A React Native developer who's shipped to the App Store and Play Store — not just built tutorials.
Production React Native development requires experience with Expo EAS, App Store review processes, push notification infrastructure, native module integration, and the specific failure modes that only surface with real users. RCB Software has delivered production React Native apps to both stores. Fixed scope, fixed price.
You're looking for a React Native developer who can take your mobile app from concept to live App Store and Play Store listing — not just a developer who knows the basics from a Udemy course.
React Native developers who can ship production apps to both stores are rarer than the developer market suggests. The skills required go beyond React Native component development: Expo EAS Build for production builds and code signing, certificate management for iOS (provisioning profiles, distribution certificates, App Store Connect configuration), Google Play Console setup and Android signing, App Store review guideline compliance, push notification infrastructure, and the debugging skills to identify problems that only surface on real devices.
Many React Native developers have experience building apps that run in Expo Go (the development client) but haven't navigated the full production deployment pipeline. The production pipeline is where the complexity lives: configuring EAS build profiles, managing iOS certificates across development and production, handling App Store Connect metadata and screenshots, and responding to App Store review rejection with specific guideline citations.
Beyond the deployment skills, production React Native development requires experience with the specific failure modes of React Native apps with real users: memory management in long-running list views, the keyboard avoidance behaviour differences between iOS and Android, the specific gestures that feel natural on each platform, and the native module integrations that React Native's JavaScript bridge doesn't cover (camera access, biometrics, background location).
A production React Native app live on both stores — with native auth, push notifications, offline support where needed, and the App Store and Play Store submissions completed as part of the delivery.
Expo SDK and EAS proficiency
Expo SDK for cross-platform APIs (camera, notifications, biometrics, location, filesystem). EAS Build for production iOS and Android builds. EAS Update for over-the-air JavaScript bundle updates post-launch. EAS Submit for automated App Store and Play Store submission.
Native authentication
Clerk React Native SDK — social login (Google, Apple Sign-In), email/password, biometric unlock via Expo LocalAuthentication. Token storage in React Native Keychain. Session management across app restarts and background state.
Push notifications
Expo Push Notification service — device token registration, notification delivery, deep link routing from notification tap. FCM (Firebase Cloud Messaging) for Android, APNs for iOS, both managed through Expo's abstraction.
Platform-specific UX
Navigation patterns that feel native on each platform (React Navigation with platform-appropriate stack and tab configurations). Modal behaviour, keyboard avoidance, safe area handling, and gesture support implemented per-platform.
App Store and Play Store delivery
App Store Connect setup, screenshots and metadata for all required device sizes, privacy policy and data disclosure, review submission, and response to any review feedback. Google Play Console setup and production release track management.
One honest number to start.
Fixed-scope, fixed-price. The number below is the starting point — final scope is built from your brief.
A production React Native app live on both stores — with native auth, push notifications, offline support where needed, and the App Store and Play Store submissions completed as part of the delivery.
Three steps, every time.
The same repeatable engagement on every project. No surprises, no mystery, no billable ambiguity.
Brief & discovery.
We send you questions, then get on a call. Output: a written scope with every step, feature, and integration listed.
Build & ship.
Fixed schedule, weekly reviews. No scope creep unless you change the scope — and if you do, we reprice it transparently.
Warranty & retainer.
30-day warranty on every launch. Most clients stay on a monthly retainer for ongoing features and maintenance.
Why Fixed-Price Matters Here
A mobile app delivery has a defined endpoint: live on both stores with the agreed feature set. Fixed scope, fixed price with App Store delivery included in the scope.
Related engagements.
Questions, answered.
Apple Developer Program ($99/year) and Google Play Console ($25 one-time) are the client's responsibility to set up and pay — these are accounts in your name, not transferable. Everything else (builds, submissions, responses to review) is included in the project scope.
App Store review takes 1–3 business days for most app types. Common rejection reasons (privacy descriptions for permission requests, in-app purchase compliance, content guidelines) are addressed before submission based on the app's specific feature set. If a rejection occurs, the response and resubmission is included in the project scope.
Expo's config plugins system and EAS Build's custom native code support allow integration with native iOS and Android APIs that Expo's managed workflow doesn't cover. For deep native integrations (Bluetooth, custom hardware, CarPlay/Android Auto), a bare workflow build is used.
A production React Native app with native auth, push notifications, and core feature set on both stores typically runs $45k–$80k. Background processing, offline sync, and hardware integration add to the scope. Fixed-price.
12 to 16 weeks from spec definition to both stores live.
Tell Ryel about your project.
Describe what you’re building and what outcome you need. You’ll have a written, fixed-price scope within the week.