> Is there a benefit to launching on both platforms out of the gate?
I guess the benefit is access to larger audience, and as a result easier growth; this could be especially important in the context of a startup.
I guess the benefit is access to larger audience, and as a result easier growth; this could be especially important in the context of a startup.
Then can treat the other platform as a marketing cost - i.e. if you're making 75k on iOS and predict a similar revenue for Android it's worth it to hire an Android developer for to build it out. But if one hasn't yet found a few hundred quality users on one platform why build the other one.
There can be probably other reasons too.
While potencial of a large audience is great, if you don't even have users to start with, the choice should be the response to "what gets PMF faster" and not "what do I need to take me from 500k ARR to +2M ARR".
Hell, instead of casting that wider net for users, you could still only release/focus on iOS, but still have tons of work done when you're ready to move your React app to those other platforms.
But more importantly, why it doesn’t take advantage of an accessibility feature that that a native app would get for free.