Fintech App Clone - App 1, Act 1

Rapid Developa — Wed, 21 Jan 2026 17:32:12 +0000

Revolut. My SwiftUI clone of the Home Screen. Let me know what you think.

SwiftUI vs. React Native

Rapid Developa — Fri, 26 Dec 2025 14:55:07 +0000

I have been working with SwiftUI and React Native for few years and it has been eye opening to see that both declarative UI frameworks have a lot in common. This becomes obvious when implementing custom views.Here's a simple example of a LocationCardView:
SwiftUI

struct LocationCardView: View {

    @Environment(Theme.self) private var theme
    var locationCoordinate: LocationCoordinate

    var body: some View {
        VStack(alignment: .leading, spacing: theme.spacing.md) {
            Text(locationCoordinate.city)
                .font(.headline)
            Text(locationCoordinate.state)
                .font(.caption)
            Text(locationCoordinate.countryCode)
                .font(.caption)
        }
        .locationCardViewStyle(theme)
    }
}

React Native

const LocationCardView = (props: LocationCardViewProps) => {

  const {location} = props
  const { theme } = useThemeManager((state) => state)
  const styles = createLocationCardViewStyles(theme, props)

  return (
    <View style={styles.container}>
      <Text style={[theme.typography.h6Headline]}>{location.city}</Text>
      <Text style={[theme.typography.caption]}>{location.state}</Text>
      <Text style={[theme.typography.caption]}>{location.countryCode}</Text>
    </View>
  )
}

LocationCardView in Simulator

As you can see, it takes similar number of lines to accomplish the task.But SwiftUI provides basic primitives like the VStack out of the box.This reduces memory overload and time. And personally, I prefer the DX of SwiftUI.

What do the think about both frameworks and which do you prefer? Let us know in the comments.

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Fintech App Clone - App 1, Act 1

SwiftUI vs. React Native