Most people who actually do make money with Ionic/Cordova just go bazinga from these comments. So, I'm just gonna c/p what I wrote [here](http://tutorials.pluralsight.com/front-end-javascript/gettin...):
> ...at this point you may still say: Yeah, sure, but I've heard that React/Ember/NameYourPoison is way better. I will answer this question similarly as I did in a conference talk I gave a few months ago: Please just stop with the analysis paralysis already. Pick a framework (any framework for that matter) that the community is using, use it, and see how far it gets you. All these talks about X being slow or Y being better just make no sense until you try it yourself for your use case and preference.
With this said, I have to add that it would be unwise not to keep an eye on the 'latest and greatest' frameworks. So, please note that I'm not defending Ionic's honor, with all due honesty it has its problems (speed and lack of plugins to name a few - however, truth be told it has the most of the lot). And, if it's obvious that we would do way better with technology XYZ, I'd be the first to say 'K, no probs, let's learn and use it'. But, until Ionic (and soon Ionic 2) keeps showing results, I'll bet my money on that horse.
And now for a twist "heeey, but that NativeScript looks shineeeey!"
> Who are you, dude!? #3 at [StackOverflow in Ionic](http://stackoverflow.com/tags/ionic-framework/topusers), author of [Ionic book](https://leanpub.com/ionic-framework).