Responsive Web vs Native Mobile Builder

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For devs with live Bubble apps in production

Deciding between:
A) Responsive web (mobile-first) → native later
B) Bubble’s native mobile builder now

Priorities: stability, iteration speed, avoiding platform edge-case issues

Is the mobile builder production-ready for real apps today?

What are the biggest limitations or pain points you’ve hit?

  1. If starting now, which path would you take and why?

Looking for firsthand experience only.

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Mobile is still in Beta, so it depends on a few things.

  1. If your app is going to be complex, then might want to start with the web app since the mobile app builder doesn’t have all the options as web does yet.

  2. Is your app going to be mobile first? Are you looking to add your app to the App Stores?

If your app is simple enough and you focusing on mobile first, then doing the beta could be worth it. If you have a complex app but don’t really need a mobile app, then the web app could be a better choice. :blush:

Hope that helps.

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Thanks for the input - I’m debugging the web app now but need to roll out mobile at the same time… I’m planning to limit mobile functionality at first to try to ease into it.

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Then I think it’s worth giving it a shot if you think it might be worth it. You just need to do bug reports when things aren’ working properly so the Bubble team can fix it. :blush:

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Yeah, I’m very familiar with bug reports on the web app, sometimes I feel like I spend more time issuing them than actually working.Lol :woozy_face:

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Yeah, for sure. I only do it when I know it’s a bug and have tested it fully. Even then, it could be a pain.