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Codename One vs Sencha Complete comparison

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Categories and Ranking

Codename One
Ranking in Mobile App Platforms
8th
Average Rating
8.4
Number of Reviews
3
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
Sencha Complete
Ranking in Mobile App Platforms
10th
Average Rating
10.0
Number of Reviews
1
Ranking in other categories
No ranking in other categories
 

Mindshare comparison

As of September 2026, in the Mobile App Platforms category, the mindshare of Codename One is 3.3%, down from 6.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Sencha Complete is 3.3%, up from 1.0% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.
Mobile App Platforms Mindshare Distribution
ProductMindshare (%)
Codename One3.3%
Sencha Complete3.3%
Other93.4%
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Featured Reviews

it_user480888 - PeerSpot reviewer
Chicken Little at a tech vendor with 51-200 employees
Uses standard Java, with low rewrite requirement for existing applications.
Uses standard Java, with low rewrite requirement for existing applications I ported a couple of large-ish real world Java applications, and maintained a common code base. Future development continues, fully cross platform, on standard desktop Java, Android and iOS. Core Java features are not…
it_user1149 - PeerSpot reviewer
Developer at a tech company with 51-200 employees
Best mobile application framework for an enterprise application containing a large number of views with lots of components, but a little sluggish performance on android platforms.
* Scrolling needs some serious tweaking, specifically for android. There is a huge time lag while scrolling through a list. * Lacks full access to native hardware, but if you want access to more hardware then you will have to combine your sencha application with PhoneGap. * No support for blackberry. The sencha sdk beta tools provide support for native packaging for only android and iOS (even their team says they haven't tested much on blackberry). * It's still in its developing phase and may take a while for it to fully mature. * Animations run slower. * No support for windows phone as well.

Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:
 

Pros

"A few things that stand out to me are a well-documented and pretty extensive API, build server, access to native functionality via native interface, easy extension with third-party libraries, active developer support, and attractive pricing."
"To the best of my knowledge CN1 is better than some of the available mobile app development frameworks such as Xamarin and Nativescript because it gives almost 100% -- if not 100% -- write once run anywhere."
"Uses standard Java, with low rewrite requirement for existing applications."
"I would highly recommend sencha mobile application frameworks for either cross platform or standalone web apps."
 

Cons

"Testing through a CLI simulator is free but difficult to setup."
"Windows Phone port. However, that is actively being improved and should be released later this year if all goes well."
"Core Java features are not fully supported (introspection, serialization) and many standard functionalities (windows, events) are implemented in an idiosyncratic way, not standard Java."
"Scrolling needs some serious tweaking, specifically for android. There is a huge time lag while scrolling through a list."
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