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@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ References for utilizing the Pear runtime.
 * [Application-Programming-Interface (API)](./reference/api.md)
 * [Application Configuration](./reference/configuration.md)
 
+> The Pear runtime uses [Bare](https://github.com/holepunchto/bare) JavaScript runtime, which is a small and modular JavaScript runtime for desktop and mobile. 
+
 ### Guides
 
 Guides on using the pear runtime to build and share P2P applications.
@@ -84,9 +86,9 @@ Applications built using Pear.
 ### Examples
 
 Collection of example applications that can be used as reference during development.
-
-- [Bare on Mobile](./examples/bare-on-mobile.md)
-- [React App using Pear](./examples/react-app-using-pear.md)
+- [Cross-platform Pear App](./examples/cross-platform-pear-app.md): Cross-platform "Hello World" Pear application for Android and iOS.
+- [Bare on Mobile](./examples/bare-on-mobile.md): Reference applications for using Bare runtime on Android and iOS.
+- [React App using Pear](./examples/react-app-using-pear.md): Example application for building Pear applications using React framework.
 
 ## Stability indexing
 
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 ### Examples
 
+* [Cross-platform Pear App](examples/cross-platform-pear-app.md)
 * [Bare on Mobile](examples/bare-on-mobile.md)
 * [React App using Pear](examples/react-app-using-pear.md)
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+# Cross-platform Pear App
+
+A "Hello World" example of a cross-platform Pear application for Android and iOS using [Bare](https://github.com/holepunchto/bare) and [Expo SDK](https://expo.dev/).
+
+- [Pear Expo Hello World](https://github.com/holepunchto/pear-expo-hello-world)
+
+> This above example is still a work in progress, please expect further improvements.
+
+Note that on mobile, the React Native UI runs on one thread and the Bare local backend runs on another thread and they both communicate via an IPC API.
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