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Best Mobile Databases in 2026

Choosing a database for a mobile app involves weighing how it stores and synchronizes data, including what happens offline or when changes conflict. Compare offline mode, data synchronization, and conflict resolution alongside supported mobile platforms and SDK languages. Monthly sync limits, free-plan availability, and paid-from pricing add capacity and cost details. Espresso, Hive, and RxDB are among the entries…

26 appsSorted 24 Oct 2026How we rank
18.6

Hive is a project and team-work platform for managing tasks, approvals, billing, and related work.

Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOSWeb
From $5 a month
28.1
Firestore logo

Firestore is a managed, serverless document database for AI, web, and mobile applications.

Free planAndroidiOSWeb
$0.03 usage-based
37.9

SQLDelight generates Kotlin APIs from SQL statements and checks schemas, queries, and migrations at compile time.

Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOSWeb
Free plan
  1. 4

    PouchDB

    PouchDB is a free, open-source JavaScript database inspired by Apache CouchDB and designed for browser applications.

    Free planOpen sourceAndroidiOSWebAPI
    7.8Free plan
  2. 5Sparksee logo

    Sparksee

    Sparksee is an embeddable graph database management system for representing and analysing relationships among entities.

    Free planAndroidiOSAPILinux
    7.6Free plan
  3. 6RxDB logo

    RxDB

    RxDB is a JavaScript NoSQL database that runs inside an app and stores data locally on the client.

    Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI
    7.5From $99 a month
  4. 7ObjectBox logo

    ObjectBox

    ObjectBox is an embedded, object-oriented NoSQL database for mobile apps and IoT devices.

    Free planAndroidiOSAPILinux
    6.9Free plan
  5. 8Ditto logo

    Ditto

    Ditto is a distributed database and Edge SDK for applications that must continue operating when network access is unreliable or unavailable.

    Free planAndroidiOSLinuxmacOS
    6.7Free plan
  6. 9

    LiteDB

    LiteDB is a serverless, embedded .NET NoSQL document database distributed as a single DLL.

    Free planAndroidiOSAPILinux
    6.7Free plan
  7. 10Realm logo

    Realm

    Realm is an object database designed to run directly on phones, tablets, and wearables, providing local data persistence for mobile and edge applications.

    Free planAndroidiOSLinuxmacOS
    6.7Free plan
  8. 11

    WatermelonDB

    WatermelonDB is a free, MIT-licensed reactive database framework for React and React Native applications.

    Free planAndroidiOSWebAPI
    6.7Free plan
  9. 12

    WCDB

    WCDB is an open-source database framework based on SQLite and SQLCipher, used in the WeChat application.

    Free planAndroidiOSLinuxmacOS
    6.7Free plan
  10. 13

    Isar

    Isar is a free, open-source NoSQL database for Flutter apps that need local data access, including when a network connection is unavailable.

    Free planAndroidiOSWeb
    6.6Free plan
  11. 14Parse Platform logo

    Parse Platform

    Parse Platform is an open-source backend for mobile and web applications that can run on infrastructure supporting Node.js, including your own infrastructure.

    AndroidiOSWebAPI
    6.5
  12. 15CloudKit logo

    CloudKit

    CloudKit stores app data in iCloud and keeps it synchronized across devices and the web.

    Free planiOSWebAPImacOS
    6.4Free plan
  13. 16

    Couchbase Lite

    Couchbase Lite embeds a NoSQL database in applications so they can store and work with data locally, including when a network is unavailable.

    AndroidiOSWebAPI
    6.4
  14. 17

    GRDB.swift

    GRDB.swift is a free Swift toolkit for storing application data in SQLite databases.

    Free planiOSLinuxmacOS
    6.3Free plan
  15. 18

    Drift

    Drift is a reactive persistence library for relational data in Dart and Flutter applications.

    AndroidiOSWebExtension
    6.2
  16. 19

    FMDB

    FMDB is a free Objective-C wrapper around SQLite for Cocoa development on iOS and macOS.

    Free planiOSmacOS
    6.2Free plan
  17. 20

    GUN

    GUN is a free, open-source graph database and data protocol for developers building decentralized apps.

    AndroidiOSWebAPI
    6.2
  18. 21

    SQLite.swift

    SQLite.swift is a free, MIT-licensed Swift library that places a type-safe layer over SQLite3.

    Free planiOSLinuxmacOS
    6.2Free plan
  19. 22AWS Amplify DataStore logo

    AWS Amplify DataStore

    AWS Amplify DataStore provides an on-device repository for applications that read, write, and observe data online or offline.

    AndroidiOSWeb
    6.1
  20. 23

    Mimer SQL Mobile

    AndroidAPILinuxSelf-hosted
    5.9
  21. 24

    EMBA

    EMBA is a free, open-source Linux environment for examining embedded-device firmware.

    Free planLinuxSelf-hosted
    5.8Free plan
  22. 25

    Google Firebase Realtime Database

    Google

    AndroidiOSWebAPI
    5.4

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