NativeScript AlternativesTop Android Development Tools and other similar apps like NativeScript

NativeScript is described as 'Lets you develop truly native apps for iOS and Android from a single code base of JavaScript or TypeScript, XML and CSS. NativeScript takes your cross-platform code and translates it into the language that your target platform speaks' and is a android development tool in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to NativeScript for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Android, iPhone and Mac apps. The best NativeScript alternative is WebViewGold. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Apache Cordova or React Native. Other great apps like NativeScript are Appcelerator Titanium, Uno Platform, WebDGap and Ionic Framework.

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  1. WebViewGold icon
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    WebViewGold

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    Convert your websites and web apps into iOS, Android & macOS apps in 60 seconds. No coding required, it just works. App Store and Play Store approval guarantee. Send push notifications & display AdMob ads to monetize your application. It just works.

    24 WebViewGold alternatives
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    License model

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • iPad

    WebViewGold Features

    1.  Smart Templates
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    easy setup configuration and a lot of features built-in

    Positive comment •May 9, 2019
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    best solution for ios webview online in my opinion

    Positive comment •Sep 9, 2019
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    • Almost everyone thinks WebViewGold is a great NativeScript alternative.

    • WebViewGold is the most popular Web-based, Android, iPhone & iPad alternative to NativeScript.

    • WebViewGold is the most popular commercial alternative to NativeScript.

    • WebViewGold is Paid and ProprietaryNativeScript is Free and Open Source
  2. Apache Cordova icon
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    Apache Cordova

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    Apache Cordova is a set of device APIs that allow a mobile app developer to access native device function such as the camera or accelerometer from JavaScript. Combined with a UI framework such as jQuery Mobile or Dojo Mobile or Sencha Touch, this allows a smartphone app to be...

    47 Apache Cordova alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Ad-free
    2.  No registration required
    3.  Dark Mode
    4.  Portable
    5.  Web-Based
    6.  Multiplatform Export
    7.  Javascript scripting
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    • Apache Cordova is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to NativeScript.

    • Apache Cordova is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to NativeScript.

    • Apache Cordova is Free and Open SourceNativeScript is also Free and Open Source
    • Apache Cordova is LightweightNativeScript is not according to our users
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    React Native

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    React Native enables you to build world-class application experiences on native platforms using a consistent developer experience based on JavaScript and React. The focus of React Native is on developer efficiency across all the platforms you care about — learn once, write...

    41 React Native alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    React Native Features

    1.  Performance Monitoring
    2.  React
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  5. Appcelerator Titanium icon
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    Appcelerator Titanium

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    Appcelerator Titanium, offered for free by Appcelerator, lets web developers use web technologies, open source and cloud computing to build native apps for iPhone, Android, Windows, Mac OSX and Linux.

    73 Appcelerator Titanium alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted

    Appcelerator Titanium Features

    1.  No Coding Required
    2.  Cross-Platform
    3.  Native application
    4.  Code Completion
    5.  Mobile friendly
    6.  Ruby
    Discontinued

    On February 2021, Axway announced that Appcelerator Titanium has been discontinued, with support ending on March 1, 2022. All private source code will be made open source by this date. https://www.axway.com/en/appcelerator-end-of-life

    Appcelerator Titanium iconNativeScript Icon

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    • Appcelerator Titanium is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to NativeScript.

    • Appcelerator Titanium is Free and Open SourceNativeScript is also Free and Open Source
  6. Uno Platform icon
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    Uno Platform

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    Uno is the platform for building native mobile, desktop and WebAssembly apps with C#, XAML from single codebase. It's a Universal Windows Platform Bridge that allows UWP-based code (C# and XAML) to run on iOS, Android, and WebAssembly.

    38 Uno Platform alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    Uno Platform Features

    1.  Support for WebAssembly
    2.  Native application
    3.  XAML
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    • Uno Platform is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to NativeScript.

    • Uno Platform is Free and Open SourceNativeScript is also Free and Open Source
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    WebDGap

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    WebDGap allows you to convert any website or HTML/CSS/JavaScript web application to a native Windows, Mac, Linux, and Chrome application.

    51 WebDGap alternatives
    WebDGap running on Windows 10

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Chrome OS
    • Android Tablet
    • Self-Hosted

    WebDGap Features

    1.  Supports Zip files
    2.  Lightweight wrapper
    WebDGap running on Mac OS X El Capitan v10.11
    WebDGap running on Elementary OS (Ubuntu 14.04 Linux based distribution)
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    WebDGap running on Android 6.0
    Discontinued

    This app was discontinued on April 13, 2018.

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  9. Ionic Framework icon
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    Ionic Framework

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    Ionic is an open source app development toolkit for building modern, fast, top-quality cross-platform native and Progressive Web Apps from a single codebase with JavaScript and the Web.

    32 Ionic Framework alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • JavaScript
    • Sass

    Ionic Framework Features

    1.  Native application
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  10. Svelte Native icon
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    Svelte Native

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    Svelte Native is a new approach to building mobile applications using NativeScript. Where other JavaScript mobile development frameworks like React Native and NativeScript-Vue do the bulk of their work on the mobile device, Svelte Native shifts that work into a compile step that...

    40 Svelte Native alternatives
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    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • NativeScript
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  11. WebIntoApp.com icon
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    WebIntoApp.com

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    Turn your website into a dedicated App for Android and iOS, online and in minutes. With Usage Statistics, Push notifications, Google Play Store ready, Earn money with AdMob, Source Code available and so much more. Free Sign Up.

    23 WebIntoApp.com alternatives
    App Maker

    License model

    • Free Personal • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • iPad

    WebIntoApp.com Features

    1.  Push Notifications
    Dashboard
    Installs Statistics
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    App Maker
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  12. Capacitor by Ionic icon
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    Capacitor by Ionic

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    An open source native runtime that makes it easy to build cross-platform apps that run equally well on iOS, Android, and the Web.

    48 Capacitor by Ionic alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Android
    • iPhone

    Capacitor by Ionic Features

    1.  Progressive Web App
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  13. DroidScript icon
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    DroidScript

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    DroidScript is an IDE that runs on Android devices for coding, testing and building apps to run on Android. Code is written in javascript with objects and methods for layout, controls, sensors, camera, web, files, etc.

    12 DroidScript alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Android

    DroidScript Features

    1.  Material design
    2.  Native application compiler
    3.  JavaScript Rendering
    4.  Support for Node.js
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  14. Web Atoms for Xamarin Forms icon
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    Web Atoms for Xamarin Forms

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    Web Atoms is set of powerful tools (NuGet packages, NPM packages) to build native cross platform Xamarin Forms apps with JavaScript. With JSX, you can write UI instead of Xaml. And you can do push code (hot reload in production).

    6 Web Atoms for Xamarin Forms alternatives
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    License model

    Application types

    Platforms

    • iPhone
    • iPad

    Web Atoms for Xamarin Forms Features

    1.  Native application
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