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You simply can't create an app with a high-quality, Mac-conforming, polished UI with cross-platform tools like Qt. The apps always end up with small but noticeable differences and peculiarities compared to 'native' Mac apps.

You can argue about the merits of wanting such a UI, but given that the Monodraw developer does, creating a Mac-only app is the only option.

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I usually care about functionality more than about small noticeable differences between platforms. "Not available at all" is way worse in my books than "doesn't look like 100% native".

Sure, any cross platform UI can be a trade-off. The question is what is more important, to leave out users of all other platforms by making the UI look more native, or to reach more users.

There's more to "look and feel" than just look. Qt's been using native rendering APIs for years, but they still have to emulate the native functionality, and when they get it wrong that's a lot more annoying than getting the look wrong.

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