[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":2265},["ShallowReactive",2],{"\u002Fblog\u002Frealm-deprecated-mobile-database-alternatives-2026\u002F":3,"\u002Fblog\u002Frealm-deprecated-mobile-database-alternatives-2026\u002F-related":869,"\u002Fblog\u002Frealm-deprecated-mobile-database-alternatives-2026\u002F-resources":2253},{"id":4,"title":5,"author":6,"body":10,"category":763,"createdAt":764,"description":765,"disclosure":766,"extension":767,"faq":768,"howTo":766,"location":784,"meta":785,"navigation":791,"ogImage":766,"path":792,"primaryKeyword":793,"readingTime":794,"related":795,"seo":799,"sources":800,"stem":859,"tags":860,"takeaways":861,"updatedAt":764,"url":867,"__hash__":868},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Frealm-deprecated-mobile-database-alternatives-2026.md","Realm Is Deprecated: Which Mobile Database to Use in 2026",{"name":7,"social":8},"Simon Dziak",{"twitter":9},"@SzymonDziak",{"type":11,"value":12,"toc":747},"minimark",[13,21,24,30,35,93,96,123,128,131,221,224,228,231,263,266,270,273,277,476,479,483,622,630,634,676,680,730,734],[14,15,16,20],"p",{},[17,18,19],"strong",{},"If your app stores data in Realm, the company behind it has stepped back: MongoDB deprecated the Realm SDKs in September 2024 and removed Atlas Device Sync on September 30, 2025."," The local database still runs and is still open source, but most old realm.io links now go nowhere, and several SDKs no longer get regular releases. For local storage in 2026, the safe default is SQLite through your platform's standard library. If you need sync, choose a sync engine first and a local store second.",[14,22,23],{},"This page replaces the Realm product pages, news posts and academy tutorials that older articles still link to. Dates come from MongoDB's own documentation. Versions come from the official package registries and were checked on October 17, 2026.",[14,25,26,29],{},[17,27,28],{},"Disclosure:"," App369 is my studio, and I build mostly with Flutter and Firebase, both of which appear below. No vendor on this page paid for a mention.",[31,32,34],"h2",{"id":33},"what-happened-to-realm-and-when","What happened to Realm, and when",[36,37,38,54],"table",{},[39,40,41],"thead",{},[42,43,44,48,51],"tr",{},[45,46,47],"th",{},"Date",[45,49,50],{},"What happened",[45,52,53],{},"Source",[55,56,57,75],"tbody",{},[42,58,59,63,66],{},[60,61,62],"td",{},"September 2024",[60,64,65],{},"MongoDB deprecates the Atlas Device SDKs, including Atlas Device Sync, and sets end of life for September 30, 2025",[60,67,68],{},[69,70,74],"a",{"href":71,"rel":72},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mongodb.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fatlas\u002Fdevice-sdks\u002Fdeprecation\u002F",[73],"nofollow","MongoDB",[42,76,77,82,87],{},[60,78,79],{},[17,80,81],{},"September 30, 2025",[60,83,84],{},[17,85,86],{},"Device Sync reaches end of life and is removed, along with the SDKs' App Services features such as authentication",[60,88,89],{},[69,90,74],{"href":91,"rel":92},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mongodb.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fatlas\u002Fapp-services\u002Fsync\u002Fdevice-sync-deprecation\u002F",[73],[14,94,95],{},"Two parts of Realm were affected differently:",[97,98,99,111],"ul",{},[100,101,102,105,106,110],"li",{},[17,103,104],{},"The on-device database"," carries on. MongoDB's notice says it \"will continue to exist as an open source project\", and MongoDB keeps ",[107,108,109],"code",{},"community"," branches of the C++, Flutter, Kotlin, .NET, JavaScript and Swift SDKs with the sync code removed.",[100,112,113,116,117,122],{},[17,114,115],{},"Atlas Device Sync"," is gone, and with it App Services authentication, the Wire Protocol, and calling Atlas Functions directly from the SDK. Database triggers in Atlas are not affected. See ",[69,118,121],{"href":119,"rel":120},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.mongodb.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fatlas\u002Fapp-services\u002Fdeprecation\u002F",[73],"MongoDB's App Services deprecation page"," for the full list.",[124,125,127],"h3",{"id":126},"how-alive-each-realm-sdk-is","How alive each Realm SDK is",[14,129,130],{},"\"Open source\" doesn't mean \"maintained\". This is the most recent release of each SDK on October 17, 2026:",[36,132,133,146],{},[39,134,135],{},[42,136,137,140,143],{},[45,138,139],{},"SDK",[45,141,142],{},"Latest release",[45,144,145],{},"Status",[55,147,148,159,174,188,199,210],{},[42,149,150,153,156],{},[60,151,152],{},"Swift (iOS)",[60,154,155],{},"v20.0.6, September 27, 2026",[60,157,158],{},"Still releasing, mainly Xcode compatibility fixes",[42,160,161,168,171],{},[60,162,163,164,167],{},"Flutter (",[107,165,166],{},"realm"," on pub.dev)",[60,169,170],{},"20.2.0, September 24, 2025",[60,172,173],{},"No new pub.dev release in about a year",[42,175,176,182,185],{},[60,177,178,179,181],{},"JavaScript and React Native (",[107,180,166],{}," on npm)",[60,183,184],{},"20.2.0, August 11, 2025",[60,186,187],{},"No release in over a year",[42,189,190,193,196],{},[60,191,192],{},".NET",[60,194,195],{},"20.1.0, January 7, 2025",[60,197,198],{},"Slow",[42,200,201,204,207],{},[60,202,203],{},"Kotlin",[60,205,206],{},"3.0.0, 2024",[60,208,209],{},"No release since 2024",[42,211,212,215,218],{},[60,213,214],{},"Java (Android, legacy)",[60,216,217],{},"v10.19.0",[60,219,220],{},"Effectively unmaintained",[14,222,223],{},"If your platform's SDK has stopped releasing, the risk isn't that your app breaks tomorrow. It's that a future Xcode, Android Gradle Plugin or Flutter release breaks the build, and nobody ships a fix.",[124,225,227],{"id":226},"what-the-old-addresses-do-today","What the old addresses do today",[14,229,230],{},"Checked on October 17, 2026:",[97,232,233,239,249],{},[100,234,235,238],{},[17,236,237],{},"realm.io"," redirects to MongoDB's deprecation notice.",[100,240,241,244,245,248],{},[17,242,243],{},"realm.io product pages",", such as ",[107,246,247],{},"\u002Fproducts\u002Frealm-mobile-database\u002F",", return 404.",[100,250,251,254,255,258,259,262],{},[17,252,253],{},"news.realm.io"," and ",[17,256,257],{},"academy.realm.io",", where the release announcements, tutorials and cheat sheets lived, no longer resolve. Old ",[107,260,261],{},"realm.io\u002Fnews\u002F..."," links redirect to academy.realm.io and fail there.",[14,264,265],{},"The Wayback Machine has copies of most of these pages if you need an old API detail.",[31,267,269],{"id":268},"the-2026-options-compared","The 2026 options compared",[14,271,272],{},"Versions were checked on the official registries on October 17, 2026. \"Sync\" means the product syncs data with a server or other devices itself; you can always build your own sync on top of a local store.",[124,274,276],{"id":275},"local-databases-no-built-in-sync","Local databases (no built-in sync)",[36,278,279,301],{},[39,280,281],{},[42,282,283,286,289,292,295,298],{},[45,284,285],{},"Option",[45,287,288],{},"Platforms",[45,290,291],{},"Latest version",[45,293,294],{},"Model",[45,296,297],{},"Licence",[45,299,300],{},"Best for",[55,302,303,325,347,369,390,412,434,455],{},[42,304,305,310,313,316,319,322],{},[60,306,307],{},[17,308,309],{},"Room",[60,311,312],{},"Android, Kotlin Multiplatform",[60,314,315],{},"Room 3 3.0.3 (September 9, 2026)",[60,317,318],{},"SQLite with an ORM",[60,320,321],{},"Open source (AndroidX)",[60,323,324],{},"Native Android and KMP apps",[42,326,327,332,335,338,341,344],{},[60,328,329],{},[17,330,331],{},"SwiftData",[60,333,334],{},"iOS 17+, macOS 14+ and other Apple platforms",[60,336,337],{},"Ships with Apple's SDKs",[60,339,340],{},"Object persistence",[60,342,343],{},"Part of Apple's SDKs",[60,345,346],{},"New Swift-only apps on recent iOS versions",[42,348,349,354,357,360,363,366],{},[60,350,351],{},[17,352,353],{},"GRDB.swift",[60,355,356],{},"Apple platforms",[60,358,359],{},"7.11.1 (June 18, 2026)",[60,361,362],{},"SQLite toolkit",[60,364,365],{},"MIT",[60,367,368],{},"Swift apps that want SQL and full control",[42,370,371,376,379,382,385,387],{},[60,372,373],{},[17,374,375],{},"Drift",[60,377,378],{},"Flutter (Android, iOS, web, desktop)",[60,380,381],{},"2.35.2 (October 7, 2026)",[60,383,384],{},"SQLite, type-safe queries",[60,386,365],{},[60,388,389],{},"Flutter apps with relational data",[42,391,392,397,400,403,406,409],{},[60,393,394],{},[17,395,396],{},"isar_community",[60,398,399],{},"Flutter",[60,401,402],{},"3.4.1 (October 13, 2026)",[60,404,405],{},"NoSQL object store",[60,407,408],{},"Apache 2.0",[60,410,411],{},"Flutter apps moving from Isar or from Realm's object model",[42,413,414,419,422,425,428,431],{},[60,415,416],{},[17,417,418],{},"hive_ce",[60,420,421],{},"Flutter and Dart",[60,423,424],{},"2.22.0 (October 14, 2026)",[60,426,427],{},"Key-value boxes",[60,429,430],{},"Check the package",[60,432,433],{},"Small amounts of simple data, settings and caches",[42,435,436,441,444,447,450,452],{},[60,437,438],{},[17,439,440],{},"expo-sqlite",[60,442,443],{},"Expo and React Native",[60,445,446],{},"58.0.13 (October 14, 2026)",[60,448,449],{},"SQLite",[60,451,365],{},[60,453,454],{},"Expo apps",[42,456,457,462,465,468,471,473],{},[60,458,459],{},[17,460,461],{},"op-sqlite",[60,463,464],{},"React Native",[60,466,467],{},"18.2.5 (September 20, 2026)",[60,469,470],{},"SQLite, fast native bindings",[60,472,365],{},[60,474,475],{},"React Native apps that need speed on large data",[14,477,478],{},"The original Isar (last published in April 2023) and Hive (last published in June 2022) packages haven't had a release in years. Their community continuations, isar_community and hive_ce, are the ones getting updates.",[124,480,482],{"id":481},"databases-and-engines-with-sync","Databases and engines with sync",[36,484,485,504],{},[39,486,487],{},[42,488,489,491,493,495,498,501],{},[45,490,285],{},[45,492,288],{},[45,494,291],{},[45,496,497],{},"How sync works",[45,499,500],{},"Pricing entry point",[45,502,503],{},"Migration guide from Atlas Device Sync",[55,505,506,532,557,579,601],{},[42,507,508,513,516,519,522,525],{},[60,509,510],{},[17,511,512],{},"PowerSync",[60,514,515],{},"Flutter, React Native and Expo, web, Kotlin, Swift and more",[60,517,518],{},"Dart SDK 2.4.0 (September 2, 2026)",[60,520,521],{},"Syncs Postgres, MongoDB or MySQL into on-device SQLite; writes go through your backend",[60,523,524],{},"Free plan; Pro from $49 a month; Team from $599 a month; a free self-hosted edition",[60,526,527],{},[69,528,531],{"href":529,"rel":530},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.powersync.com\u002Fmigration-guides\u002Fatlas-device-sync",[73],"Yes",[42,533,534,539,542,545,548,551],{},[60,535,536],{},[17,537,538],{},"Ditto",[60,540,541],{},"iOS, Android, Flutter, web and desktop",[60,543,544],{},"5.1.0 (August 19, 2026)",[60,546,547],{},"Peer-to-peer between devices, plus cloud",[60,549,550],{},"Proprietary. Free tier (10 cloud device connections, 2 GB storage); Pro and Enterprise through sales",[60,552,553],{},[69,554,531],{"href":555,"rel":556},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.ditto.live\u002Fsupport\u002Fmongodb-migrationguide",[73],[42,558,559,564,567,570,573,576],{},[60,560,561],{},[17,562,563],{},"ObjectBox",[60,565,566],{},"Android, iOS, Flutter, Java and Kotlin, Swift, C and C++",[60,568,569],{},"Dart 5.3.2 (May 20, 2026)",[60,571,572],{},"Object database; ObjectBox Sync is a paid add-on",[60,574,575],{},"Database is Apache 2.0; Sync priced per deployment",[60,577,578],{},"A landing page, no step-by-step guide",[42,580,581,586,589,592,595,598],{},[60,582,583],{},[17,584,585],{},"Couchbase Lite",[60,587,588],{},"Android, iOS, .NET, C, React Native; Flutter by the community",[60,590,591],{},"Docs 4.1 (Android Kotlin extensions 4.1.2, September 14, 2026)",[60,593,594],{},"Syncs through Sync Gateway or Capella App Services, plus peer-to-peer",[60,596,597],{},"Community and Enterprise editions; check the licence terms for your use",[60,599,600],{},"No",[42,602,603,608,611,614,617,620],{},[60,604,605],{},[17,606,607],{},"Firestore offline persistence",[60,609,610],{},"Android, Apple, web, Flutter",[60,612,613],{},"cloud_firestore 7.0.0 (October 15, 2026)",[60,615,616],{},"Local cache that syncs when the device is online; on by default on Android and Apple",[60,618,619],{},"Firebase pricing (free tier, then pay as you go)",[60,621,600],{},[14,623,624,625,629],{},"MongoDB's own list of alternative sync providers also includes AWS AppSync, HiveMQ, Ably, Parse and Cedalo. If you also need a new backend, not just a new device database, my ",[69,626,628],{"href":627},"\u002Fblog\u002Fparse-kinvey-backend-as-a-service-alternatives-2026\u002F","guide to backend options after Parse, Kinvey and Realm Sync"," covers Firebase, Supabase, Parse Server, Appwrite and PocketBase.",[31,631,633],{"id":632},"how-to-choose","How to choose",[635,636,637,643,649,655,661,667],"ol",{},[100,638,639,642],{},[17,640,641],{},"You only used Realm to store data on the phone."," Move to SQLite through your platform's standard tool: Room on Android, GRDB or SwiftData on iOS, Drift in Flutter, expo-sqlite or op-sqlite in React Native. SQLite will outlive every wrapper on this page.",[100,644,645,648],{},[17,646,647],{},"You like Realm's object model and use Flutter."," isar_community is the closest in feel. Check the package's activity before you commit, because community projects depend on a few maintainers.",[100,650,651,654],{},[17,652,653],{},"You used Atlas Device Sync and your backend is MongoDB."," Start with PowerSync or Ditto, the two with published migration guides. PowerSync's guide notes that Realm can run in parallel during the move.",[100,656,657,660],{},[17,658,659],{},"Devices need to sync with each other without the internet"," (field work, retail, aviation). Ditto and Couchbase Lite both sync peer-to-peer.",[100,662,663,666],{},[17,664,665],{},"You're starting a new app and want the least backend work."," Firestore with offline persistence covers most apps that need to work on a train and catch up later. Test conflict handling with two devices editing the same record before you rely on it.",[100,668,669,672,673,675],{},[17,670,671],{},"You can't move yet."," Keep the Realm ",[107,674,109],{}," build, pin your SDK version, and add a CI job that builds against the newest Xcode or Android tools, so you see breakage before your users do.",[31,677,679],{"id":678},"migration-checklist","Migration checklist",[635,681,682,688,694,700,706,712,718,724],{},[100,683,684,687],{},[17,685,686],{},"Inventory every Realm model and query."," Note relationships, embedded objects, lists and any live queries or change listeners your UI depends on. Live updates are often the hardest part to replace.",[100,689,690,693],{},[17,691,692],{},"List everything Atlas did for you."," Sync, App Services authentication, functions called from the app, permissions rules. Each one needs a new home.",[100,695,696,699],{},[17,697,698],{},"Pick the target and prove it on one screen."," Port the most complex screen first, on a real phone, with production-sized data.",[100,701,702,705],{},[17,703,704],{},"Write a one-time importer."," On first launch of the new version, read the old Realm file, write the data into the new store, and mark the import as done. Keep the old file until the import is confirmed.",[100,707,708,711],{},[17,709,710],{},"Handle the unhappy paths."," Low storage, a killed app mid-import, and a user who skipped several versions.",[100,713,714,717],{},[17,715,716],{},"Test sync conflicts with two devices."," Edit the same record offline on both, then reconnect. Decide what should win and check that it does.",[100,719,720,723],{},[17,721,722],{},"Release in stages."," TestFlight and Google Play internal testing first, then a staged rollout, and watch crash reports for import failures.",[100,725,726,729],{},[17,727,728],{},"Remove Realm last."," Drop the dependency only after the importer has run for most active users.",[31,731,733],{"id":732},"need-a-hand","Need a hand?",[14,735,736,737,741,742,746],{},"If the migration is stuck on one bug, such as an import that loses records, a crash after the switch or a sync loop, the ",[69,738,740],{"href":739},"\u002Ffixed-price\u002Fflutter-firebase-bug-fix\u002F","App Fix Ticket"," is a fixed-price option. The Diagnosis is $450 in 3 business days, with a fixed repair quote and the fee credited toward the fix. The Fix is $1,200 in 5 business days, with a pull request, a regression test and handover notes. It covers Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, React, Vue, Firebase and Node.js, and it doesn't cover rewrites. For a full migration, ",[69,743,745],{"href":744},"\u002Fcontact\u002F","get in touch"," and I'll scope it.",{"title":748,"searchDepth":749,"depth":749,"links":750},"",2,[751,756,760,761,762],{"id":33,"depth":749,"text":34,"children":752},[753,755],{"id":126,"depth":754,"text":127},3,{"id":226,"depth":754,"text":227},{"id":268,"depth":749,"text":269,"children":757},[758,759],{"id":275,"depth":754,"text":276},{"id":481,"depth":754,"text":482},{"id":632,"depth":749,"text":633},{"id":678,"depth":749,"text":679},{"id":732,"depth":749,"text":733},"AI & Technology","2026-10-17T18:00:00.000Z","MongoDB deprecated the Realm SDKs and removed Atlas Device Sync on September 30, 2025. What still works, where old realm.io links go, and the 2026 options for an on-device database, with versions checked October 17, 2026.",null,"md",[769,772,775,778,781],{"question":770,"answer":771},"Does Realm still work after September 30, 2025?","The local database does. MongoDB says the on-device database continues as an open source project. What stopped on September 30, 2025 is Atlas Device Sync and the App Services features around it, such as App Services authentication. An app that used Realm only for local storage keeps working; an app that synced through Atlas needs a new sync layer.",{"question":773,"answer":774},"Is it safe to keep using Realm only as a local database?","It can be, for now, but check your platform first. On October 17, 2026 the Swift SDK had a release from September 2026, while the Kotlin SDK's last release was 3.0.0 in 2024 and the Flutter SDK's last was in 2025. Each new OS and toolchain release is a risk for an SDK nobody updates, so plan a move even if you do not need one today.",{"question":776,"answer":777},"What is the best Realm alternative for Flutter?","For a relational local database, Drift (on SQLite) is the most established choice. For a NoSQL-style object store, isar_community and hive_ce are the community-maintained continuations of Isar and Hive, whose original packages have not been published since 2023 and 2022. If you need sync, PowerSync, ObjectBox and Ditto all have Flutter SDKs, and Firestore has offline persistence.",{"question":779,"answer":780},"What replaced Atlas Device Sync?","Nothing from MongoDB. Its deprecation page lists alternative providers, including Ditto, PowerSync, ObjectBox and AWS AppSync, and links migration guides for Ditto and PowerSync. PowerSync syncs a backend database into on-device SQLite; Ditto adds peer-to-peer sync between devices.",{"question":782,"answer":783},"Where did the old realm.io articles and docs go?","Mostly nowhere. On October 17, 2026, realm.io redirected to MongoDB's deprecation page, product pages such as \u002Fproducts\u002Frealm-mobile-database\u002F returned 404, and the news.realm.io and academy.realm.io subdomains did not resolve. The Wayback Machine has copies of most of them.","Boynton Beach, FL",{"readingTimeStats":786},{"text":787,"minutes":788,"time":789,"words":790},"7 min read",6.68,400800,1336,true,"\u002Fblog\u002Frealm-deprecated-mobile-database-alternatives-2026","realm alternative","9 min",[796,797,798],"parse-kinvey-backend-as-a-service-alternatives-2026","titanium-phonegap-xamarin-cross-platform-frameworks-2026","flutter-vs-react-native-app369-choice",{"title":5,"description":765},[801,803,805,807,810,813,816,819,822,825,828,831,834,837,840,843,846,849,852,854,856],{"title":802,"url":71},"MongoDB, Atlas Device SDKs deprecation",{"title":804,"url":91},"MongoDB, Device Sync deprecation and alternative providers",{"title":806,"url":119},"MongoDB, App Services deprecation",{"title":808,"url":809},"Realm Swift releases on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Frealm\u002Frealm-swift\u002Freleases",{"title":811,"url":812},"Realm Kotlin on Maven Central","https:\u002F\u002Frepo1.maven.org\u002Fmaven2\u002Fio\u002Frealm\u002Fkotlin\u002Flibrary-base\u002Fmaven-metadata.xml",{"title":814,"url":815},"realm on pub.dev (Flutter SDK)","https:\u002F\u002Fpub.dev\u002Fpackages\u002Frealm",{"title":817,"url":818},"realm on npm (JavaScript and React Native SDK)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.npmjs.com\u002Fpackage\u002Frealm",{"title":820,"url":821},"Android Developers, Room 3 releases","https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.android.com\u002Fjetpack\u002Fandroidx\u002Freleases\u002Froom3",{"title":823,"url":824},"GRDB.swift on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fgroue\u002FGRDB.swift",{"title":826,"url":827},"Apple Developer, SwiftData","https:\u002F\u002Fdeveloper.apple.com\u002Fdocumentation\u002Fswiftdata",{"title":829,"url":830},"drift on pub.dev","https:\u002F\u002Fpub.dev\u002Fpackages\u002Fdrift",{"title":832,"url":833},"isar_community on pub.dev","https:\u002F\u002Fpub.dev\u002Fpackages\u002Fisar_community",{"title":835,"url":836},"hive_ce on pub.dev","https:\u002F\u002Fpub.dev\u002Fpackages\u002Fhive_ce",{"title":838,"url":839},"expo-sqlite on npm","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.npmjs.com\u002Fpackage\u002Fexpo-sqlite",{"title":841,"url":842},"op-sqlite on npm","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.npmjs.com\u002Fpackage\u002F@op-engineering\u002Fop-sqlite",{"title":844,"url":845},"ObjectBox Sync","https:\u002F\u002Fobjectbox.io\u002Fsync\u002F",{"title":847,"url":848},"Couchbase Lite documentation","https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.couchbase.com\u002Fcouchbase-lite\u002Fcurrent\u002F",{"title":850,"url":851},"PowerSync pricing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.powersync.com\u002Fpricing",{"title":853,"url":529},"PowerSync, migrating from Atlas Device Sync",{"title":855,"url":555},"Ditto, MongoDB Atlas Device Sync migration guide",{"title":857,"url":858},"Firebase, Access data offline (Cloud Firestore)","https:\u002F\u002Ffirebase.google.com\u002Fdocs\u002Ffirestore\u002Fmanage-data\u002Fenable-offline","blog\u002Frealm-deprecated-mobile-database-alternatives-2026","realm alternative, realm deprecated, mongodb realm end of life, atlas device sync alternative, mobile database 2026, offline first mobile app, flutter local database, drift vs isar, room vs realm, sqlite mobile, powersync, objectbox",[862,863,864,865,866],"MongoDB deprecated the Atlas Device SDKs (Realm) in September 2024 and ended Atlas Device Sync, along with the App Services features built on it, on September 30, 2025.","The on-device Realm database continues as open source, and MongoDB keeps \"community\" branches without the sync code. Release activity differs a lot by platform: the Swift SDK shipped in September 2026, the Kotlin SDK has not had a release since 2024.","Most realm.io addresses now lead nowhere: the homepage redirects to MongoDB's deprecation notice, product pages return 404, and the old news and academy subdomains no longer resolve.","For local storage only, the safe 2026 default is SQLite through your platform's standard library: Room on Android, GRDB or SwiftData on iOS, Drift in Flutter, expo-sqlite or op-sqlite in React Native.","If you relied on sync, MongoDB itself points to Ditto, PowerSync, ObjectBox and AWS AppSync, among others. Ditto and PowerSync publish step-by-step migration guides from Atlas Device Sync.","https:\u002F\u002Fapp369.com\u002Fblog\u002Frealm-deprecated-mobile-database-alternatives-2026\u002F","v7kYyRivNm2eAkR6p6ULle4BX1LmQYW9C26jkTaDiWM",[870,1364,1908],{"id":871,"title":872,"author":873,"body":875,"category":763,"createdAt":1296,"description":1297,"disclosure":766,"extension":767,"faq":1298,"howTo":766,"location":784,"meta":1311,"navigation":791,"ogImage":766,"path":1317,"primaryKeyword":1318,"readingTime":794,"related":1319,"seo":1323,"sources":1324,"stem":1354,"tags":1355,"takeaways":1356,"updatedAt":1296,"url":1362,"__hash__":1363},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fparse-kinvey-backend-as-a-service-alternatives-2026.md","Parse, Kinvey and Realm Sync Are Gone: Where to Run Your App Backend in 2026",{"name":7,"social":874},{"twitter":9},{"type":11,"value":876,"toc":1289},[877,883,886,890,1035,1038,1040,1178,1181,1183,1215,1219,1222,1260,1262,1265],[14,878,879,882],{},[17,880,881],{},"If your app was built on Parse, Kinvey, Telerik Platform or Realm Sync, that backend is gone, and links to the old docs now lead nowhere."," In 2026, the realistic homes for a mobile app backend are Firebase, Supabase, Parse Server (self-hosted or hosted on Back4App), Appwrite and PocketBase. The safest choice is the one you could leave, because every service on the list below was once someone's safe choice.",[14,884,885],{},"This guide replaces the migration posts and vendor pages that used to answer \"where do I go after Parse?\" Every date below comes from the vendor's own announcement, and every price was checked on the vendor's pricing page on October 17, 2026.",[31,887,889],{"id":888},"what-shut-down-and-when","What shut down, and when",[36,891,892,905],{},[39,893,894],{},[42,895,896,899,901,903],{},[45,897,898],{},"Service",[45,900,50],{},[45,902,47],{},[45,904,53],{},[55,906,907,928,949,969,988,1009],{},[42,908,909,915,918,921],{},[60,910,911,914],{},[17,912,913],{},"Parse"," (Facebook)",[60,916,917],{},"Hosted service retired after a one-year wind-down. Parse Server and a database migration tool were released as open source.",[60,919,920],{},"Announced January 28, 2016. Retired January 28, 2017",[60,922,923],{},[69,924,927],{"href":925,"rel":926},"https:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20160128222249\u002Fhttp:\u002F\u002Fblog.parse.com\u002Fannouncements\u002Fmoving-on\u002F",[73],"Parse blog, \"Moving On\"",[42,929,930,936,939,942],{},[60,931,932,935],{},[17,933,934],{},"Kinvey"," (Progress)",[60,937,938],{},"Bought by Progress. Today kinvey.com has no website address in DNS, and progress.com\u002Fkinvey redirects to a community page that returns a 404",[60,940,941],{},"Acquisition announced June 28, 2017. Links checked October 17, 2026",[60,943,944],{},[69,945,948],{"href":946,"rel":947},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.progress.com\u002Fblogs\u002Fprogress-acquires-the-leading-provider-of-backend-as-a-service",[73],"Progress",[42,950,951,956,959,962],{},[60,952,953,935],{},[17,954,955],{},"Telerik Platform and AppBuilder",[60,957,958],{},"Retired, with a notice telling users how to recover their apps and data",[60,960,961],{},"May 10, 2018",[60,963,964],{},[69,965,968],{"href":966,"rel":967},"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.npmjs.com\u002Fpackage\u002Fappbuilder",[73],"Progress notice on npm",[42,970,971,977,980,983],{},[60,972,973,976],{},[17,974,975],{},"Atlas Device Sync and Realm-based Device SDKs"," (MongoDB)",[60,978,979],{},"Deprecated, then removed. The on-device database continues as open source, without sync",[60,981,982],{},"Deprecated September 2024. Removed September 30, 2025",[60,984,985],{},[69,986,74],{"href":71,"rel":987},[73],[42,989,990,996,999,1002],{},[60,991,992,995],{},[17,993,994],{},"Visual Studio App Center"," (Microsoft)",[60,997,998],{},"Retired, including the hosted CodePush service. Analytics and Diagnostics are extended",[60,1000,1001],{},"March 31, 2025. Analytics and Diagnostics run until the end of March 2027",[60,1003,1004],{},[69,1005,1008],{"href":1006,"rel":1007},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.microsoft.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fappcenter\u002Fretirement",[73],"Microsoft",[42,1010,1011,1017,1025,1028],{},[60,1012,1013,1016],{},[17,1014,1015],{},"Firebase Dynamic Links"," (Google)",[60,1018,1019,1020,1024],{},"Shut down. Clicked links now return a 404 (",[69,1021,1023],{"href":1022},"\u002Fblog\u002Ffirebase-dynamic-links-shutdown-deep-linking-2026\u002F","what replaced it",")",[60,1026,1027],{},"August 25, 2025",[60,1029,1030],{},[69,1031,1034],{"href":1032,"rel":1033},"https:\u002F\u002Ffirebase.google.com\u002Fsupport\u002Fdynamic-links-faq",[73],"Firebase FAQ",[14,1036,1037],{},"The pattern is the same each time. A hosted service that is not the vendor's main business gets folded into something else or switched off, often with a year or more of notice. Apps that kept their data in standard formats, and their logic in their own code, moved in weeks. Apps that leaned on vendor-only features had to be rebuilt.",[31,1039,269],{"id":268},[36,1041,1042,1063],{},[39,1043,1044],{},[42,1045,1046,1049,1052,1055,1058,1061],{},[45,1047,1048],{},"Backend",[45,1050,1051],{},"Database",[45,1053,1054],{},"Open source",[45,1056,1057],{},"Free tier (checked October 17, 2026)",[45,1059,1060],{},"First paid tier",[45,1062,300],{},[55,1064,1065,1086,1108,1129,1156],{},[42,1066,1067,1072,1075,1077,1080,1083],{},[60,1068,1069],{},[17,1070,1071],{},"Firebase",[60,1073,1074],{},"Firestore (NoSQL)",[60,1076,600],{},[60,1078,1079],{},"Spark plan, no payment method needed. Firestore: 1 GiB stored, 50K reads, 20K writes and 20K deletes a day",[60,1081,1082],{},"Blaze, pay as you go (Spark's free usage is included)",[60,1084,1085],{},"Google-managed apps, push via FCM, offline-first mobile",[42,1087,1088,1093,1096,1099,1102,1105],{},[60,1089,1090],{},[17,1091,1092],{},"Supabase",[60,1094,1095],{},"PostgreSQL",[60,1097,1098],{},"Yes (Apache-2.0)",[60,1100,1101],{},"500 MB database, 50,000 monthly active users, 2 active projects, paused after 1 week of inactivity",[60,1103,1104],{},"Pro from $25 a month, including $10 of compute credit",[60,1106,1107],{},"SQL data, row-level security, teams who may self-host later",[42,1109,1110,1115,1118,1120,1123,1126],{},[60,1111,1112],{},[17,1113,1114],{},"Parse Server",[60,1116,1117],{},"MongoDB 7–8 or PostgreSQL 16–18",[60,1119,1098],{},[60,1121,1122],{},"Free to self-host. Back4App's hosted free plan: 25K requests a month, 250 MB of data, 1 GB of files",[60,1124,1125],{},"Back4App MVP at $15 per app a month, billed annually",[60,1127,1128],{},"Old Parse apps, and teams who want the Parse SDKs",[42,1130,1131,1136,1139,1142,1145,1153],{},[60,1132,1133],{},[17,1134,1135],{},"Appwrite",[60,1137,1138],{},"Its own database API",[60,1140,1141],{},"Yes (BSD-3-Clause)",[60,1143,1144],{},"Free cloud plan, or self-host",[60,1146,1147,1148],{},"See ",[69,1149,1152],{"href":1150,"rel":1151},"https:\u002F\u002Fappwrite.io\u002Fpricing",[73],"appwrite.io\u002Fpricing",[60,1154,1155],{},"Self-hosted auth, database, storage and functions in one box",[42,1157,1158,1163,1166,1169,1172,1175],{},[60,1159,1160],{},[17,1161,1162],{},"PocketBase",[60,1164,1165],{},"SQLite, in one Go binary",[60,1167,1168],{},"Yes (MIT)",[60,1170,1171],{},"Self-host only",[60,1173,1174],{},"Your own server",[60,1176,1177],{},"Small apps, internal tools, prototypes",[14,1179,1180],{},"Two notes on that table. Parse Server is very much alive: the Parse community shipped version 9.10.5 on October 16, 2026, and it runs on Node.js 22 and 24 (Node 20 reached end of life in April 2026). PocketBase is still pre-1.0 (v0.40.5, released October 8, 2026), so expect breaking changes between versions.",[31,1182,633],{"id":632},[635,1184,1185,1191,1197,1203,1209],{},[100,1186,1187,1190],{},[17,1188,1189],{},"You have an old Parse app."," Run Parse Server. Your client SDK calls keep working with few code changes, which was the whole point of the open-source release. Self-host it if you have someone to run MongoDB or PostgreSQL. Otherwise use a hosted Parse provider.",[100,1192,1193,1196],{},[17,1194,1195],{},"You are starting a new mobile app and want the least operations work."," Firebase or Supabase. Choose Firebase for NoSQL documents, Firebase Cloud Messaging and offline persistence. Choose Supabase if your data is relational, if you want SQL, or if you might self-host later.",[100,1198,1199,1202],{},[17,1200,1201],{},"You are leaving Realm Device Sync."," Keep the open-source on-device database if you only needed local storage. If you needed sync, move to a backend that syncs, then test offline edits, conflict handling and reconnects on real devices before you switch users over.",[100,1204,1205,1208],{},[17,1206,1207],{},"You must keep data on your own servers."," Appwrite or Parse Server for a full backend, PocketBase for a small one.",[100,1210,1211,1214],{},[17,1212,1213],{},"You were burned by a shutdown before."," Prefer open source, standard databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB) and your own domain for every URL your app depends on. Firebase Dynamic Links showed that links on a vendor's domain die with the vendor's product.",[31,1216,1218],{"id":1217},"migrating-off-a-dead-or-dying-backend","Migrating off a dead or dying backend",[14,1220,1221],{},"A backend migration is usually smaller than it looks, if you do it in this order:",[635,1223,1224,1230,1236,1242,1248,1254],{},[100,1225,1226,1229],{},[17,1227,1228],{},"List what the old backend actually did."," Sign-in methods, database tables or collections, file storage, push notifications, scheduled jobs, server-side code (Parse called it Cloud Code) and any webhooks. This list is your scope.",[100,1231,1232,1235],{},[17,1233,1234],{},"Export the data first."," Move the records into a database you control, then point the old API at it if you still can. Parse's own migration tool worked this way, with no downtime.",[100,1237,1238,1241],{},[17,1239,1240],{},"Move files separately."," File storage is often not part of a database export. Copy the files and rewrite their URLs.",[100,1243,1244,1247],{},[17,1245,1246],{},"Plan sign-in carefully."," Find out whether password hashes can be exported and imported. If they can't, users will have to reset their passwords, so tell them in advance.",[100,1249,1250,1253],{},[17,1251,1252],{},"Rebuild server-side code as functions."," Cloud Functions on Firebase, Edge Functions on Supabase, Cloud Code on Parse Server.",[100,1255,1256,1259],{},[17,1257,1258],{},"Ship an app update that talks to the new backend, then switch off the old one."," Keep the old endpoints read-only for one release cycle, because some users update late.",[31,1261,733],{"id":732},[14,1263,1264],{},"App369 is Simon Dziak's studio. He builds and runs Workspace369, a production Flutter and Firebase SaaS, so this advice comes from running a live backend, not from a vendor brochure.",[97,1266,1267,1273,1281],{},[100,1268,1269,1270,1272],{},"An app that broke when its backend changed: the ",[69,1271,740],{"href":739}," diagnoses one issue for $450 and fixes it for $1,200, both fixed price.",[100,1274,1275,1276,1280],{},"Moving data or connecting a new backend to Stripe, a CRM or another system: ",[69,1277,1279],{"href":1278},"\u002Ffixed-price\u002Fapi-integration\u002F","API Integration",", $1,200 fixed price, 5 business days.",[100,1282,1283,1284,1288],{},"Already on Firebase and the bill is climbing: the ",[69,1285,1287],{"href":1286},"\u002Ffixed-price\u002Ffirebase-cost-audit\u002F","Firebase Cost-Cut Audit",", $750 fixed price, 5 business days.",{"title":748,"searchDepth":749,"depth":749,"links":1290},[1291,1292,1293,1294,1295],{"id":888,"depth":749,"text":889},{"id":268,"depth":749,"text":269},{"id":632,"depth":749,"text":633},{"id":1217,"depth":749,"text":1218},{"id":732,"depth":749,"text":733},"2026-10-17T12:00:00.000Z","Parse, Kinvey, Telerik Platform, Realm Sync and App Center are gone. A dated record of what shut down, plus the 2026 options for your app backend (Firebase, Supabase, Parse Server, Appwrite, PocketBase) with prices checked October 17, 2026.",[1299,1302,1305,1308],{"question":1300,"answer":1301},"What replaced Parse after it shut down?","Facebook open-sourced Parse Server when it announced the shutdown on January 28, 2016. It is still maintained by the Parse community (version 9.10.5 shipped October 16, 2026) and runs on Node.js with MongoDB or PostgreSQL. You can self-host it or use a hosted Parse provider such as Back4App.",{"question":1303,"answer":1304},"Is Kinvey still available?","Not at its old address. Progress announced it had acquired Kinvey on June 28, 2017. On October 17, 2026, kinvey.com had no website address in DNS, and progress.com\u002Fkinvey redirected to a community page that returned a 404. If an app still depends on Kinvey, plan a migration now.",{"question":1306,"answer":1307},"What should I use instead of Realm Device Sync?","MongoDB ended Atlas Device Sync on September 30, 2025. The Realm on-device database continues as open source without sync. For a synced backend, Firebase (Firestore with offline persistence) and Supabase are the common replacements. Test offline behaviour in your own app before you commit.",{"question":1309,"answer":1310},"Firebase or Supabase for a new mobile app?","Firebase if you want Google-managed NoSQL, push notifications and a free Spark plan with no payment method. Supabase if you want PostgreSQL, SQL queries and an open-source stack you can self-host. Supabase Pro starts at $25 a month, and Firebase Blaze is pay as you go.",{"readingTimeStats":1312},{"text":1313,"minutes":1314,"time":1315,"words":1316},"5 min read",4.93,295800,986,"\u002Fblog\u002Fparse-kinvey-backend-as-a-service-alternatives-2026","parse alternatives",[1320,1321,1322],"how-to-cut-your-firebase-bill-2026","firebase-security-guide-2026","supabase-permission-denied-new-tables-october-30-2026",{"title":872,"description":1297},[1325,1327,1330,1332,1334,1335,1337,1339,1342,1345,1348,1351],{"title":1326,"url":925},"Parse blog, \"Moving On\" (January 28, 2016), Wayback Machine copy",{"title":1328,"url":1329},"Parse Server on GitHub (releases, supported databases)","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fparse-community\u002Fparse-server",{"title":1331,"url":946},"Progress, \"Progress Acquires the Leading Provider of Backend-as-a-Service\" (June 28, 2017)",{"title":1333,"url":966},"Progress, Telerik Platform retirement notice on the appbuilder npm package",{"title":802,"url":71},{"title":1336,"url":1032},"Firebase Dynamic Links FAQ (shutdown date)",{"title":1338,"url":1006},"Microsoft, Visual Studio App Center retirement",{"title":1340,"url":1341},"Firebase pricing","https:\u002F\u002Ffirebase.google.com\u002Fpricing",{"title":1343,"url":1344},"Supabase pricing","https:\u002F\u002Fsupabase.com\u002Fpricing",{"title":1346,"url":1347},"Back4App backend pricing","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.back4app.com\u002Fpricing\u002Fbackend-as-a-service",{"title":1349,"url":1350},"Appwrite on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fappwrite\u002Fappwrite",{"title":1352,"url":1353},"PocketBase on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fpocketbase\u002Fpocketbase","blog\u002Fparse-kinvey-backend-as-a-service-alternatives-2026","parse alternatives, parse.com, kinvey alternatives, telerik platform, backend as a service, baas, parse server, firebase vs supabase, realm device sync end of life, mbaas, mobile backend",[1357,1358,1359,1360,1361],"Parse was retired on January 28, 2017. Its open-source successor, Parse Server, is still maintained: version 9.10.5 shipped on October 16, 2026.","Progress bought Kinvey in 2017 and retired Telerik Platform on May 10, 2018. As of October 17, 2026, kinvey.com has no website and progress.com\u002Fkinvey ends in a 404.","MongoDB removed Atlas Device Sync and the Realm-based Device SDKs on September 30, 2025. The on-device database lives on as open source, without sync.","For a new app in 2026, the realistic choices are Firebase, Supabase, Parse Server (self-hosted or on Back4App), Appwrite and PocketBase.","Pick the one you could leave. An open-source backend you can self-host protects you from the next shutdown.","https:\u002F\u002Fapp369.com\u002Fblog\u002Fparse-kinvey-backend-as-a-service-alternatives-2026\u002F","jTTJzXG6QuY8wwAMmhyr_k4fYtvVes6GV33SSvZ41-E",{"id":1365,"title":1366,"author":1367,"body":1369,"category":763,"createdAt":1296,"description":1824,"disclosure":766,"extension":767,"faq":1825,"howTo":766,"location":784,"meta":1838,"navigation":791,"ogImage":766,"path":1844,"primaryKeyword":1845,"readingTime":794,"related":1846,"seo":1849,"sources":1850,"stem":1898,"tags":1899,"takeaways":1900,"updatedAt":1296,"url":1906,"__hash__":1907},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Ftitanium-phonegap-xamarin-cross-platform-frameworks-2026.md","Titanium, PhoneGap and Xamarin Are Gone: Which Cross-Platform Framework in 2026?",{"name":7,"social":1368},{"twitter":9},{"type":11,"value":1370,"toc":1815},[1371,1377,1380,1385,1387,1474,1476,1479,1502,1504,1663,1666,1690,1712,1714,1746,1749,1753,1803,1805],[14,1372,1373,1376],{},[17,1374,1375],{},"If your app was built with Appcelerator Titanium, PhoneGap or Xamarin, the vendor behind it has stopped, and old links to its docs now lead nowhere."," In 2026, the realistic choices for a mobile app are Flutter, React Native with Expo, .NET MAUI, Kotlin Multiplatform, and Ionic with Capacitor. Apache Cordova still exists, but it is a maintenance choice, not a starting point. The right pick depends on your team's language and on whether your old app is mostly web code or mostly native UI.",[14,1378,1379],{},"This page replaces the framework lists and vendor pages that used to answer \"which cross-platform tool should I use?\" Dates come from vendor announcements. Versions come from official release pages and were checked on October 17, 2026.",[14,1381,1382,1384],{},[17,1383,28],{}," we build with Flutter, and Simon runs Workspace369, a production Flutter and Firebase SaaS. We tried to keep the table below fair to every option.",[31,1386,889],{"id":888},[36,1388,1389,1402],{},[39,1390,1391],{},[42,1392,1393,1396,1398,1400],{},[45,1394,1395],{},"Framework",[45,1397,50],{},[45,1399,47],{},[45,1401,53],{},[55,1403,1404,1430,1455],{},[42,1405,1406,1411,1414,1417],{},[60,1407,1408],{},[17,1409,1410],{},"Appcelerator Titanium",[60,1412,1413],{},"Axway ended Titanium SDK support and moved the open-source project to the community. Axway Mobile Backend Services closed later. The SDK lives on under TiDev, Inc.",[60,1415,1416],{},"Support ended March 1, 2022. Backend services ended September 1, 2022",[60,1418,1419,1424,1425],{},[69,1420,1423],{"href":1421,"rel":1422},"https:\u002F\u002Fblog.axway.com\u002Fmobile-apps\u002Fchanges-to-application-development-services",[73],"Axway",", ",[69,1426,1429],{"href":1427,"rel":1428},"https:\u002F\u002Ftidev.io",[73],"TiDev",[42,1431,1432,1437,1440,1443],{},[60,1433,1434],{},[17,1435,1436],{},"PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build",[60,1438,1439],{},"Adobe ended development of both and ended its investment in Apache Cordova. Cordova continues as an Apache project.",[60,1441,1442],{},"Announced August 10, 2020. Build closed October 1, 2020",[60,1444,1445,1424,1450],{},[69,1446,1449],{"href":1447,"rel":1448},"http:\u002F\u002Fweb.archive.org\u002Fweb\u002F20200909095205\u002Fhttps:\u002F\u002Fblog.phonegap.com\u002Fupdate-for-customers-using-phonegap-and-phonegap-build-cc701c77502c",[73],"Adobe, archived",[69,1451,1454],{"href":1452,"rel":1453},"https:\u002F\u002Fsdtimes.com\u002Fadobe\u002Fadobe-to-discontinue-phonegap-development\u002F",[73],"SD Times",[42,1456,1457,1462,1465,1468],{},[60,1458,1459],{},[17,1460,1461],{},"Xamarin",[60,1463,1464],{},"Microsoft ended support for Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Mac. Xamarin.Forms moves to .NET MAUI.",[60,1466,1467],{},"May 1, 2024",[60,1469,1470],{},[69,1471,1008],{"href":1472,"rel":1473},"https:\u002F\u002Fdotnet.microsoft.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fplatform\u002Fsupport\u002Fpolicy\u002Fxamarin",[73],[124,1475,227],{"id":226},[14,1477,1478],{},"We checked these with curl on October 17, 2026.",[97,1480,1481,1487,1496],{},[100,1482,1483,1486],{},[17,1484,1485],{},"appcelerator.com"," fails the HTTPS certificate check. When we skip that check, it returns a 404 \"Unknown site\" page.",[100,1488,1489,254,1492,1495],{},[17,1490,1491],{},"phonegap.com",[17,1493,1494],{},"build.phonegap.com"," now load a software download directory called FreeSoft, which has no connection to Adobe or Cordova. Treat links to them as dead.",[100,1497,1498,1501],{},[17,1499,1500],{},"xamarin.com"," redirects to a Microsoft page, \"Mobile development with Xamarin\", on dotnet.microsoft.com.",[31,1503,269],{"id":268},[36,1505,1506,1525],{},[39,1507,1508],{},[42,1509,1510,1512,1515,1518,1520,1523],{},[45,1511],{},[45,1513,1514],{},"Language",[45,1516,1517],{},"Maintained by",[45,1519,297],{},[45,1521,1522],{},"Latest stable (checked Oct 17, 2026)",[45,1524,300],{},[55,1526,1527,1553,1574,1599,1620,1641],{},[42,1528,1529,1533,1536,1539,1542,1550],{},[60,1530,1531],{},[17,1532,399],{},[60,1534,1535],{},"Dart",[60,1537,1538],{},"Google",[60,1540,1541],{},"BSD-3-Clause",[60,1543,1544,1545,1024],{},"3.47.7, October 8, 2026 (",[69,1546,1549],{"href":1547,"rel":1548},"https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.flutter.dev\u002Frelease\u002Farchive",[73],"archive",[60,1551,1552],{},"New apps with a custom, consistent design on iOS, Android and web",[42,1554,1555,1560,1563,1566,1568,1571],{},[60,1556,1557],{},[17,1558,1559],{},"React Native + Expo",[60,1561,1562],{},"JavaScript or TypeScript",[60,1564,1565],{},"Meta and community (React Native), Expo (Expo)",[60,1567,365],{},[60,1569,1570],{},"React Native 0.88.0, October 15, 2026. Expo package 58.0.14, October 16, 2026",[60,1572,1573],{},"Teams that already know React",[42,1575,1576,1581,1584,1586,1588,1596],{},[60,1577,1578],{},[17,1579,1580],{},".NET MAUI",[60,1582,1583],{},"C# and XAML",[60,1585,1008],{},[60,1587,365],{},[60,1589,1590,1591,1024],{},"10.0.110, September 22, 2026 (",[69,1592,1595],{"href":1593,"rel":1594},"https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fdotnet\u002Fmaui\u002Freleases",[73],"releases",[60,1597,1598],{},".NET teams leaving Xamarin.Forms, line-of-business apps",[42,1600,1601,1606,1608,1611,1614,1617],{},[60,1602,1603],{},[17,1604,1605],{},"Kotlin Multiplatform + Compose Multiplatform",[60,1607,203],{},[60,1609,1610],{},"JetBrains",[60,1612,1613],{},"Apache-2.0 (Compose Multiplatform)",[60,1615,1616],{},"Kotlin 2.4.21, October 8, 2026. Compose Multiplatform 1.12.2, October 15, 2026",[60,1618,1619],{},"Android teams that want to share logic, or UI as well, with iOS",[42,1621,1622,1627,1630,1633,1635,1638],{},[60,1623,1624],{},[17,1625,1626],{},"Ionic + Capacitor",[60,1628,1629],{},"JavaScript or TypeScript, any web framework",[60,1631,1632],{},"Ionic (part of OutSystems) and community",[60,1634,365],{},[60,1636,1637],{},"Capacitor 8.5.3, October 7, 2026. Ionic Framework 9.0.8, October 14, 2026",[60,1639,1640],{},"Web teams and old PhoneGap or Cordova apps",[42,1642,1643,1648,1651,1654,1657,1660],{},[60,1644,1645],{},[17,1646,1647],{},"Apache Cordova",[60,1649,1650],{},"JavaScript, HTML, CSS",[60,1652,1653],{},"Apache Software Foundation",[60,1655,1656],{},"Apache-2.0",[60,1658,1659],{},"cordova 13.0.0, November 25, 2025. cordova-android 15.1.0, July 22, 2026",[60,1661,1662],{},"Keeping an existing Cordova app alive",[14,1664,1665],{},"Notes on the table:",[97,1667,1668,1671,1674,1682],{},[100,1669,1670],{},"Cordova is still maintained. Its Android platform shipped a release in July 2026. Adobe left in 2020, but the Apache project stayed. We would not start a new app on it.",[100,1672,1673],{},"Titanium is not in the table because it is a community project now. Its latest release is 13.4.1.GA (August 25, 2026) under the Apache License 2.0. It makes sense only if you already run a Titanium app and have JavaScript people.",[100,1675,1676,1677,1681],{},"Compose Multiplatform is stable for Android, iOS and desktop, and its web target (Kotlin\u002FWasm) is in Beta, according to ",[69,1678,1610],{"href":1679,"rel":1680},"https:\u002F\u002Fkotlinlang.org\u002Fdocs\u002Fmultiplatform\u002Fsupported-platforms.html",[73],".",[100,1683,1684,1685,1681],{},".NET MAUI builds native apps for Android, iOS, macOS and Windows from C# and XAML, per ",[69,1686,1689],{"href":1687,"rel":1688},"https:\u002F\u002Flearn.microsoft.com\u002Fen-us\u002Fdotnet\u002Fmaui\u002Fwhat-is-maui",[73],"Microsoft Learn",[14,1691,1692,1693,254,1697,1701,1702,1706,1707,1711],{},"For deeper head-to-heads, see our ",[69,1694,1696],{"href":1695},"\u002Fcompare\u002Fflutter-vs-react-native\u002F","Flutter vs React Native",[69,1698,1700],{"href":1699},"\u002Fcompare\u002Fflutter-vs-xamarin\u002F","Flutter vs Xamarin"," pages, plus ",[69,1703,1705],{"href":1704},"\u002Fcompare\u002Fnative-vs-cross-platform\u002F","native vs cross-platform",". If the term is new, ",[69,1708,1710],{"href":1709},"\u002Fglossary\u002Fwhat-is-cross-platform-development\u002F","what is cross-platform development"," explains the idea in plain words.",[31,1713,633],{"id":632},[635,1715,1716,1722,1728,1734,1740],{},[100,1717,1718,1721],{},[17,1719,1720],{},"You have an old PhoneGap or Cordova app."," Try Capacitor first. Your web code stays, and Capacitor has a documented path from Cordova. You may keep some Cordova plugins while you swap them one by one. This is usually the smallest project.",[100,1723,1724,1727],{},[17,1725,1726],{},"You have a C# and .NET team leaving Xamarin."," Start with .NET MAUI. Microsoft names it as the Xamarin.Forms successor, and your C# skills and business logic carry over. Expect to rework custom renderers and third-party libraries.",[100,1729,1730,1733],{},[17,1731,1732],{},"You have a web team and want one codebase across web and mobile."," Choose Capacitor if you want to keep your existing web app as is. Choose React Native with Expo if you want a more native feel and your people know React.",[100,1735,1736,1739],{},[17,1737,1738],{},"You are building a new app that must look and feel right on both stores."," Flutter and React Native are the two most common picks. Flutter draws its own interface, so screens look the same everywhere. React Native uses native controls. If your team is Android-first and knows Kotlin, Kotlin Multiplatform is a strong third option.",[100,1741,1742,1745],{},[17,1743,1744],{},"You have a Titanium app that still works."," There is no rush. TiDev still ships releases. But you are tied to a small community and a JavaScript-to-native bridge, so plan an exit when you next need a big feature. Move to React Native if your team likes JavaScript, or Flutter if you want a clean rebuild.",[14,1747,1748],{},"Avoid choosing from a \"top 10\" list. Choose from your team's skills, your plugin list and how long the app must live.",[31,1750,1752],{"id":1751},"migration-checklist-for-an-old-hybrid-app","Migration checklist for an old hybrid app",[635,1754,1755,1761,1767,1773,1779,1785,1791,1797],{},[100,1756,1757,1760],{},[17,1758,1759],{},"List every native plugin and device API."," Camera, push, Bluetooth, biometrics, payments, file access, background tasks. This list decides everything else.",[100,1762,1763,1766],{},[17,1764,1765],{},"Check what each target supports."," For Capacitor, compare your list with the official and community plugins. Its migration guide notes that some Cordova plugins are skipped as incompatible, and that replacements may not match the old plugin exactly. Test those features first.",[100,1768,1769,1772],{},[17,1770,1771],{},"Decide between rewrite and wrap."," If the app is mostly web code in a shell, wrap it again (Capacitor). If the UI is native Titanium or Xamarin, you are porting or rewriting. Do not count on a converter.",[100,1774,1775,1778],{},[17,1776,1777],{},"Set up the new project on a branch."," Get one real screen and one native feature running on a physical phone before you commit to the plan.",[100,1780,1781,1784],{},[17,1782,1783],{},"Plan the store update."," Keep the same bundle ID and signing keys so the new build updates the old app instead of making a new listing. Check that Apple and Google still accept your target SDK levels.",[100,1786,1787,1790],{},[17,1788,1789],{},"Plan the data migration."," Check where local data lives: LocalStorage, SQLite, secure storage. Write a one-time import so users do not lose data on update. Capacitor's guide covers a LocalStorage scheme setting for Ionic and Cordova apps.",[100,1792,1793,1796],{},[17,1794,1795],{},"Run a staged release."," Ship to a small group first (TestFlight, Google Play internal testing), then widen.",[100,1798,1799,1802],{},[17,1800,1801],{},"Retire the old pipeline."," If you used PhoneGap Build or another cloud builder, move builds to your own CI before you cut over.",[31,1804,733],{"id":732},[14,1806,1807,1808,1810,1811,1814],{},"If your migration is stuck on one bug, such as a build that fails, a login loop or a screen that breaks after the switch, our ",[69,1809,740],{"href":739}," is a fixed-price option. The Diagnosis is $450 in 3 business days, with a fixed repair quote and the fee credited toward the fix. The Fix is $1,200 in 5 business days, with a pull request, a regression test and handover notes. It covers Flutter, Swift, Kotlin, React, Vue, Firebase and Node.js, and it does not cover rewrites. For a full migration or rewrite, ",[69,1812,1813],{"href":744},"contact us"," and we will scope it.",{"title":748,"searchDepth":749,"depth":749,"links":1816},[1817,1820,1821,1822,1823],{"id":888,"depth":749,"text":889,"children":1818},[1819],{"id":226,"depth":754,"text":227},{"id":268,"depth":749,"text":269},{"id":632,"depth":749,"text":633},{"id":1751,"depth":749,"text":1752},{"id":732,"depth":749,"text":733},"Appcelerator Titanium, PhoneGap and Xamarin have ended or moved to the community. What shut down, plus 2026 options with versions checked October 17, 2026.",[1826,1829,1832,1835],{"question":1827,"answer":1828},"What replaced Appcelerator Titanium?","Titanium itself was not replaced. Axway ended its support on March 1, 2022 and the open-source SDK moved to the community project TiDev, which still ships releases (13.4.1.GA on August 25, 2026). If you want to leave it, the common targets are Flutter, React Native and Capacitor. The right one depends on whether your team writes JavaScript, Dart, C# or Kotlin.",{"question":1830,"answer":1831},"Is PhoneGap still available?","No. Adobe ended development of PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build in 2020, and the Build service closed on October 1, 2020. The open-source engine under PhoneGap, Apache Cordova, continues under the Apache Software Foundation. Most teams moving off PhoneGap go to Capacitor, which has a documented Cordova migration path.",{"question":1833,"answer":1834},"Is Xamarin still supported?","No. Microsoft ended support for Xamarin.Android, Xamarin.iOS, Xamarin.Forms and Xamarin.Mac on May 1, 2024. Microsoft points Xamarin.Forms projects to .NET MAUI and the native bindings to .NET for Android, .NET for iOS and .NET for Mac. Apps already in the stores keep running, but new OS changes can break them.",{"question":1836,"answer":1837},"Should I rewrite my old hybrid app or wrap it again?","If the app is mostly a web app in a native shell (PhoneGap or Cordova), moving it to Capacitor is usually the cheapest path because your web code stays. If the app uses Titanium or Xamarin native UI, there is no wrapper path, and you are choosing between a port to the closest modern framework and a rewrite. Inventory your plugins before you decide.",{"readingTimeStats":1839},{"text":1840,"minutes":1841,"time":1842,"words":1843},"6 min read",5.86,351600,1172,"\u002Fblog\u002Ftitanium-phonegap-xamarin-cross-platform-frameworks-2026","appcelerator titanium alternative",[1847,798,1848],"flutter-vs-ionic-2026","flutter-vs-native-app-development-2026",{"title":1366,"description":1824},[1851,1853,1856,1858,1860,1863,1865,1867,1870,1872,1874,1876,1878,1881,1884,1886,1889,1892,1895],{"title":1852,"url":1447},"Adobe I\u002FO, \"Update for Customers Using PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build\" (August 10, 2020), Wayback Machine copy",{"title":1854,"url":1855},"Ionic Framework releases on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fionic-team\u002Fionic-framework\u002Freleases",{"title":1857,"url":1421},"Axway, Titanium SDK end of support and Mobile Backend Services (March 1 and September 1, 2022)",{"title":1859,"url":1427},"TiDev, Titanium SDK home page",{"title":1861,"url":1862},"Titanium SDK on GitHub (releases, Apache License 2.0)","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ftidev\u002Ftitanium-sdk",{"title":1864,"url":1452},"SD Times, \"Adobe to discontinue PhoneGap development\" (2020)",{"title":1647,"url":1866},"https:\u002F\u002Fcordova.apache.org\u002F",{"title":1868,"url":1869},"Cordova on npm (version 13.0.0, Apache-2.0)","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.npmjs.com\u002Fpackage\u002Fcordova",{"title":1871,"url":1472},"Microsoft, Xamarin support policy (ended May 1, 2024)",{"title":1873,"url":1687},"Microsoft Learn, What is .NET MAUI?",{"title":1875,"url":1593},".NET MAUI releases on GitHub",{"title":1877,"url":1547},"Flutter release archive",{"title":1879,"url":1880},"React Native releases on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Ffacebook\u002Freact-native\u002Freleases",{"title":1882,"url":1883},"Expo on GitHub and npm","https:\u002F\u002Fwww.npmjs.com\u002Fpackage\u002Fexpo",{"title":1885,"url":1679},"Kotlin Multiplatform and Compose Multiplatform (JetBrains)",{"title":1887,"url":1888},"Compose Multiplatform releases on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FJetBrains\u002Fcompose-multiplatform\u002Freleases",{"title":1890,"url":1891},"Kotlin releases on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002FJetBrains\u002Fkotlin\u002Freleases",{"title":1893,"url":1894},"Capacitor releases on GitHub","https:\u002F\u002Fgithub.com\u002Fionic-team\u002Fcapacitor\u002Freleases",{"title":1896,"url":1897},"Capacitor docs, migrating from Cordova to Capacitor","https:\u002F\u002Fcapacitorjs.com\u002Fdocs\u002Fcordova\u002Fmigrating-from-cordova-to-capacitor","blog\u002Ftitanium-phonegap-xamarin-cross-platform-frameworks-2026","appcelerator titanium alternative, phonegap alternative, xamarin alternative, cross-platform mobile frameworks, hybrid app frameworks, cordova vs capacitor, xamarin to maui, flutter vs react native, kotlin multiplatform, mobile app framework 2026",[1901,1902,1903,1904,1905],"Axway ended Titanium SDK support on March 1, 2022 and the open-source project went to the community. Today it is maintained by TiDev, Inc. (Titanium SDK 13.4.1.GA shipped August 25, 2026).","Adobe ended PhoneGap and PhoneGap Build in 2020, with the Build service closing October 1, 2020. Apache Cordova, the engine underneath, is still maintained by the Apache Software Foundation.","Microsoft ended support for all Xamarin SDKs on May 1, 2024. The successors are .NET MAUI for Xamarin.Forms apps and .NET for Android and iOS for the native bindings.","For a new app in 2026, the realistic choices are Flutter, React Native with Expo, .NET MAUI, Kotlin Multiplatform with Compose Multiplatform, and Ionic with Capacitor.","Pick by your team and your app: web team, Capacitor or React Native. C# team, .NET MAUI. Kotlin team, Kotlin Multiplatform. A new app with its own design, Flutter.","https:\u002F\u002Fapp369.com\u002Fblog\u002Ftitanium-phonegap-xamarin-cross-platform-frameworks-2026\u002F","Trzqac95CB27ud_b_qOpE_1fOnrqUywEBFsyIl6DY9U",{"id":1909,"title":1910,"author":1911,"body":1913,"category":2237,"createdAt":2238,"description":2239,"disclosure":766,"extension":767,"faq":766,"howTo":766,"location":784,"meta":2240,"navigation":791,"ogImage":766,"path":2245,"primaryKeyword":766,"readingTime":2246,"related":766,"seo":2247,"sources":766,"stem":2248,"tags":2249,"takeaways":766,"updatedAt":2250,"url":2251,"__hash__":2252},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fflutter-vs-react-native-app369-choice.md","Flutter vs React Native: Which Is Best?",{"name":7,"social":1912},{"twitter":9},{"type":11,"value":1914,"toc":2222},[1915,1924,1928,1931,1934,1938,1941,1967,1974,1978,1981,2007,2010,2014,2017,2043,2050,2054,2057,2083,2086,2090,2096,2102,2108,2114,2120,2126,2132,2138,2144,2156,2158,2162,2169,2177,2180,2184,2197,2201,2207,2211,2214],[14,1916,1917,1918,1923],{},"When it comes to cross-platform mobile development, two frameworks dominate the conversation: Flutter and React Native. Both promise to deliver native-quality apps across iOS and Android from a single codebase, but they take very different approaches. At App369, we've built our entire template ecosystem on Flutter, and there's a compelling reason why. Our Flutter-powered templates deliver exceptional performance, stunning visuals, and consistent user experiences in ",[69,1919,1922],{"href":1920,"rel":1921},"https:\u002F\u002Ftemplate369.com\u002F",[73],"Template369",". Here's why we chose Flutter over React Native—and why it matters for your business.",[31,1925,1927],{"id":1926},"the-cross-platform-development-landscape","The Cross-Platform Development Landscape",[14,1929,1930],{},"Cross-platform development has reshaped mobile app creation, allowing businesses to reach both iOS and Android users without building separate native apps. This approach cuts development time in half, reduces costs dramatically, and simplifies maintenance. However, not all cross-platform solutions are created equal.",[14,1932,1933],{},"React Native, backed by Meta (Facebook), uses JavaScript and renders components through native bridges. Flutter, Google's framework, takes a different approach with Dart programming language and its own rendering engine. While both can create impressive apps, the devil is in the details—and those details make all the difference for performance, user experience, and long-term success.",[31,1935,1937],{"id":1936},"why-app369-chose-flutter-over-react-native","Why App369 Chose Flutter Over React Native",[14,1939,1940],{},"After extensive testing and real-world development, we made Flutter our foundation. Here's what drove our decision:",[97,1942,1943,1949,1955,1961],{},[100,1944,1945,1948],{},[17,1946,1947],{},"Superior Performance",": Flutter compiles to native ARM code, eliminating the JavaScript bridge that can slow down React Native apps. This means smoother animations, faster load times, and more responsive interfaces—crucial for user retention.",[100,1950,1951,1954],{},[17,1952,1953],{},"Consistent UI Across Platforms",": Flutter's custom rendering engine ensures your app looks identical on iOS and Android. No more platform-specific quirks or inconsistent behavior that can confuse users.",[100,1956,1957,1960],{},[17,1958,1959],{},"Rich Animation Support",": Flutter's animation framework is built from the ground up for smooth, complex animations. Our templates leverage this for engaging micro-interactions that feel premium.",[100,1962,1963,1966],{},[17,1964,1965],{},"Faster Development Cycle",": Hot reload in Flutter is lightning-fast, and the framework's widget-based architecture makes building complex UIs intuitive and efficient.",[14,1968,1969,1970,1973],{},"The result? Our Flutter templates deliver native-quality experiences through ",[69,1971,1922],{"href":1920,"rel":1972},[73],", without the performance compromises or platform inconsistencies that can plague React Native apps.",[31,1975,1977],{"id":1976},"performance-where-flutter-shines","Performance: Where Flutter Shines",[14,1979,1980],{},"Performance isn't just about speed—it's about user experience. 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