What is the difference between React Native and React?

Question

I have started to learn React out of curiosity and wanted to know the difference between React and React Native - though could not find a satisfactory answer using

Answer 1

1. React-Native is a framework for developing Android & iOS applications which shares 80% - 90% of Javascript code.

While React.js is a parent Javascript library for developing web applications.

2. While you use tags like , very frequently in React-Native, React.js uses web html tags like

   , which are only synonyms in dictionary of web/mobile developments.

3. For React.js you need DOM for path rendering of html tags, while for mobile application: React-Native uses AppRegistry to register your app.

I hope this is an easy explanation for quick differences/similarities in React.js and React-Native.