Shorebird and Native Update
Shorebird patches compiled Dart in Flutter apps. A web-bundle updater like ours can't do that, because a Capacitor bundle is HTML, CSS and JavaScript and a Flutter release isn't.
What this means for you
Native Update serves Capacitor only today. React Native, Flutter and native packages are not available yet, so there's no migration to walk through and we won't pretend otherwise.
Your current app stays where it is. This page is useful in one case: your next app, or a rewrite, is Capacitor. Then start with Installation, ship your first update, and read how signing works.
The facts, dated
Shorebird prices
| Plan | Price | Terms | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hobby | $0 | 5,000 patch installs/month | Source |
| Pro | $20 a month | $240 billed yearly; 50,000 patch installs/month, $1 per 2,500 over | Source |
| Business | $400 a month | $4,800 billed yearly; 1,000,000 patch installs/month | Source |
| Enterprise | No price listed | Quote only | Source |
Native Update prices
| Plan | Price | Terms |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 30 apps, 5,000 monthly active users |
| Pro | $9.99 a month | Unlimited apps, 50,000 monthly active users |
| Team | $8.99 per seat a month, 3 seats minimum | Unlimited apps, 100,000 monthly active users per member |
Feature by feature
| Feature | Shorebird | Native Update |
|---|---|---|
| Over-the-air web bundle updates | Yes · Source | Yes |
| Signed bundles, verified on the device | Yes · Source | Yes |
| Automatic rollback when a bundle fails to start | Partly · Source | Yes |
| Roll back from the dashboard or CLI | Yes · Source | Yes |
| Rollout to a percentage of devices | Partly · Source | Yes |
| Channels (development, staging, production) | Yes · Source | Yes |
| Delta updates | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Your own server or self-hosting | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| In-app store update flow | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| In-app review prompt | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| Background update checks | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| CLI plus HTTP management API | Partly · Source | Yes |
| Capacitor apps | Not stated on the pages we checked | Yes |
| React Native apps | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
| Flutter apps | Yes · Source | No |
| Native Android and iOS apps | Not stated on the pages we checked | No |
| Free plan | Yes · Source | Yes |