While Ionic's not native, even Ionic 1 is close enough for most apps. Ionic 2 is supposed to be 3-5 times faster. So for startups that need both iOS and Android

While Ionic's not native, even Ionic 1 is close enough for most apps. Ionic 2 is supposed to be 3-5 times faster. So for startups that need both iOS and Android support, but have small teams, Ionic's 100% iOS-Android code reuse remakes a lot of sense.