When comparing Qt vs Marmalade, the Slant community recommends Qt for most people. In the question“What are the best frameworks for developing cross-platform mobile apps with C/C++?” Qt is ranked 1st while Marmalade is ranked 3rd.
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Pros
Pro Open-source
Pro Global community
The community behind Qt is both massive and approachable. Digia (also owners) are joined by the likes of Intel, KDAB, ICS, Canonical and numerous others in sponsoring development, while communities such as KDE also contribute significantly. Forums are active, mailing lists are open, irc channels chatting, git repositories well managed. Answers to questions are usually minutes away.
Pro Good documentation
Professional, thorough documentation with examples, available either in a web browser or in the stand-alone desktop client called assistant.