Convert your website to an app that's more than a wrapper

There are three honest routes. A progressive web app (PWA) makes your existing site installable from the browser, with a home-screen icon, offline pages and push notifications, and no app store involved. A wrapper, usually built with Capacitor, puts your site or its front end inside a real Android or iOS app that can call native features such as push, camera, biometrics and deep links. A native rebuild in Flutter or React Native recreates the experience as an app from the ground up. The first is cheapest and quickest, the third the most capable, and most businesses that want to convert their website to a mobile app are well served by one of the first two.

Here's the part conversion tools rarely mention. Apple's App Store Review Guideline 4.2, on minimum functionality, expects an app to offer more than a repackaged website, and apps that are just a browser frame around a site are a common rejection. Google Play has its own minimum functionality and webview rules, though it's usually more lenient. What helps is app-like value: notifications people opt into, offline access to things they saved, native navigation, biometric sign-in, or device features a browser can't reach. We tell you up front whether your site has enough of that to justify a store listing, and we never promise approval.

Apps are published from your own developer accounts, so the listing, ratings and users belong to you. Apple's developer program charges an annual fee and Google Play a one-time registration fee, both paid by you directly. After kickoff you add us to your Apple team and Play Console with the roles needed to upload builds, so no passwords change hands. Review times are set by Apple and Google, not by us. If a reviewer sends feedback, fixing what they flag is covered by your revision rounds, and if we can't deliver the agreed scope at all, you get a full refund.

Converting isn't always the right move. If your site is slow or awkward on a phone, an app built around it will be too, so fix the mobile site first. If customers visit once a year, a PWA or nothing at all may serve them better than an app they'll delete. If you need complex offline sync, heavy device features or an interface that feels fully native, a dedicated mobile app build is the better investment. Android and iOS also change every year, so apps need upkeep; the Care plan at $79 a month keeps an app we built current, with fixes and up to two small changes a month.