On the RubyMotion site's home page, They say it's a
revolutionary toolchain that lets you quickly develop and test native iOS and OS X
applications for iPhone, iPad and Mac
On the Rubuto framework site, they say something similar
Ruboto is a framework and tool chain to develop native Android apps, using the Ruby
language we all know and love.
How can apps developed using those frameworks be called native applications?
Ruboto apps can be called native since from the outside they cannot be distinguished from apps developed in Java. They are not just scripts running on another app. They are self contained, standalone apps accessing the Android API directly.