Problem. Mobile application development is quite a complex process that requires developers with high expertise in a particular development platform for Android. There are also several singleplatform, cross-platform, Xamarin development platforms but there is no comparison of their performance as with native ones. Methodology. As a method, it is proposed to use an experimental approach in which a mobile application is developed with the necessary components, and then the performance of the profiler on the metrics of CPU usage, memory, power consumption and network is investigated. Results. According to the study, the Xamarin platform has additional restrictions on permissions, requires more resources, both memory and power, which can be felt in large applications, but allows you to attract a large community of .Net developers. Originality. This approach to the analysis of productivity will reveal at a preliminary stage the problematic aspects of the mobile development platform, its integration with native Android services, as well as possible user preferences. Practical value. The proposed technique will introduce a preliminary analysis of the various components integrated into the Android OS. This approach will provide a more reasonable management decision for the full process of developing mobile applications for Android OS, considering such criteria as speed of development, professional level of developers to be involved in the development process, application integration with Android components, integration of new functionality to the application and others.