Yes I am aware of the alternatives. Still having used a ton of UI libraries (Unity/Unreal/Godot/C#/QtWidgets/Flutter and web development) I would still choose QML by a landslide. My project ScreenPlay [1] (Cross plattform animated wallpaper and desktop widgets) is written 100% in QML and C++. I use the build in Material Design on desktop which works really nice with fancy animations. At work I develop a cross platform Qt app for desktop and Android tablets. With QtCreator 4.11 they unified the apk creation for all arch and arm versions.
[1] https://gitlab.com/kelteseth/ScreenPlay