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The self-serve MobiLoud alternative: App Store for a one-time fee

MobiLoud builds genuinely good managed apps — for businesses that can spend around $23,000 in the first year. If you're a founder who built the product yourself and just wants it on the App Store this week, that maths doesn't work. Paludis is the self-serve version of the same idea: your live web app, wrapped natively, signed, and shipped to TestFlight — for a one-time fee and about ten minutes of your time.

What MobiLoud is

MobiLoud is a full-service agency product: their team designs, builds, and submits native iOS and Android apps from your website, with push notifications, analytics, ongoing maintenance, and app marketing support. Apps go live in six to eight weeks. Pricing starts at a $5,000 setup fee plus $1,499/month (10,000 monthly active users included), aimed squarely at established ecommerce brands on Shopify and similar stacks.

Paludis vs MobiLoud at a glance

PaludisMobiLoud
Price$49.99 once per app$5,000 setup + $1,499/month
First-year cost$49.99≈ $23,000
Time to App Store~10 minutes of your time to TestFlight, then Apple's review6–8 weeks
How it worksSelf-serve: paste your URL, connect Apple, we build and shipManaged service: their team builds and submits for you
PlatformsiOSiOS + Android
App ownershipPublished under your own Apple Developer accountPublished under your own developer accounts
Best forFounders and no-code builders shipping their own productEstablished ecommerce brands buying a managed app channel

MobiLoud is the better choice if:

  • You're an established ecommerce brand (they target stores up to ~$10M annual revenue) and the app is a revenue channel worth a managed budget
  • You want a team to own everything — design, build, submission, maintenance, and push campaigns — with a success manager
  • You need iOS and Android together, with integrations like Klaviyo handled for you

Paludis is the better choice if:

  • Your budget is $49.99, not $23,000 a year
  • You want the app live this week, not in six to eight weeks
  • You'd rather paste a URL than sit through a sales call and an onboarding project
  • You're covered if Apple pushes back: we fix and resubmit with you, or refund in full

Frequently asked questions

How is Paludis different from MobiLoud?

MobiLoud is a managed service: a team builds and runs native apps for your business at $5,000 setup plus $1,499/month. Paludis is self-serve automation: you paste your live URL, connect your Apple account, and the native build, signing, and TestFlight upload happen automatically for $49.99 one-time. Same destination — your site as a real App Store app — at completely different price points and speeds.

What does MobiLoud actually cost?

Their published Business plan is a $5,000 one-time setup fee plus $1,499/month (or $1,274/month billed annually), which includes 10,000 monthly active users; more users cost $50 per 1,000. That's roughly $23,000 in year one. Enterprise pricing is custom. Apple's $99/year Developer Program fee applies on top of any route.

Does Paludis do Android like MobiLoud?

No — Paludis is iOS-only today. If you need Android on day one, a tool that does both platforms is the right call. Many builders ship iOS first (it's where App Store presence and buyer expectations are strongest) and revisit Android once the iOS app has proven itself.

Is a one-time service really enough, or do I need the managed option?

If your web app already works well on a phone screen, the technical gap between you and the App Store is exactly what Paludis automates: a native iOS shell, Apple signing, and submission. A managed service earns its keep when you want someone else running the app as an ongoing marketing channel — push campaigns, design iterations, analytics reviews. For shipping the app itself, you don't need an agency.

Will Apple approve an app made from my website?

Apple's Review Guideline 4.2 rejects apps that feel like 'simply a website bundled as an app', whoever builds the wrapper. A mobile-optimised layout and real functionality get you through — thousands of web-based apps pass review. And every Paludis build is covered by our rejection guarantee: if Apple rejects your app, we fix and resubmit with you until it's approved — or you get a full refund.

Ready to see your app on the App Store?

Paste your URL and we'll handle the native build, Apple signing, and TestFlight — no Mac required.

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