LaunchToday
A React Native starter kit that comes with authentication, payments, and push notifications already wired up, so you skip weeks of mobile app plumbing.
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Description
Building a mobile app usually means setting up the same boring infrastructure every time — a backend, a login system, payment processing, push notifications — before you can even start on the feature that makes your app different. LaunchToday is a pre-built starter kit that has already done that plumbing, so a developer buys it once and starts writing their actual app on day one instead of week three.
It's a full-stack React Native and Expo boilerplate with a type-safe backend (Postgres, Prisma, migrations), authentication via Better Auth with protected routes, subscription and one-time payment processing, push notifications for iOS and Android, AI streaming support, file uploads, and a HeroUI Native component library with dark mode. It targets the latest Expo SDK (55) with Hermes and the New Architecture. It's sold as a one-time purchase rather than a subscription: $399 for the Starter tier, $469 for All-in access which adds the private repository and unlimited projects built with the license.
💬 Our review
The short version: this is a bet on saving founder time up front — if setting up auth, payments, and push notifications from scratch would cost you more than a few days of billable work, $399-469 once is cheap compared to a developer's hourly rate, but if you only ever build one small app it may be more infrastructure than you need.
Against free open-source starters like Ignite or React Native Boilerplate, LaunchToday costs money but bundles decisions (Better Auth, Prisma, HeroUI Native) that you'd otherwise have to research and wire together yourself — the trade is time for money. Against a similar paid competitor space (React Native starter kits in general), what stands out here is the currency of the stack: Expo SDK 55 and the New Architecture are recent, so you're not inheriting years of dependency drift like you might with an older free template. The one-time pricing with unlimited projects on the All-in tier is genuinely good value if you or your studio ship more than one app, since most competitors in the web boilerplate space (ShipFast, MakerKit) charge similarly per-purchase but are web-only, not mobile.
💰 Pricing
📊 Global score
🤖 AI-enriched data
Starter 399$ (paiement unique), All-in 469$ (accès repo privé, documentation, projets illimités avec la licence)
Pros
Backend, auth, paiements et notifications déjà intégrés et fonctionnels
Stack récente : Expo SDK 55, Hermes, New Architecture
Paiement unique avec projets illimités sur le palier All-in
Cons
Coût d'entrée ($399+) élevé pour un seul petit projet ponctuel
Dépendance aux choix techniques imposés (Better Auth, Prisma, HeroUI Native)
Alternatives open-source gratuites existent pour qui a le temps de tout assembler soi-même