If your React Native app crashes in production, you’re picking from a shorter list than mobile teams on native platforms — Firebase Crashlytics, the default free option for Android and iOS, doesn’t ship a React Native SDK at all. This guide compares the tools that actually support React Native in 2026, by what they’re best at, not by which one we’d like you to pick.
Platform and pricing facts below were checked against each vendor’s own site in August 2026. We build one of these tools (Shakebug), and we’ve tried to place it honestly — it wins one category, not all of them.
Quick answer: Firebase Crashlytics has no React Native SDK, so it’s not an option here — if you’re on Android or iOS only, it’s still the best free crash-only pick. Sentry is best if you need backend and React Native error monitoring in one place, with tracing, profiling, and session replay built into its official RN SDK. Bugsee is strongest for video-based bug repro on React Native. Instabug (now Luciq) has moved upmarket into agentic mobile observability for enterprise teams. UXCam is product-analytics-first with an RN SDK and crash capture attached. Shakebug is the best all-in-one if you want React Native crash reporting, in-app bug reports, session replay, and product analytics in a single SDK.
Firebase Crashlytics — the free option that doesn’t cover React Native
Crashlytics is the default for most native Android and iOS teams — it’s free, Google supports it actively, and it now includes Gemini-powered AI crash insights. Its own product page lists support for “Android, Apple, Flutter and Unity apps.” React Native isn’t in that list, and there’s no official RN SDK.
If your app is React Native, this isn’t a live option for the JS layer at all — you’d need a separate tool for the RN side even if you kept Crashlytics for native-only modules. Every other tool in this guide was chosen because it actually ships a React Native SDK.
- Price: Free
- Platforms: Android, Apple, Flutter, Unity — no React Native
- Best for: Native-only Android/iOS teams (not applicable to React Native apps)
Sentry — best for backend + React Native error monitoring
Sentry ships an official @sentry/react-native SDK that covers error monitoring, tracing, profiling, session replay, and logs in one install. It also captures native-level crashes underneath the JS layer, not just JS exceptions.
The trade-offs mobile teams should know: session replay is capped at 50 replays on every plan below Enterprise, and pricing is per-event and metered, so the bill scales with traffic. Sentry is excellent at error monitoring; it’s less of a fit if your need is user-reported bugs and replay-heavy mobile QA.
- Price: Free / $26 / $80 / Custom (per-event metered)
- Platforms: React Native (official SDK), plus iOS, Android, and many backend/frontend SDKs
- Best for: Teams that want one error-monitoring tool across backend and React Native
Bugsee — best for video-based bug repro on React Native
Bugsee lists React Native as a first-class platform alongside iOS, Android, Flutter, .NET/MAUI, Unity, and Cordova, with a dedicated React Native product page. Setup is one line, and it records video, network, and console logs leading up to a crash, plus AI-generated root-cause insights.
Pricing is per unique device, which is a different shape than the flat or per-event pricing elsewhere in this list — worth modeling against your actual monthly active devices, not just your team size.
- Price: Free (5 devices/mo) / $99/mo annual, 50 devices ($139/mo billed monthly) / Custom
- Platforms: iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, Unity, .NET/MAUI, Cordova
- Best for: Teams who want video reproduction of every React Native bug and crash
Instabug / Luciq — enterprise mobile observability, React Native included
Instabug rebranded to Luciq in 2026 and has continued repositioning since — it now frames itself around agentic mobile observability, with an Autopilot feature that can draft and open pull requests for prioritized issues. React Native is still explicitly listed as a supported platform alongside iOS, Android, and Flutter.
The catch for smaller React Native teams is unchanged from before: no public pricing. Everything is gated behind “book a demo.” If you’re an enterprise buyer who wants agentic triage and compliance depth (SOC 2, ISO 27001, SSO/SAML), it’s built for you.
- Price: Not public — enterprise “book a demo” only
- Platforms: iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter
- Best for: Enterprises needing agentic mobile observability with full compliance
UXCam — best for UX analytics with React Native crash capture
UXCam ships a dedicated React Native SDK with its own integration guide and changelog. It’s a product-analytics platform first — session replay, heatmaps, funnels, retention, an AI analyst — with crash and exception capture attached, and it lists a third-party integration with Firebase Crashlytics rather than positioning its own crash detection as the primary feature.
Pricing isn’t public beyond the free tier: plans above that are quote-based, so you’ll need to talk to sales to know your actual bill.
- Price: Not public — free plan at 3,000 sessions/mo; paid plans quote-based
- Platforms: React Native (dedicated SDK), Android, iOS, Cordova, Xamarin, NativeScript, web
- Best for: React Native teams who lead with UX analytics and want crash data alongside it
Shakebug — best all-in-one for React Native
Shakebug runs one SDK across React Native, iOS, Android, Flutter, and web — shake-to-report in-app bug capture (annotated screenshot, screen recording, network and console logs, device data), crash reporting with AI grouping that catches both JS-thread exceptions and native Android/iOS crashes, session replay, and product analytics (sessions, MAU/DAU, weekly cohort retention, custom events, in-app ratings).
Pricing is flat and published: Basic is free (no credit card), Standard is $75/month, Premium is $125/month. The trade-off is maturity — younger product than Crashlytics or Sentry, lighter enterprise compliance depth than Luciq. If you want one predictable bill for crash reporting, bug reports, replay, and analytics on React Native rather than stitching Sentry plus a separate QA tool together, it’s the most complete single option. See how Crash AI grouping works, or check the React Native SDK directly.
- Price: Free / $75 / $125 (flat)
- Platforms: iOS, Android, Flutter, React Native, web
- Best for: React Native teams who want crash reporting, bug reports, replay, and analytics in one tool
How to choose
Pick by the job you’re actually hiring for:
- Backend + React Native error monitoring: Sentry.
- Video repro of every React Native bug: Bugsee.
- Enterprise agentic observability with compliance: Instabug/Luciq.
- UX analytics with React Native crash data attached: UXCam.
- Everything in one SDK on a flat bill: Shakebug.
Crashlytics isn’t on this list because it doesn’t cover React Native — if part of your app is native-only, it can still make sense to run alongside one of the above for the RN layer. Several of these tools run fine side by side — Sentry for error monitoring plus Shakebug or Bugsee for in-app bug reports and replay, for example. If your team also ships on Flutter, see our Flutter bug reporting comparison.
FAQ
What is the best React Native crash reporting tool in 2026? There’s no single best for every team. Sentry is strongest if you want backend and React Native error monitoring together. Bugsee is strongest for video-based bug repro. Shakebug is the best all-in-one if you want crash reporting, in-app bug reports, session replay, and analytics in one SDK.
Does Firebase Crashlytics support React Native? No. Crashlytics supports Android, Apple, Flutter, and Unity, but has no React Native SDK. React Native teams need a different tool, either instead of or alongside Crashlytics for native-only modules.
Which React Native crash tool has the most predictable pricing? Shakebug uses flat published pricing ($0/$75/$125 a month). Sentry is per-event metered and Bugsee is per-device, so those bills scale with usage. Instabug/Luciq and UXCam don’t publish prices at all.
Can I use Sentry alongside a dedicated React Native bug-reporting tool? Yes. A common setup is Sentry for error monitoring plus a mobile-focused tool like Shakebug or Bugsee for in-app bug reports, video/session replay, and product analytics. Confirm SDK compatibility before running two capture SDKs in the same app.
Do these tools catch native iOS and Android crashes from a React Native app, or just JavaScript errors? It depends on the tool — check each vendor’s docs for native-crash coverage specifically, not just JS-thread errors. Shakebug captures both JS-thread exceptions and native Android/iOS crashes in one SDK.
This comparison is one part of our full bug reporting guide — see it for the complete set of guides on crash reporting, QA, and mobile app quality.
