How to Convert Your Magento Site Into A Mobile App

Magento (now Adobe Commerce) is a powerful, feature-rich, flexible platform for eCommerce businesses.

But one of the features you don't have is the ability to build a mobile app.

This matters because, in 2025, every eCommerce business should have their own branded shopping app.

Over 60% of all eCommerce sales around the world come on mobile. And you can secure a bigger slice of a growing pie by giving your customers an app.

With MobiLoud, launching an app is easy. It's a low cost, you can go live in less than a month, and you'll keep all the features of your Magento website in the app.

There are a couple of other ways to build a Magento mobile app, but none can match the ROI of MobiLoud.

Keep reading and we'll explain all you need to know to build the perfect app for your Magento store.

Can You Build Mobile Apps with Magento?

Magento is web-only, which means it doesn't give you the ability to create a mobile app.

You can create a mobile app that uses Magento as the backend - meaning all your orders, product details etc runs through your Magento site.

However, you'll need a bit of development work, or the help of a third-party tool, to bridge the gap.

There are three options to consider:

1. Building native Magento mobile apps
2. Using a no-code Magento app builder
3. Directly converting your Magento site into an app with MobiLoud

Let's run through each option now.

Native Magento Apps

It's possible to build native eCommerce apps and link these apps to your web store.

For this, you'd develop mobile apps with mobile coding languages or frameworks like Swift, Java, Kotlin, React Native and Flutter, then build an API that connects them with your Magento website.

Native development is the most comprehensive way to build eCommerce apps, but also by far the most complicated, time-consuming and expensive.

“If we had unlimited time and money, we would probably go for a custom native app, but that is half a million to a million a year to maintain.”

- David Cost, VP of eCommerce and Marketing, Rainbow Shops

You're looking at a bare minimum of $50,000 to launch your apps (assuming you don't hit any snags along the way).

The apps will take at least six months to ship, again assuming the project goes according to plan.

And once you launch, you'll be left with a bunch of overhead, as native apps don't maintain themselves.

Honestly, the minor improvements you get from native development simply aren't worth it. There are better ways to build a Magento eCommerce app.

Magento App Builders

If you don't want to code, you can use a Magento mobile app builder to launch an app much quicker, and much cheaper.

These tools let you build an app using pre-built templates and a drag-and-drop builder, rather than coding mobile apps from scratch.

The app builder uses Magento's API to sync the necessary data between your website and apps, while you cobble together the user interface.

Unfortunately, while these tools are generally cheap and beginner-friendly, they limit the quality of your app.

You'll be constrained to the limits of their blocks and templates, and most apps built with drag-and-drop app builders come out looking largely the same.

Your app will come out looking and functioning worse than your website, which doesn't incentivize your customers to use the app over the mobile site.

Additionally, the market for Magento app builders is not as mature as that of more popular eCommerce platforms like Shopify, which means there's a lack of high-quality options available for Magento site owners.

While app builders are a better option than spending six figures on a native app, there's still a better way to launch your Magento app.

Converting Your Magento Site into an App

With MobiLoud, you can convert your Magento site into an app, without coding, and without limitations.

MobiLoud is a full-service website-to-app platform.

We do all the work to turn your Magento store into a mobile app, which looks, feels and runs just like a fully custom native app.

The app is fully synced with your website - the backend is the same, the app has all the features of your website, and any time you make changes to your website, your app updates automatically.

Your app also has all the features your customers expect in a mobile app, such as native navigation UI, and push notifications.

Access to push notifications alone are reason to build an app for your Magento store.

Push notifications are a cheap, effective, mobile-first communication that help some of our brands drive $200k+ in revenue per month.

Ultimately, MobiLoud gives you everything you need from your Magento eCommerce app.

It does so while requiring zero effort from you and your team, with a timeline of less than a month, and a cost starting from just a few hundred per month.

For any Magento site owner interested in launching their own app, MobiLoud ticks all the boxes.

Ready to learn more about how MobiLoud will help you grow retention and revenue with your own branded mobile app? 
Get a free consultation now and get all your questions answered.

How to Turn Your Magento Site into a Mobile App

You can turn your Magento site into a mobile app, get listed in the app stores, and get on your customers' mobile phones in less than a month with MobiLoud.

It's quick and easy, and the low cost makes it a zero-risk proposition.

Here's how to build your Magento mobile app.

Step One: Book a Kickoff Call

Start with a consultation call.

On this call, we'll walk you through the process, show you what MobiLoud can do, and show you some real examples of apps like yours.

You can get all your questions answered before you start, and share any unique requirements for your app with our team.

Step Two: Choose a Plan

If you're happy to move ahead, choose the plan that suits your needs.

All plans come with unlimited push notifications, done-for-you app configuration, full white-labeling, and start from just a few hundred per month with no long-term commitments or contracts.

Step Three: Pass Off to Our Team

Ready to start?

Hand off the project to our team and we'll start building.

As long as your mobile website is fast, user-friendly and responsive, our team will have no trouble turning it into high-quality mobile apps.

We do all the work to write native code that turns your site into legitimate mobile apps. All you need to do is wait.

Step Four: Test Your Apps

In approximately two weeks, your apps should be ready for testing.

You can test the apps on your own devices, send any feedback our way, and we'll work with that feedback to build the final version ready for launch.

Step Five: Launch

Within a month, you'll be ready to go live.

Our team handles the app store submission process for you, including all back-and-forths with the app stores to ensure your listings go live without a hitch.

Outside of this, we'll guide you on how to start promoting your mobile apps on your website, to your email list and on any other active channels, to start building momentum and get your first app users.

After launch, our team handles all technical maintenance and updates for your apps, so you only need to worry about managing your website. Leave your apps to us.

Launch your own branded apps now. Get a free demo to learn more about how MobiLoud works for you.

Why MobiLoud is the Best Way to Build Mobile Apps with Magento

Unless you have the budget of a Nike, or a Target, or a Zara, there's no argument to be made for building Magento mobile apps any other way.

MobiLoud is:

• Significantly cheaper and faster than developing custom native apps.
• Easier and cheaper to maintain after launch.
• Simpler; there's nothing to manage. We do everything for you.
• More flexible and feature-rich than any Magento app builder.
• Not limited to pre-built blocks, templates and integrations.
• Not constrained by what the Magento API allows.

You can deliver a native experience for your customers for the cost of a day's sales.

At MobiLoud, we've built thousands of apps, including numerous apps for high-revenue eCommerce brands.

These brands have all raved about how great their experience was, and how much easier it was to launch a full-featured mobile app than they thought it was going to be.

“We tried six companies and you guys have the best combination of service, functionality, and price.”

- Kenneth Chan, TOBI

"We tried a handful of different options in the market in terms of app builders, as well as reaching out to countless freelancers. Nothing out there provided us with the ease and accessibility that MobiLoud did to our team."

- Nick Barbarise, John Varvatos

“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, Rainbow Shops

MobiLoud worked for them -- and it will work for your eCommerce site too.

Build Your Magento eCommerce App Now

The mobile era is here, and if you want to maximize your revenue, you need to cater to your mobile users.

A mobile-optimized website is not enough. It's par for the course today.

Top sellers are all launching their own mobile apps, to gain control over their audience, open a direct line of communication (with push notifications), and provide a smooth, contained user experience.

Most site owners think it takes a huge investment and VC funding to launch their own app.

Today, that's not true, with services like MobiLoud providing a cost-effective alternative to Magento mobile app development.

If you want to launch an app that boosts AOV, conversion rate and LTV, for a low cost and with no overhead, MobiLoud is for you.

Get in touch with us and book a free consultation to learn how we can help you build the perfect Magento mobile app.