App reviews, 100+ animations, fast fetch, and widgets 🎯


Hey Reader,

This week, I reviewed 3 React Native apps built by people in the community — and there’s so much to learn from them.

  • 🎯 A gamified habit tracker
  • 💫 A beautifully designed wishlist app
  • 🎉 A social app to share events

In this new video, you’ll see what makes these apps shine — and where there’s room to improve. It’s packed with tips and inspiration for your own projects.

🎥 Watch the video: I Tried 3 Apps Made By YOU… Here’s What Happened

If you’re looking for inspiration — or curious how your app might stack up — give it a watch!


More awesome stuff from the community this week:

  • 📁 How to organize your Expo app — Kadi’s post is a must-read if you want to clean up your folder structure and make scaling easier.
  • ⚡️ Nitro Fetch — Margelo’s new library for lightning-fast HTTP calls, built for performance from the ground up.
  • 🎞️ 110+ open source React Native animations — Enzo’s demo repo is a goldmine.
  • 📱 Voltra for Live Activities & Widgets — ship native iOS extensions using React. Seriously impressive.
    Links below — and as always, keep building & keep shipping.
    Simon ✌️​

✨ I Tried 3 Apps Made By YOU… Here’s What Happened

Learn from 3 epic React Native apps how to build & ship successful apps that people love! We dive into a gamified habit tracker, a stylish Wishlist and a social events app!

👉 Watch the video


💫 Nebula Notes

  1. How to organize Expo app folder structure (Article)
    Great explanation and examples from Kadi on how to structure your Expo app, absolute must-read!
  2. HTTP Calls with Nitro (Library)
    Margelo is all about speed, and with Nitro Fetch they just released a new super-fast network fetch library.
  3. 110+ OS React Native animations (OS)
    Enzo Mangano decided to open source his epic library of React Native animations, so go check out and star his Demos repo!
  4. Live Activities & Widgets with React (Announcement)
    Saúl showcased his new package Voltra, which will make it incredible easy to ship native extensions with just React.

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