--- title: jQuery Mobile Reviews meta\_title: 'jQuery Mobile Reviews 2026: Details, Pricing, & Features | G2' meta\_description: Filter 22 reviews by the users' company size, role or industry to find out how jQuery Mobile works for a business like yours. aggregate\_rating: rating\_value: 3.4 review\_count: 22 scale: '5' date\_modified: '2026-08-07' parent\_category: name: Mobile Development url: https://www.g2.com/categories/mobile-development --- # jQuery Mobile Reviews & Product Details jQuery Mobile is a HTML5-based user interface system designed to make responsive web sites and apps that are accessible on all smartphone, tablet and desktop devices. * * * Seller [The jQuery Foundation](https://www.g2.com/sellers/the-jquery-foundation) Discussions [jQuery Mobile Community](https://www.g2.com/products/jquery-mobile/discuss) Show More ## Value at a Glance Averages based on real user reviews. ### Perceived Cost $$$$$ [ View More Pricing Information ](https://www.g2.com/products/jquery-mobile/pricing) ## Top-Rated Alternatives [ ![Bootstrap](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Bootstrap") Bootstrap 4.5/5(154) ](https://www.g2.com/products/bootstrap/reviews) [ ![Ionic: An OutSystems Company](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Ionic: An OutSystems Company") Ionic: An OutSystems Company 4.4/5(154) ](https://www.g2.com/products/ionic-an-outsystems-company/reviews) [ ![React Native](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "React Native") React Native 4.4/5(143) ](https://www.g2.com/products/react-native/reviews) [ View All Alternatives ](https://www.g2.com/products/jquery-mobile/competitors/alternatives) ## User Insights Average based on 22 real user reviews. Perceived Cost $$$$$ [Log in to unlock pricing and user insights](/login) ![Melifa G.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Melifa G.") MG Melifa G. Web Programmer Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 8/23/2018 "Quite helpful for basic mobile development" 3.5/5 What do you like best about jQuery Mobile? Quite helpful in user interface styling phase during in developing mobile apps Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about jQuery Mobile? Quite heavy if compared to custom styling Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering jQuery Mobile: I was using Jquery Mobile during 3 years ago, and for now I don't know how it's been going. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is jQuery Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you? Help me in mobile apps interface styling Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerSource: Seller invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 1/16/2018 "Jquery Mobile reviews " 3.5/5 What do you like best about jQuery Mobile? Easier to host the CDN and it has all the new features for the mobile development. the Media queries are been taken care nicely and has the best plugins available for development. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about jQuery Mobile? Size of the jquery mobile plugins is the one of the major issues, because of unwanted javascript needed to be loaded to use minimum features if used this will be a huge impact on performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering jQuery Mobile: Check out the feature and your use cases before considering! Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is jQuery Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you? We built mobile application for the users in an accountant platform. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Alessandro C.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Alessandro C.") AC Alessandro C. Full Stack Developer Marketing and Advertising Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.) 3/13/2016 "Building an hybrid Mobile Mortgage Calculator" 3.5/5 What do you like best about jQuery Mobile? It's ready to go! If you have any experience with javascript or jquery, jquery mobile will come natural to you. It's a full package of all the necessary touch gestures, handlers and behaviours you need to build any app. Learning curve it's almost non existent if you have an average javascript background. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about jQuery Mobile? It's really heavy, sometimes bloated with unnecessary options, and not really optimized for the platform was built for. Mobile devices have really limited computing and memory available, and jQuery mobile uses those resources quiet heavily, especially during page transitions and push call. Laggy animations and jumpy keyframes are almost inevitable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering jQuery Mobile: There are plenty of lighter and powerful alternatives, but jQuery Mobile is packaged with everything you need. I would recommend to use it as a fast prototyping tool, if you don't really care much about performances. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is jQuery Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you? Building a consistent UI for multiple Mobile platforms The theming system of jQuery Mobile helped me a lot to maintain that consistency and keep the user comfortable in a familiar environment, independently from the device he was using. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite 晨 晨明 . 资深开发工程师 Internet Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 3/3/2016 "Easy to learn, easy to use." 4/5 What do you like best about jQuery Mobile? Lots of demos for me to learn, in a simple WYSIWYG way. I can change little codes to create a prototype of my project. Furthermore, when I meet a problem difficult to solve, I will ask some community like stackoverflow.com for help, and it's not possible to find the answer in time. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about jQuery Mobile? Nothing serious. Maybe it is a little hard to upgrade the framework from a major version to another, especially some widgets like Panels. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering jQuery Mobile: It's convenient to make responsive web sites with jQuery Mobile. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is jQuery Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you? An app like Uber, but it's non-profit. Coworkers could share a car to go to the office. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism") UL Verified User in Leisure, Travel & Tourism Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/26/2016 "Excellent at reducing testing times, not-so-optimal anymore " 3.5/5 What do you like best about jQuery Mobile? It delivers on the promise of multi platform compatibility. we only had to deal with a few issues, and they were actually due the way we modified the framework for the project. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about jQuery Mobile? It's not updated anymore. The latest version does not perform as some recent alternatives. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering jQuery Mobile: Account for the lack of updates in the last year. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is jQuery Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you? Reduced development time for a OTA sales project. Reliable for mission critical web apps. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Current UserValidated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Miguel F.](/assets/transparent-ad5be28fbcd25b7b08d2cebe1d957125437fb5407d75ee717965ad22c8808791.gif "Miguel F.") MF Miguel F. Web UI Developer Information Technology and Services Enterprise (\> 1000 emp.) 2/28/2016 "Great for prototyping" 4/5 What do you like best about jQuery Mobile? The documentation is great, the project is constantly under maintenance. Implementing jQuery mobile, is really easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about jQuery Mobile? Theming is a little bit difficult, and trying to override default css, is a pain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering jQuery Mobile: jQuery Mobile is perfect for quick prototypes, maybe some websites with heavy transitions, otherwise I would recommend use responsive website headless of the backend. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is jQuery Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you? I have created several websites for small to medium clients using jquery mobile Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ![Verified User in Computer Software](/assets/icons/anonymous-avatar-purple-4ae1032bdb50ee5682003170c8184aee790d25958bd397abbd384ba52c596a7b.svg "Verified User in Computer Software") UC Verified User in Computer Software Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.) 3/11/2016 "We has developed a cross-platform application with Cordova and jQuery Mobile is our choice" 4/5 What do you like best about jQuery Mobile? It has many useful template for design. It help us a lot of time. Addition, it was a good library for Mobile Web Application, it support some behaviours make your application look like native application, such as: navigation bar, button, panel... Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What do you dislike about jQuery Mobile? Difficult to custom a control in jQuery Mobile. We has a stuck when try to make a other dialog. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Recommendations to others considering jQuery Mobile: jQuery Mobile is good choice when there is no more time and money. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. What problems is jQuery Mobile solving and how is that benefiting you? We finished the project in 2 months with 2 platforms iOS and Android. And design time in about 2 weeks. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com. Show More Validated ReviewerIncentivizedSource: G2 invite ##### Pricing Pricing details for this product isn’t currently available. Visit the vendor’s website to learn more. 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