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Top Flutter Package Utilities packages
Last updated: May 18, 2026
Package Utilities interact with the app's own metadata—fetching the current version number from pubspec.yaml, checking the build number, or launching the native App Store for updates.
Best Practices for Package Utilities
- Force Updates: Query your backend on app launch. If the current app version (retrieved via package info) is lower than the mandatory minimum version on the server, lock the UI and force the user to open the App Store to update.
- Review Prompts: Use the native "In-App Review" API to ask for a 5-star rating without making the user leave the app. However, never prompt the user immediately upon opening the app; wait until they have successfully completed a positive action (like a purchase).
- Deep Linking to Stores: Ensure your app has utility functions that can seamlessly redirect the user to your specific App Store or Google Play listing URL to resolve subscription or update issues.
The complete list of Package Info, App Store Launchers, and In-App Review packages for Flutter is provided below.
package_info_plus
👍 2.77K ⬇️ 3.8M
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Flutter plugin for querying information about the application package, such as CFBundleVersion on iOS or versionCode on Android.
pub_semver
👍 165 ⬇️ 6.3M
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
Versions and version constraints implementing pub's versioning policy. This is very similar to vanilla semver, with a few corner cases.
version
👍 272 ⬇️ 665.3K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Provides a simple class for parsing and comparing semantic versions as defined by http://semver.org/
restart_app
👍 515 ⬇️ 129.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A Flutter plugin to restart or relaunch Flutter apps with platform-specific native behavior.
cross_file
👍 308 ⬇️ 220.3K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
An abstraction to allow working with files across multiple platforms.
once
👍 308 ⬇️ 2.6K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Want to run a piece of code once periodically (Once - Daily - Weekly - Monthly - On new build - On new version - Any period)? We cover your back.
dotenv
👍 152 ⬇️ 116.1K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Load environment variables from a `.env` file.
package_rename
👍 151 ⬇️ 10.7K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A Blazingly Fast way to configure your awesome flutter project to be production ready.
store_checker
👍 96 ⬇️ 16.8K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
This flutter plugin is useful to find the origin of currently installed apk/ipa.
is_first_run
👍 91 ⬇️ 2.2K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
A simple package to check if it is the first time the app runs.
build_version
👍 29 ⬇️ 75.6K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A builder for extracting a package version into code.
app_usage
👍 81 ⬇️ 1.3K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
App usage plugin for Android only, which can be used to get the time spent by the user in each app.
download_assets
👍 71 ⬇️ 3K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Retrieve assets and add them to the application's repository for use.
install_referrer
👍 72 ⬇️ 1.1K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Detect from where your application was installed (Google Play, App Store, TestFlight…)
app_runner
👍 61 ⬇️ 236
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Launch your Flutter app like a pro! AppRunner is a configurator for quick and controlled launch of your application.
version_tracker
👍 48 ⬇️ 473
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Local version and build tracker plugin. Provides the ability to keep track of previous installations and easily migrate data between upgrades.
version_manipulation
👍 4 ⬇️ 38.5K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Extension on Dart `pub_semver` library. Provides `nextBuild`, `nextPreRelease` and `change`.
palestine_first_run
👍 31 ⬇️ 41
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Lightweight and easy check if the app runs for its first time, apply that to custom calls.
play_install_referrer
👍 8 ⬇️ 19.4K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
A Flutter plugin for the Android Play Install Referrer API. You can use it to securely retrieve referral content from Google Play.
flutter_application_id
👍 23 ⬇️ 617
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A command-line tool to update your Flutter app's Name and ID
r_flutter
👍 19 ⬇️ 371
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Poor
Generate constants for resources which require using them as a String like fonts and assets.
parse_app_package
👍 1 ⬇️ 9.8K
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Good
Parse app package
dart_gsheet_remote_config
👍 7 ⬇️ 38
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A package that allows you to use Google Sheets as a remote config for changing your Dart/Flutter app's behaviors, settings,.. without updating.
simple_remote_config
👍 4 ⬇️ 17
Dart 3 compatibleMaintenance Status: Average
A simple plugin for helping you to change your application's behaviors, settings,.. without updating the application via network JSON.
flutter_phoenix
👍 495 ⬇️ 43.2K
Maintenance Status: Poor
Easily restart your application from scratch, losing any previous state