Onsen UI

What do you like best?

Hybrid app development is so much easier than native app development and with Onsen UI we can use our existing AngularJS, JQuery, Plain JS or ReactJS and HTML5 skills to create and publish an app in all the platforms (iOS, Android, Amazon Tablets(also Android) and Microsoft).

The apps have good performance in iOS and perform exactly like native iOS apps unless you have some map feature. The developers at OnsenUI do a good work in adding new elements, features like infinite scroll and UI frameworks like MaterialUI. They also have several sample apps for various needs so it is much easier and faster to use one of those apps and then start customizing them to fit your needs.

What do you dislike?

The price. They have increased the price in recent times. Although I find it much easier to use compared to ionic but smaller community base means that we have less public contribution and in some cases, some of the bugs take a long time to get fixed. Although the performance of the apps in iOS is much better but in Android, sometimes it is slower. Also, they should introduce native plugins for maps.

Recommendations to others considering the product:

If you are in need of an IDE or a UI Framework for Hybrid Apps, then you should consider OnsenUI. Although the community is not as big as ionic but it is easier to get started with.

What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?

I build Hybrid apps with OnsenUI that can work well in all the platforms.