agreed up front, and the developer leaves handover notes so the next person can pick up quickly.

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