For businesses built on React

Build your mobile app with React

MobiLoud creates a native iOS and Android layer that lets you publish your React app or site as a real mobile app. Keep building with the code you know, and get all the benefits of your own branded mobile apps.

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2,000+ apps published since 2013

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One codebase for website and app

Extend your React codebase and launch a native app

A React Native rewrite means a second codebase, a second team and a second release process, all to rebuild what your web app already does. MobiLoud builds iOS and Android apps on top of your existing React code, so you can go live without the rebuild.

Components and design

Your component library, styles and design tokens render in the app exactly as they do in the browser.

Routing and state

React Router or Next.js routes, your state management and every screen you've built, with native navigation on top.

Auth and sessions

Your sign-in flow, cookies and tokens keep working, and users stay signed in between sessions.

APIs and backend

The app calls the same APIs with the same permissions, so there's nothing to rebuild on the server.

Deploys and hosting

Ship through your usual CI/CD to Vercel, Netlify or your own servers, and the app has the change as soon as it's live.

Analytics and tracking

GA4, Segment, Mixpanel or your own events keep firing, and you can tell app sessions from web sessions.

Third-party scripts

Payments, chat, search and the other scripts your app loads keep working, and we set up the few that need native handling, like Google sign-in.

Your release schedule

Web changes go live when you deploy. App store releases are only needed for native changes, and we handle those.

For your developers

Call native features from your React code

Every MobiLoud app includes a JavaScript API, so your team works with native features in React and JavaScript. Here, a hook waits for the API, then links push notifications to your own user IDs when someone signs in.

  • Detect the app

    Check the user agent to show, hide or change anything for app users, from download banners to whole screens.

  • Push tied to your users

    Link each device to your own user ID and add tags, so you can send transactional and segmented notifications.

  • Permission prompts on your terms

    Trigger the push permission prompt from your own UI, at the moment it makes sense in your product.

  • Login screens and haptics

    Close the app's login screen after sign-in, send users back to it when they log out, and add haptic feedback to key actions.

Learn more about native functions

useMobileApp.js
import { useEffect } from 'react';

export function useMobileApp(user) {
  useEffect(() => {
    const inApp = navigator.userAgent.toLowerCase().includes('canvas');
    if (!inApp || !user) return;

    // The app adds nativeFunctions to the page shortly after it loads
    let attempts = 0;
    const timer = setInterval(() => {
      attempts += 1;
      if (typeof window.nativeFunctions !== 'undefined') {
        clearInterval(timer);
        // Tie push notifications to your own user ID
        window.nativeFunctions.onesignalSetExternalUserId(String(user.id));
      } else if (attempts >= 50) {
        clearInterval(timer);
      }
    }, 100);

    return () => clearInterval(timer);
  }, [user]);
}

Case studies

Companies that skipped the rebuild

Each of these teams had a web product their users relied on. With MobiLoud's help they launched on iOS and Android, and kept shipping the same way.

Givi Enterprise Gifting

Gifting platform

5/5 App Store Rating

Givi Enterprise Gifting Launched Mobile Apps One Year Ahead of Schedule with MobiLoud

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"We looked at things like React Native, but at the end of the day, they really become a separate code base anyway. There are some things that are shared between the code base, but it's not as easy as a single code base where you make a change and it propagates to all your platforms."
Jack Heaton CTO, Moxey
"Our in-house programming team is very good with HTML, JavaScript and everything that comes with building a website. They honestly had no experience in building a native app from scratch."
Roberto Artavia CEO, Givi Enterprise Gifting

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MobiLoud vs the alternatives

Rewrite, rebuild or build on what you have

You can rewrite your app in React Native, but that gives you a second codebase with its own components, releases and bugs to worry about. Native apps in Swift and Kotlin mean even more cost and complexity. MobiLoud lets you get into the app store, without rebuilding or maintaining a whole new codebase.

MobiLoud

  • Built on your React app
  • One codebase for web, iOS and Android
  • Every deploy live in the app at once
  • No native app development required
  • Live in 6 to 8 weeks

React Native rewrite

  • A second codebase in React Native
  • Every screen rebuilt with native components
  • Separate releases through app store review
  • Mobile specialists to hire or train
  • Months of rebuilding before launch

Swift and Kotlin

  • Two new codebases, one per platform
  • iOS and Android teams to hire
  • Every feature built three times
  • $250K to $1M+ a year, fully loaded
  • 6 to 12 months to launch

The operating model

Your developers ship React. We handle everything native.

Your team uses the same stack, tools and release schedule you're already familiar with. We build and maintain your mobile apps, bridging the gap between your web code and mobile.

Your team

Keeps building in React

  • Features and fixes, shipped through your normal deploys
  • App-only screens and tweaks, built in React when you want them
  • Native features like push, called from your own code
  • Your roadmap, on your schedule

Our team

Owns the native side

  • The native iOS and Android builds, from setup to device testing
  • App Store and Google Play submissions and reviews, under your accounts
  • Every OS release, SDK update and app store policy change
  • Push notification setup, deep links and analytics
  • Native SDK integrations when you need them (Enterprise)
  • A dedicated success manager and an SLA (Enterprise)

Getting live

Get your React app in the app stores in 6 to 8 weeks

We handle the native build, testing and app store submissions. Your team brings any special requirements, reviews it, and keeps shipping features the whole time.

  1. Week 1

    Kickoff

    We go through your app with your team: routes, sign-in, the screens that belong in the tab bar and the native features you want. Then you give us access to your developer accounts.

  2. Weeks 2 to 3

    Build and integrate

    We build the native apps on your live React app and set up navigation, push notifications and deep links. By week two, you'll have a working build on your phone.

  3. Week 4

    Customize and test

    We test on real iOS and Android devices, tune native details like the back button and splash screen, and connect analytics (GA4 and Firebase) before your sign-off.

  4. Weeks 5 to 8

    Launch

    We submit both apps under your developer accounts and handle app store review, which usually takes one to two weeks. From then on, your deploys update the app.

For the people who sign it off

We can deliver everything your legal, security and finance teams will ask for:

  • Data Processing Agreement and GDPR documentation
  • An SLA with 24/7 support and an uptime commitment (Enterprise)
  • Custom contracts, redlines and payment terms
  • Payment by invoice or bank transfer
  • User data stays in your own systems

Questions from React teams

Have any more questions we didn't answer? Book a 30-minute call or send us a message to clear it all up.

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Do we need React Native to build a mobile app?

No. React Native is a separate framework with its own components, so a React Native app is a second codebase next to your web app. MobiLoud builds native iOS and Android apps on your React app, so your team keeps one codebase and ships to the web and the app at the same time.

Will it feel like a native app?

Yes. Your app gets native navigation with a tab bar, push notifications, persistent login, deep links, a splash screen and haptic feedback. Screens render with your React code, so they look and behave the way your team designed them, and we tune details like the back button for mobile.

Do we have to change our code?

Not to launch. The app works with your React app as it is. Most teams make a few small changes over time, like hiding a web-only banner in the app or adding a screen just for app users, and use our JavaScript API when they want to call native features.

Does it work with Next.js, Remix or Vite?

Yes. MobiLoud works with any React setup, including Next.js with the App Router or the Pages Router, Remix, Vite and Create React App, whether your pages are rendered on the server, generated statically or served as a single-page app.

How do push notifications work?

Push comes from your own OneSignal account, or from Klaviyo on the Enterprise plan. Link each device to your user IDs with one JavaScript call, then send transactional or segmented push from your backend through OneSignal's API, or from its dashboard.

Do deep links work with our routes?

Yes. We set up universal links on iOS and app links on Android, so a link to any route in your React app, including routes with parameters, opens that screen in the app for anyone who has it installed. Your team adds two small files to your site, which we provide.

Will Apple approve it?

That's our job. We've published more than 2,000 apps since 2013 and handle app store review for you. The native features we add, like navigation, push notifications and persistent login, are what Apple expects from an app, and we deal with anything a reviewer asks for.

Who is MobiLoud for?

Companies with a live web product and users who want an app: SaaS platforms, marketplaces, booking and membership products, and ecommerce brands on custom stacks. It's a fully managed service with plans from $1,499 a month, for teams that want native apps without adding a mobile team.

What does it cost?

The Business plan is $1,499 a month, or $1,274 a month billed annually, plus a one-time fee to build and publish the apps, with up to 10,000 monthly active users. Enterprise, with native SDK integrations, a dedicated success manager and an SLA, is custom-priced. Neither plan takes a share of your revenue.

How long does it take to launch?

Most teams are live in 6 to 8 weeks: four weeks to build, test and approve the apps, then one to two weeks of app store review. Your team can keep deploying the whole time.

Who owns the app and the code?

You do. Both apps are published under your own Apple and Google developer accounts, and your React codebase stays entirely yours. MobiLoud keeps the intellectual property in the platform that builds the native apps, and if you ever leave, your listings and users stay with you.

Get a free preview of your iOS and Android apps

See how your React app will look and feel as a mobile app, with a live, interactive preview set up by our team.