What is Expo?
Expo is a full-stack React Native framework with cloud services to build and distribute applications across Android, iOS, and web from a single codebase.
Expo pricing
Plans, per-tier features and add-ons, dated and linked to live pricing. Pricing changes often; always verify at source before you rely on it.
From $19/month. Free tier available.
Free
Free- maus
- 1K
- ios_builds
- 15/month
- ci_cd_minutes
- 60
- android_builds
- 15/month
- 15 Android and 15 iOS builds
- Low-priority queue
- 60 min on CI/CD Workflows
- Send updates to 1K MAUs
- Access to Launch
- Access to Observe
Starter
For developers ready to launch real-world apps
- maus
- 3K
- build_credit
- $45
- $45 of build credit
- High-priority queue
- Access to large workers
- Send updates to 3K MAUs
- Access to Observe
Production
For teams building and distributing production apps
- maus
- 50K
- env_vars
- 10
- build_credit
- $225
- concurrencies
- 2
- $225 of build credit
- 2 included concurrencies
- Send updates to 50K MAUs
- 10 env var environments
- Priority support
- Single sign-on (SSO)
- Access to Observe
Enterprise
Contact salesFor apps with scale, security, and compliance needs
- maus
- 1M+
- build_credit
- $1,000
- concurrencies
- 5
- $1,000 of build credit
- 5 included concurrencies
- Send updates to 1M+ MAUs
- CI/CD Workflows insights
- Slack and strategic support
- Service Level Agreements
Add-ons
- Extra concurrencies$50/concurrency/mo
What Expo does
The capabilities that matter for mobile app frameworks, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Target platforms
- Android, iOS, web
- Approach
- Native declarative
- Primary language
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- Renders true native UI
- ✓
- Hot reload
- -
- TypeScript-first
- ✗
- Over-the-air code push
- ✓
- Single codebase, multiple platforms
- ✓
- Desktop support
- ✗
- Builds for web
- ✓
- Native API access
- Plugin / bridged
- Bundled UI component library
- ✗
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- iOS
- Web
- Android
- Cloud / SaaS
Expo alternatives
Other mobile app frameworks we track, ranked by the same independent score.
- React NativeLearn once, write anywherelow · 41%
- FlutterBuild apps for any screenlow · 26%
- ElectronBuild cross-platform desktop apps with JavaScript, HTML, and CSSlow · 31%
- Compose MultiplatformBuild beautiful shared UIs for Android, iOS, desktop, and web that feel natural on every platformlow · 16%
- .NET MAUIBuild native, cross-platform desktop and mobile apps all in one frameworklow · 22%
- IonicThe mobile SDK for the Weblow · 44%
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Expo, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Package Downloads | 89 | 26.00 | 2318.2 | ✓ |
| Github Activity | 63 | 18.00 | 1135.8 | ✓ |
| Capabilities | 67 | 16.00 | 1073.9 | ✓ |
| Security Posture | 50 | 13.00 | 650.0 | ✓ |
| Github Stars | 89 | 5.00 | 444.2 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 50 | 8.00 | 400.0 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 45 | 8.00 | 360.0 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 50 | 6.00 | 300.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 0 | 8.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Release Cadence | 0 | 10.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Stackoverflow Activity | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Activity
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Commits last 30d | 100 | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 65% |
Adoption
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"targets":"Android, iOS, web","approach":"native_declarative","language":"JavaScript/TypeScript","web_target":true,"ota_updates":true,"native_widgets":true,"desktop_support":false,"official_ui_kit":false,"single_codebase":true,"typescript_first":false,"native_api_access":"plugin_bridged"} | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |
Language
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Primary | TypeScript | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 90% |
License
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Spdx | MIT | highsource · 2026-08-01 · 99% |
Pricing
Reliability
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Status page | Yes | mediumsource · 2026-08-01 · 60% |