After working with both, React is massively more readable and easier to work with.

I guess it's all subjective, but I'll take learning a new Angular codebase over a React one any day of the week and twice on Sundays.

That's simply because you learn Angular once, and then you learn the half dozen things that can differ between projects, and then you know how it works. For React, every project has its own stack and conventions.

I probably won't disagree that the ceiling for a good React project is higher than that for a good Angular project, simply because you have more freedom to make good decisions. But in the same vein, you also have more freedom to make bad decisions, and most people tend not to be very good at making these kinds of decisions.

After working with both, Angular is massively more readable and easier to work with.