NativewindUI vs HeroUI Native
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
NativewindUI
A collection of over 30 pre-built UI components and templates designed for React Native applications. These elements offer a native look and feel across mobile devices, built using Nativewind.
- 30+ pre-built UI components
- Native look and feel
- React Native compatible
- Expo integration
- Built with Nativewind
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30+ beautiful components and templates that look and feel native on mobile devices. Built with React Native, Expo, and Nativewind.
HeroUI Native
An open-source UI library for React Native, offering customizable, animated, and accessible components. It's designed for speed, consistency, and production-readiness, ensuring best-in-class mobile accessibility.
- Animated UI components
- Accessible design
- Fully customizable
- Lightweight and typed
- Production-ready
- Open-source
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HeroUI Native is a modern, open-source UI library for React Native. It ships with beautiful, animated, and accessible components that look great out of the box and stay fully customizable under the hood. Designed for speed and consistency, every component is typed, lightweight, and production-ready with best-in-class mobile accessibility.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is rating: HeroUI Native at 5.0 against NativewindUI's 4.6. HeroUI Native also leads on update cadence (monthly vs every 3 months). NativewindUI's advantage is ratings volume (10 vs 2). On price, ads, in-app purchases and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HeroUI Native holds the better App Store score, 5.0 against 4.6. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: NativewindUI has 10 ratings behind it against 2, so its average is the more settled of the two.
NativewindUI ships an update every 3 months, HeroUI Native monthly. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and September 17, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | NativewindUI | HeroUI Native |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.6 (10 ratings) | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | — | 100.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | 10 — better | 2 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 months | Monthly — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPod — better | iPhone |
| Requires iOS | 15.1 — better | 16.4 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 84 MB | 91 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Founded Labs Inc | HeroUI Inc. |
Customer experience
NativewindUI
HeroUI Native
In-app purchases
NativewindUI
No in-app purchases
HeroUI Native
No in-app purchases
