Does this cover cross-platform frameworks like React Native and Flutter?

Yes. The security, data, testing, accessibility, and business sections apply identically to React Native, Flutter, and native Swift/Kotlin. The main framework-specific addition is making sure your OTA-update mechanism (if any) is signed and versioned — add that as a note in the security section.

What's the #1 mobile-specific item people forget?

Secure storage of tokens. Storing an auth token in plain UserDefaults or SharedPreferences is the mobile equivalent of storing a password in localStorage on web — anyone with brief access to the device can extract it. Use iOS Keychain or Android Keystore. The Auth section flags this.

Do app store requirements overlap with this checklist?

Yes, heavily. Apple and Google both require a privacy policy, accurate data-collection disclosures, and specific permissions justifications. The Data & Compliance section covers these. Failing them gets your app rejected — or worse, pulled after launch.

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Mobile apps live in a harsher environment than web apps: they run on devices you don't control, over networks that disappear mid-request, with app-store review gates that delay every fix by days. Shipping one means getting security (secure storage, certificate pinning), data (privacy compliance, app-store disclosures), and testing (real-device, offline) right the first time.

This checklist filters the full 92-item production readiness framework down to the ~45 checks that genuinely matter for a native or cross-platform iOS/Android app. It emphasizes the App Store and Play Store compliance items, mobile-specific security (Keychain/Keystore, no secrets in the binary), and accessibility that meets platform guidelines.

Mobile releases are slow — a critical bug can sit unreachable in review for a week. That makes the testing and CI/CD sections disproportionately important: ship less, ship tested, ship with a rollback path.