The Best Shopify Mobile App Development Services in 2025

Unless you have a lot of technical expertise in-house, if you want to build a mobile app for your Shopify store, you're going to need some help.

That's where a Shopify mobile app development service can help.

These services come with experience building mobile apps for Shopify sites, and can help you go to market with an app for a minimum of fuss.

Instead of wasting time and energy trying to find the right developers, you can lean on a company with a proven track record to manage the entire project for you.

Keep reading and we'll share a list of Shopify mobile app development companies that will help you launch the perfect mobile app.

Top 6 Shopify Mobile App Development Services

We've been in and around the app development industry for more than ten years, and have a wealth of experience advising online businesses (especially eCommerce stores) on the best way to create mobile apps.

As a result, we know what your store needs in order to launch a mobile app that delivers a positive ROI.

With our experience as a guide, here are six companies to look at for Shopify app development:

1. MobiLoud
2. Cake
3. Mobikasa
4. Successive Digital
5. Spiral Scout
6. Sunrise Integration

Now, without anything more, let's dive into the best mobile app development service for Shopify brands.

Best Shopify Mobile App Development Company: MobiLoud

In our (admittedly biased) opinion, our company, MobiLoud, is the best mobile app development service for Shopify businesses.

MobiLoud is a white-glove, full-service solution to turn websites into mobile apps.

It works with any kind of website, on any platform or tech stack - but we've found this approach is perfect for Shopify stores.

We help you build full-featured, professional, native mobile apps for your website - ready to launch in less than a month.

The apps have everything a high-quality shopping app needs, including:

• A home screen icon and app store listing
• Native mobile tab menu
• Native navigation UI
• Customizable splash screens, loading indicators and spinners
• Built-in push notifications via OneSignal (as well as a native Klaviyo integration)
• A native Shopify app to automate push notifications for order and shipping updates
• Abandoned cart notifications
• Social login with Google, Facebook, and others
• Automatic rating prompts
• Built-in app analytics
• Universal link support
• Complete freedom for customization and integration with other apps and tools

Your app can do just about everything that an app from a multi-billion dollar brand like Nike, Target or Amazon can do, for a tiny fraction of the cost, complexity and overhead.

Why MobiLoud is Different

MobiLoud is not a traditional mobile app development agency.

We don’t have a bloated team of developers, and create complex, custom-built apps for you from the ground up. 

That’s not what you need.

Your Shopify website already works well and converts customers on mobile. You don't need to reinvent the wheel when you launch an app.

All you need is to recreate your mobile web experience inside the app, with a few small tweaks to make it feel fully native.

We simply convert what already works on your website, to create apps that you know your customers will love.

By doing that, we can ship your app much quicker, with much less hassle, and significantly cheaper than any other Shopify mobile app development service.

And the end result will be the same, or potentially even better, as you'll maintain complete feature parity between your website and app.

As your website and app are totally synced, maintenance is much easier, and cheaper, with no expensive long-term contracts required to keep your app up and running.

What Kind of Apps Has MobiLoud Built?

We’ve built apps for more than 2,000 companies, including many high-traffic, high-revenue Shopify brands.

Some examples include:

📱 Rainbow Shops‍

MobiLoud was the fourth attempt Rainbow made at building the perfect app.

They previously tried native development and DIY app builders, but found our approach was exactly what they needed, without any unnecessary hassle or overhead.

"My team is thrilled because we have functioning apps that require almost no effort on our part. It is a brilliant solution. For someone that wants to see the impact an app has on a business, MobiLoud is the single best way to make that happen."

- David Cost, VP of eCommerce and Marketing

After launching their app, Rainbow saw a 7x increase in customer lifetime value on mobile, 10% higher average order value on mobile, and double the conversion rate of their mobile website.

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📱 Bestseller (Only & Sons, Jack & Jones and more)‍

A fashion company with more than 20 brands under their umbrella, Bestseller used us to launch apps for some of their most successful brands, including Jack & Jones, Only, Only & Sons and Vero Moda.

"Through history we’ve tried doing what MobiLoud does. We wanted a solution that could enable push notifications, and MobiLoud has a way of doing that with Onesignal. We couldn’t find another company that could offer the same features at the same price point, same time to market, and make it as easy as MobiLoud could."

- Svend Hansen, Product Owner

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📱 Sleefs‍

This sportswear brand built a visually striking UI on their website, plus unique features like custom product configurators.

They had trouble finding an option that fit their budget, and would also let them keep all the features they’d built for the website - until they found MobiLoud.

"There is a design factor, with our original app we were a little bit limited. We worked with what we had, but being able to replicate our design is part of the reason why we're with you guys."

- Jamie Schuster, CEO

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Read more case studies from successful MobiLoud users here.

How Our Process Works

The beauty of our process is how straightforward it is.

We provide end-to-end white-glove service, taking care of everything to do with your mobile app.

• You'll start with a free demo call to discuss your requirements, and to answer any questions you have before proceeding further.
• When you’re ready to move forward, you can choose the plan that fits your needs, and then hand it off to our team to develop your mobile app.
• The first version of your app will be ready for testing in a couple of weeks, and you can install it on your own device and get back to us with any feedback or change requests.
• We’ll take your feedback on board and build the final version of your mobile app ready for launch. We also submit your app to the app stores for publishing, handling the whole submission process for you.

Once your app is live, we’ll handle technical maintenance and updates for your app.

Your mobile app will be linked to your Shopify store, so you can manage the design and functionality of your app simply by editing your website, eliminating the need to pay tens (or hundreds) of thousands of dollars per year for app developers to work on your apps.

Want to learn more about how MobiLoud helps you launch the perfect app, with none of the risk? Get a free consultation now.

Now let's look at some other highly-rated Shopify mobile app development services to consider.

Cake

Cake is an eCommerce agency and Shopify Plus partner, and offers a range of services for online stores, from consulting to marketing to creative to development.

Their development services include frontend and backend development, including mobile app development, where they build custom apps using React Native. 

They also build custom push notifications for your app, and take care of testing, pre-go live checks, and app store submission.

Mobikasa

Mobikasa is a worldwide eCommerce agency with a footprint in New York, Los Angeles, London, Dubai and New Delhi. 

They work with stores on Shopify, Magento and all other popular eCommerce platforms, offering a full suite of technical services, including mobile app development.

They’re flexible in their approach, able to build either native or cross-platform mobile apps, linked to your web store either way.

Successive Digital

Successive Digital is primarily a software development agency, where some others are focused on eCommerce first and software second.

They have a track record of building functional apps in many different verticals, including eCommerce.

They claim proficiency in many different areas of app development, and can build native apps for iOS and Android, or cross-platform apps using React Native, Flutter or Ionic.

Spiral Scout

Spiral Scout is a San Francisco-based software development agency, with experience in eCommerce and working with Shopify stores.

Alongside web development, web design and other services, they provide mobile app development services, with the ability to build either native or cross-platform.

Sunrise Integration

Sunrise Integration is a digital agency and Shopify Plus partner, with extensive experience dealing with eCommerce stores.

Their mobile app development team focused primarily on cross-platform technologies using React Native and Flutter.

Want to learn more about how eCommerce apps are made, and get a look into the processes these companies follow to build your apps? Check out our full guide on building eCommerce apps here.

Other Options to Build a Mobile App for Shopify Stores

Shopify app development agencies are not the only option if you want to launch an app for your store.

There are more affordable DIY software-based solutions.

Alternatively, you could hire your own development team and manage the project in-house, or bypass mobile apps and turn your store into a Progressive Web App.

Let's take a quick look at what each of these options entails.

Shopify App Builders

A quick search of the Shopify app store will bring up a number of Shopify mobile app builders, which let you compile and launch an app with zero coding, all in-house.

These tools are designed to allow non-developers to build custom apps, linked to their Shopify backend via Shopify's storefront API.

A Shopify app builder is often a better choice than spending five figures plus on a custom app.

However, there are limitations with app builders that make them a suboptimal choice compared to a direct conversion service like MobiLoud.

App builders require you to work within limiting templates, with pre-built blocks and integrations.

There's only so much you can do to customize your app, and it's likely that you won't be able to keep all the features from your website within the app.

“The hybrid solutions on top of Shopify are just too limited. The Shopify API only enables certain things and all the major providers of hybrid apps for Shopify had limitations that the Shopify API would not let them get around.”

- David Cost, Rainbow Shops

App builders also need to be managed separately from your website, which adds a surprising amount of work to your day-to-day.

Ultimately, app builders can be a good choice for simple projects, but there are better options.

Hiring Your Own Developers

You could hire your own developers instead of using an agency.

You can look for developers on sites like Clutch, Upwork or LinkedIn, and manage the project yourself.

While this gives you more control over your project, and may save you some money, unless you have experience hiring developers and managing a mobile app project, it will be far too much effort, and could easily turn into a nightmare.

Even if everything goes well, you’ll still need to keep developers on staff (or on retainer) after your app is live, for updates and maintenance - which won't be cheap.

PWA

One more option is to turn your site into a Progressive Web App, instead of a fully fledged mobile app.

A Progressive Web App (PWA) is a faster, more responsive version of a website, which looks and feels like an app but still runs in the browser.

Users can download a launcher icon for your PWA to their home screen, and PWAs can do a little more with push notifications than a typical website.

The advantage of this is that PWAs are much cheaper and simpler to build than mobile apps; you just need to make a few small backend changes to your website.

However, the benefits don’t compare to the benefits of having your own mobile app, so turning your site into a PWA is not really a viable alternative to true mobile app development.

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Want to Create an App For Your Shopify Store? Start Here

Shoppers on mobile apps spend longer in your store, they buy more, they spend more, and they buy more often.

We've seen these results time and time again from our partners.

However, it's still a long road to a positive ROI if you have to spend $50k+ to build your app.

But with MobiLoud, that's not a problem.

You can go live with full-featured apps for low-four figures, in as little as a month.

The boost you'll get from higher mobile AOV, increased conversion rate, higher LTV, and increased revenue from push notifications will pay off the cost of your app in no time.

Every Shopify merchant, assuming you're making decent revenue on your web store already, should be looking to create their own branded app.

If you don't have the time, or you don't know where to start, or you think an app would be too expensive, MobiLoud is here to help.

We'll help you build the perfect mobile apps.

Book a free demo now, and see what our Shopify mobile app development service can do for you.