5 Key Benefits of Turning Your Website into an App with MobiLoud

Having a strong presence on smartphones is no longer just beneficial. It's essential. 

While every online business needs a responsive website, native mobile apps offer a more immersive and accessible experience that can drive serious growth (and profit) for your business. 

More than 2,000 successful companies have turned to MobiLoud for help, coming away with high-quality mobile apps for very little investment (and no risk).

If you want to convert a website into an app, MobiLoud is the best way to do it.

Let's explore why you’d want to do it – and why MobiLoud provides the perfect solution for transforming your website into a powerful mobile app without the traditional headaches of app development.

Why Convert Your Website into an App with MobiLoud?

More than half of all web traffic now comes on mobile.

Some industries, such as ecommerce, are becoming firmly mobile-first.

Mobile apps have become an essential part of any long-term retention strategy. But they can still be a drain on your resources if you choose the wrong way to build your app.

Here are five reasons why your business needs an app, and why MobiLoud is the right way to build it.

1. Increase User Engagement on Mobile

The statistics don't lie—mobile usage continues to dominate digital consumption patterns. 

According to recent data, users spend over 4 hours per day on mobile devices, with 88% of that time happening within apps (rather than mobile browsers).

When you convert your website into an app with MobiLoud, you tap into this behavioral shift and create a more engaging mobile experience. App users consistently demonstrate:

• Longer session durations: On average, mobile app sessions last 3-4 times longer than mobile web sessions.
• Higher interaction rates: Users engage with more content and features when using native apps.
• More frequent visits: App users return to your platform 2-3 times more often than mobile website visitors.

Check out more mobile app statistics.

This enhanced engagement stems from the improved user experience apps provide—faster loading times, smoother navigation, and the convenience of having your brand just a tap away on their home screen.

2. Drive Higher Retention and Incremental Revenue Gains

Apps naturally drive higher retention rates.

The business impact of improved retention can't be overstated. Converting your website visitors into app users creates a more sticky relationship with your brand.

• Reduced churn: App users are 3-5 times less likely to abandon your platform compared to mobile web visitors.
• Increased lifetime value: The combination of greater usage frequency and longer customer relationships leads to substantially higher customer lifetime value.
• Incremental revenue: Turning more web users into app users creates more high-LTV power users, resulting in incremental revenue gains from people using your app instead of your website.

This revenue boost comes from multiple sources, depending on the industry.

• Ecommerce sites see higher conversion rates, AOV and purchase frequency.
• Digital publishers get longer and more frequent sessions, leading to higher ad revenue.
• SaaS apps and online courses get higher engagement rates and lower churn.

Ultimately, the math is clear. More usage and more stickiness = more profit.

3. Create a Direct Line to Your Customers

Reaching your audience has become increasingly challenging for modern businesses.

• Organic social media reach continues to decline (these platforms have been “pay to play” for a while now).
• Email deliverability faces challenges, with open rates hovering around 20% for most industries.
• Search algorithms constantly change, creating uncertainty in your traffic sources.

A mobile app establishes an owned communication channel that bypasses these limitations.

Push notifications provide an immediate, highly visible way to reach users, with:

• Open rates of 50-80%, far exceeding email.
• Near-instant visibility compared to other channels.
• Zero incremental cost per message sent (unlike SMS).
• Sophisticated targeting options based on user behavior.

This direct line to your customers enables you to drive engagement, promote new offerings, and nurture relationships without depending on third-party platforms or algorithms.

4. Save $100k+ vs Custom Development

Traditional app development represents a significant investment of both time and money:

• Custom iOS and Android development typically costs $150,000-$300,000 for initial builds.
• Development timelines often stretch 6-12 months before launch.
• Ongoing maintenance requires dedicated developers and additional budget.

MobiLoud eliminates these barriers by:

• Reducing costs by 90%+ compared to custom development.
• Launching your app in under 30 days, rather than months or years.
• Requiring zero technical resources from your team.
• Handling all maintenance and updates automatically.

This dramatic reduction in cost and complexity removes the risk traditionally associated with mobile app launches, making it accessible to businesses of all sizes.

5. Maintain a Single Codebase and a Streamlined Workflow

Perhaps one of the most compelling benefits of MobiLoud is the operational simplicity:

• No duplicate content management: Update your website and your app updates automatically.
• No separate development teams: Your existing web developers can maintain everything.
• No synchronization issues: All content, features, and updates stay consistent across platforms.
• No additional QA processes: Testing your website ensures your app works properly.

This unified approach eliminates the common headache of managing multiple platforms with different codebases, freeing your team to focus on improving your core web experience (and allowing you to focus on business growth), rather than juggling multiple versions of your digital presence.

How it Works

The process of converting a website into a mobile app with MobiLoud is streamlined and managed entirely by our team. 

Here's a step-by-step overview:

1. Kickoff & Setup

At the start, share your website URL, brand assets, and app icons with us (as well as any special requirements for your app), so we have what we need to start putting your app together.

2. App Configuration

The MobiLoud team builds the app, mirroring your website's design and functionality, while adding small touches that make your website come to life as a true mobile app with a fully native look and feel.

3. Customer Testing

In 1-2 weeks you’ll receive preview versions for testing.

Try out the app on your own devices, and send us any feedback on features and experience for us to incorporate into the build.

4. Quality Assurance

At the same time, MobiLoud's QA team tests the app on all devices, fixing bugs, clearing kinks and catching any usability issues before proceeding.

5. Store Submission

Once your app is ready for launch, we take care of submitting your app to both the Apple App Store and Google Play.

We’ll create eye-catching screenshots, writing optimized descriptions to help with discovery, and handling all the technical requirements that the stores ask for.

We manage the whole submission process, including any back-and-forth with the review teams. There’s nothing at all for you to do here!

6. Final Optimization

During the review period, we proactively monitor your app’s status.

Whether we get feedback from your team or the app store reviewers, this is our chance to make those final adjustments that will make your app really shine.

7. Launch & Growth

We’ll coordinate the release of your app, providing a launch strategy and helping you set up engagement tools like push notifications, as well as promotional banners on your website to start bringing in your first app users.

Want to learn more? Get a free preview of your app; a live prototype that shows what’s possible with MobiLoud (and how the end product is 97% as good as what you’d get from a custom, million-dollar app).

Final Thoughts: Are You Ready to Build a High-Impact, Risk-Free Mobile App?

Your business can't afford to miss the opportunities that come with launching your own mobile app.

MobiLoud offers the perfect balance—all the benefits of native mobile applications without the traditional costs, technical challenges, or ongoing maintenance headaches.

Custom app development is fraught with risk.

• Hundreds of thousands of dollars invested that your app needs to recoup.
• Massive opportunity cost from undertaking such a big project.
• The risk that the app won’t measure up to your mobile web experience (and thus be a total waste of money).
• Juggling multiple teams, and hiring developers that are unfamiliar with your business and existing codebase.
• Operational complexity going forward (more than double the work, and often mid-5 figures per month in maintenance costs).

By leveraging your existing website investment and extending it to native mobile apps, you create new channels for engagement, retention, and revenue growth while maintaining operational simplicity.

The question isn't whether you can afford to build a mobile app—with MobiLoud, it's whether you can afford not to.

Ready to take the next step? Get a free consultation now to see how quickly and affordably we can transform your website into powerful iOS and Android apps that drive real business results.