React Native does not use a webview. The overhead comes from a slow DOM and other browser cruft like over-complicated CSS. We've found that Javascript itself i

React Native does not use a webview. The overhead comes from a slow DOM and other browser cruft like over-complicated CSS. We've found that Javascript itself is actually quite fast. We are no longer constrained by browser APIs. For example, we can access native device features, and we can also integrate other native components into React Native apps.