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Top 20 Developer Frameworks and No-Code-Development SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store
Last update: 29 Nov 2024 CET
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Top 20 Developer Frameworks and No-Code-Development SDKs Used in iOS Apps on the Apple App Store

We at 42matters have identified the 20 most popular Developer Frameworks and No-Code-Development SDKs leveraged by iOS apps available on the iOS app market.

Developer Framework and No-Code-Development SDKs provide developers with pre-built components, templates, and APIs to simplify and accelerate the software development process. They are designed to provide a foundation for building software applications, giving developers reusable components and libraries for building the backend, frontend, and database components of an application. They also commonly enable cross-platform development.

This list is based on our analysis of the millions of mobile applications – and the 2,300+ SDKs they use – that constitute the vast inventory of the Apple App Store. The accompanying data provides readers with a glimpse into the rich mobile application insights generated by the 42matters technology. This data is also available via our APIs, file dumps, Explorer, and SDK Explorer.

The intended purpose of this article is to assist app builders in their search for the perfect Developer Frameworks and No-Code-Development SDK to leverage in their app, as well as to give SDK developers insight into their biggest competitors and potential customers. This data collected by our technology may also serve as a useful tool for folks researching the wider mobile app market.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 33.17% have integrated React Native. This accounts for 37.68% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

The React Native SDK combines the best parts of native development with React, a best-in-class JavaScript library for building user interfaces.

Total Apps
247.32k
App Store
App Share
33.17%
App Store
Apps
244.73k
Games
2.59k
Total Downloads
36.24b
App Store
Download Share
37.68%
App Store
App Downloads
35.55b
Game Downloads
686.78m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use React Native.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 31.47% have integrated Flutter. This accounts for 29.92% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Flutter is Google's UI toolkit SDK for crafting beautiful, natively compiled applications for mobile, web, and desktop from a single codebase.

Total Apps
234.66k
App Store
App Share
31.47%
App Store
Apps
230.51k
Games
4.16k
Total Downloads
28.78b
App Store
Download Share
29.92%
App Store
App Downloads
26.11b
Game Downloads
2.67b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Flutter.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 23.21% have integrated Apache Cordova PhoneGap. This accounts for 7.28% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

The Cordova SDK wraps your HTML/JavaScript app into a native container which can access the device functions of several platforms. These functions are exposed via a unified JavaScript API, allowing you to easily write one set of code to target nearly every phone or tablet on the market today and publish to their app stores.

Total Apps
173.05k
App Store
App Share
23.21%
App Store
Apps
167.70k
Games
5.35k
Total Downloads
7.00b
App Store
Download Share
7.28%
App Store
App Downloads
6.68b
Game Downloads
321.31m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Apache Cordova PhoneGap.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 10.41% have integrated Expo. This accounts for 3.85% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Total Apps
77.66k
App Store
App Share
10.41%
App Store
Apps
76.38k
Games
1.27k
Total Downloads
3.70b
App Store
Download Share
3.85%
App Store
App Downloads
3.61b
Game Downloads
86.20m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Expo.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 6.58% have integrated Ionic Framework. This accounts for 1.11% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Total Apps
49.08k
App Store
App Share
6.58%
App Store
Apps
48.70k
Games
377
Total Downloads
1.07b
App Store
Download Share
1.11%
App Store
App Downloads
1.01b
Game Downloads
59.20m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Ionic Framework.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 6.14% have integrated Microsoft Visual Studio App Center. This accounts for 9.07% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Microsoft App Center is your continuous integration, delivery, and learning solution for iOS, Android, Windows, and macOS apps. Get faster release cycles, higher-quality apps, and the insights to build what users want.

Total Apps
45.82k
App Store
App Share
6.14%
App Store
Apps
44.39k
Games
1.43k
Total Downloads
8.72b
App Store
Download Share
9.07%
App Store
App Downloads
4.69b
Game Downloads
4.03b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Microsoft Visual Studio App Center.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 6.10% have integrated Mono Project. This accounts for 1.19% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Total Apps
45.46k
App Store
App Share
6.10%
App Store
Apps
44.92k
Games
541
Total Downloads
1.14b
App Store
Download Share
1.19%
App Store
App Downloads
1.06b
Game Downloads
82.35m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Mono Project.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 6.07% have integrated Xamarin. This accounts for 1.14% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Xamarin is an open-source framework SDK for building iOS, Android, and Windows apps.

Total Apps
45.26k
App Store
App Share
6.07%
App Store
Apps
44.72k
Games
541
Total Downloads
1.10b
App Store
Download Share
1.14%
App Store
App Downloads
1.01b
Game Downloads
82.35m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Xamarin.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 5.35% have integrated Capacitor. This accounts for 2.33% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Total Apps
39.91k
App Store
App Share
5.35%
App Store
Apps
39.25k
Games
656
Total Downloads
2.24b
App Store
Download Share
2.33%
App Store
App Downloads
2.18b
Game Downloads
64.75m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Capacitor.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 1.29% have integrated Parse. This accounts for 1.44% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Parse is the most used open-source framework for developing application backends.

Total Apps
9.64k
App Store
App Share
1.29%
App Store
Apps
8.91k
Games
725
Total Downloads
1.38b
App Store
Download Share
1.44%
App Store
App Downloads
1.32b
Game Downloads
58.29m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Parse.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, 1.14% have integrated Adobe AIR. This accounts for 1.39% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

The Adobe AIR SDK enables developers to create and package cross-platform games and apps for major platforms like iOS, Android, Windows, and Mac OS.

Total Apps
8.50k
App Store
App Share
1.14%
App Store
Apps
3.61k
Games
4.89k
Total Downloads
1.33b
App Store
Download Share
1.39%
App Store
App Downloads
317.56m
Game Downloads
1.02b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Adobe AIR.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated Yandex DivKit. This accounts for 15.73% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Total Apps
5.21k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
1.22k
Games
3.99k
Total Downloads
15.13b
App Store
Download Share
15.73%
App Store
App Downloads
2.93b
Game Downloads
12.20b

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Yandex DivKit.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated Appcelerator Titanium. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Appcelerator Titanium offers an open, extensible development environment for creating beautiful native apps across different mobile devices and OSs, including iOS, Android, and BlackBerry, as well as hybrid and HTML5. It also includes an open source SDK with over 5,000 device and mobile operating system APIs, Studio, a powerful Eclipse-based IDE, Alloy, an MVC framework, and Cloud Services for a ready-to-use mobile backend.

Total Apps
4.48k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
4.43k
Games
47
Total Downloads
65.96m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
59.23m
Game Downloads
6.73m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Appcelerator Titanium.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated RNUILib by Wix. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Total Apps
3.57k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
3.57k
Games
8
Total Downloads
38.19m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
38.18m
Game Downloads
14.50k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use RNUILib by Wix.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated Tapku. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

TapkuLibrary is an iOS library SDK built on Cocoa and UIKit intended for broad use in applications.

Total Apps
3.31k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
3.31k
Games
7
Total Downloads
36.13m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
36.08m
Game Downloads
50.40k

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Tapku.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated SDKBOX. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

SDKBOX solves the painful and risky integration of mobile SDKs by providing automated, certified, and maintained plugins for free to the mobile developers. Our partners include top mobile service providers and popular game development platforms like Cocos2d-x, Unity, and Unreal.

Total Apps
2.12k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
273
Games
1.84k
Total Downloads
326.21m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
22.06m
Game Downloads
304.15m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use SDKBOX.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated Kakao API. This accounts for 1.29% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Kakao API is a multi-platform texting SDK that allows iPhone, Android, and BlackBerry apps to send and receive messages for free.

Total Apps
2.10k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
2.02k
Games
85
Total Downloads
1.24b
App Store
Download Share
1.29%
App Store
App Downloads
1.19b
Game Downloads
49.30m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Kakao API.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated MAUI by Microsoft. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

Total Apps
2.03k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
2.00k
Games
32
Total Downloads
297.75m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
296.01m
Game Downloads
1.73m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use MAUI by Microsoft.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated Qt project. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

The Qt SDK is the faster, smarter way to create innovative devices, modern UIs, and applications for multiple screens. It's cross-platform software development at its best.

Total Apps
1.64k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
1.51k
Games
125
Total Downloads
937.58m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
899.69m
Game Downloads
37.89m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use Qt project.

Among all apps utilizing developer frameworks and no-code-development SDKs, <1% have integrated MTA SDK. This accounts for <1% of app downloads within the developer frameworks and no-code-development SDK category.

The MTA SDK by Tencent provides mobile app analytics for iOS and Android apps.

Total Apps
1.47k
App Store
App Share
<1%
App Store
Apps
1.42k
Games
57
Total Downloads
504.54m
App Store
Download Share
<1%
App Store
App Downloads
468.05m
Game Downloads
36.48m

Use the 42matters SDK Explorer to find all apps that use MTA SDK.

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