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How big is an Objective-C iPhone app vs. a MonoTouch app?

I am considering using MonoTouch for some iPhone development, but payload size is an important factor.

For a user who has never installed Mono on their iPhone before, what would the size of an Objective-C "Hello World" app be compared to a MonoTouch "Hello World" app?

More specifically, what is the approx. number of bytes that need to be downloaded, and what is the approx. number of bytes used once installed?

Solution

  • A "Hello world" program in Objective-C occupies 50 KB (whole .app folder). With MonoTouch, a similar "Hello World" app occupies 5 MB (whole .app folder), which is not bad at all considering it has a runtime with garbage collection in it.