The provisioning? Yes, easier on Android. Getting published in the app store? Yes. Having an IDE that doesn't crash daily? Yes. Everything else is harder/worse

The provisioning? Yes, easier on Android. Getting published in the app store? Yes. Having an IDE that doesn't crash daily? Yes. Everything else is harder/worse though. Documentation, SDK/APIs, device ecosystem (so, testing and QA). So pick which part(s) of the experience you'd rather have not-suck and go with the platform that matches it best, if ease of development is your main concern. [EDIT] if you do decide to go with Android, look at Square's libraries and their documentation of how they develop for Android. They've done a lot to de-shitify the platform, but it means doing things very differently from how you would if you followed the official docs. If you're doing anything non-trivial you could do a lot worse than deferring to Square's judgement on how to structure your application.