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+# Storage Benchmarks
+
+This is a benchmark app to compare popular storage solutions for React Native.
+
+It's running React Native 0.68, with Hermes enabled.
+
+The Benchmark consists of calling a _get_ operation (retrieve one value from the database) a thousand times.
+
+Here are the results, ranked from fastest to slowest:
+
+1. [react-native-mmkv](https://github.com/mrousavy/react-native-mmkv): **12ms** 👑
+2. [WatermelonDB](https://github.com/Nozbe/WatermelonDB): **53ms**
+3. [RealmDB](https://github.com/realm/realm-js): **81ms**
+4. [react-native-quick-sqlite](https://github.com/ospfranco/react-native-quick-sqlite): **82ms**
+5. [AsyncStorage](https://github.com/react-native-async-storage/async-storage): **242ms**
+
+MMKV is **20x** faster than AsyncStorage (slowest), and **4x** faster than WatermelonDB (second fastest)!
+
+<div align="center">
+  <img src="./img/comparison.png" align="center" />
+</div>
+
+> Tested on an iPhone 11 Pro, Hermes, Debug
+
+## Run it
+
+1. Clone the repo
+2. Run `yarn`
+3. Run `yarn pods`
+4. Run `yarn ios --device "YOURPHONENAME"`
+
+You can also omit the `--device "YOURPHONENAME"` flag, but running on a Simulator always gives different results than on an actual device.
+
+### JS Engine
+
+The benchmark project currently uses Hermes. To benchmark using JSC instead, set `enable_hermes` to `false` in the [`Podfile`](./ios/Podfile).
+
+### Hardware
+
+The above results were tested on an iPhone 11 Pro. Results may differ on different iPhones or Android Phones.
+
+### Debug
+
+The above results were tested in a debug build. Release mode builds come with many optimizations and are therefore faster than debug.
+
+### Operations
+
+The above results were tested using _get_ operations for a single string key (value: `'hello'`). Results may differ when using other operations, such as _set_, _delete_, _update_, and more.
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     "android": "react-native run-android",
     "ios": "react-native run-ios",
     "start": "react-native start",
+    "pods": "cd ios && pod install",
     "test": "jest",
     "lint": "eslint . --ext .js,.jsx,.ts,.tsx"
   },