Launch a mobile app from the Shopify store you already run.
Keep Shopify at the centre of products, customers and checkout. Add a branded iOS and Android app designed around the store your customers already use.
- Shopify and Shopify Plus
- No duplicate catalogue or checkout
- About two weeks to store submission
Free preview generated from your public store. No signup required.
Built by scandiweb, the ecommerce team behind stores for global brands.
Ecommerce delivery experience behind the accelerator
The operational challenge
Your app should feel like your brand, not another template.
Many Shopify app builders provide speed by placing every merchant inside the same design system. Appification starts from the storefront and customer journeys you already operate.
Build a separate custom app
More control, but more to operate.
- A second codebase
- A separate product roadmap
- Longer implementation
- Ongoing development work
Use a template app builder
Faster setup, but less flexibility.
- Standardised layouts
- Separate app configuration
- Recurring platform fees
- Store customisations may not transfer cleanly
Add the app channel to the store you already run.
Your ecommerce platform continues to manage products, prices, customers, checkout and orders. Appification adds the mobile experience, app controls and store distribution.
See how it worksHow Appification works
Keep Shopify at the centre.
Shopify continues to manage the core commerce experience. Appification adds the app controls, customer engagement tools and store distribution.
One source of truth
Your store and app stay connected.
Products, prices, customer accounts, cart, checkout and orders continue to run through your existing store. Changes are reflected in the app without managing a duplicate catalogue.
- One catalogue
- One checkout
- One customer account
- One order history
Your brand
The app feels designed for your store.
We adapt the navigation, app icon, launch screens, colours and key mobile interactions to the brand your customers already recognise.
- Branded app icon and launch screens
- Adapted navigation
- Mobile app controls
- iOS and Android experience
Delivery
We prepare the app for both stores.
Our team prepares the builds, testing versions, store listings and submission materials for Apple App Store and Google Play.
- iOS and Android builds
- Testing on real devices
- Store listing assets
- Submission support
Apple and Google approval timing is outside the build schedule.
Merchant control
Your team runs the customer channel.
Create push campaigns, connect messages to products and offers, and review engagement without maintaining a second ecommerce operation.
- Push campaigns
- Deep links
- Campaign reporting
- Engagement analytics
Customer retention
Reach known customers without buying their attention again.
Push notifications, deep links and app-only experiences create a direct route back to products, offers and carts.
Add more when there is a clear reason.
- Location-based triggers
- Biometric access
- Back-in-stock alerts
- Reorder reminders
- Visual search
- AI shopping assistance
- Personalised discovery
Around 80% of visits happen on mobile
Mobile conversion is roughly half of desktop
Directional benchmarks. Sources: Salesforce Shopping Index, Adobe Digital Economy Index, WebKit Tracking Prevention.
Scope
What launches
first.
A fixed-scope launch package, no ambiguity, no creep. Phase 2 work is scoped separately, based on real user behaviour from the launched app.
1 Stays as it is
- Catalogue and prices
- Customer accounts
- Cart and checkout
- Orders and reorder
2 We build
- iOS and Android apps
- Native main menu
- Sticky add to cart
- Push notifications
- Store listing and submission
3 You control
- Colours and menu
- Push campaigns
- Deep links
- Engagement analytics
Your Shopify store stays the source of truth. We build the channel. You run it. Ongoing maintenance is under your existing scandiweb support.
Live distribution
Your brand, sitting in
the App Store.
We build and submit in about two weeks. Once Apple and Google approve, customers searching your category find you listed right alongside the names they already know, on the App Store and Google Play.
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Submission and review, managed by us
We manage developer accounts, review round-trips and store compliance end to end. Approval timing belongs to Apple and Google.
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Listing copy written to be found
Title, subtitle, keywords and description written to rank for your category.
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Featured-ready assets
Store screenshots and a preview video built to your brand, ready for editorial features.
Inside the app
What your customers
actually open.
The same storefront, reimagined for the home screen: branded, fast and easy to use with one hand. This is the core of the experience we ship in the first two weeks.
- Branded storefront
- Product pages
- Cart & checkout
- Re-engagement push
- Loyalty & rewards
Delivery
About two weeks from approval
to store submission.
We manage configuration, testing, listing preparation and submission. Apple and Google review on their own schedules.
- 1
Define the launch version
Agree what the first release includes and confirm who will approve it.
- 2
Connect the store
Connect the accelerator and verify the main catalogue, account, cart, checkout and order journeys.
- 3
Adapt the app experience
Apply the brand, navigation and mobile app controls.
- 4
Review on real devices
Test the iOS and Android builds and complete the final changes.
- 5
Submit to Apple and Google
Complete the store listings and submit both applications for review.
When the app is ready, we help customers find it.
Prepare the website banner, app store badges, footer links and launch communication needed to introduce the app to existing customers.
Ownership
Your app, your accounts and your customer relationship.
Your developer accounts
The apps are published through your Apple and Google developer accounts.
Your listings and reviews
The app listings, ratings, reviews and install base belong to your business.
Your customer channel
Your team controls push campaigns, deep links and customer engagement.
Your store remains central
The ecommerce platform you already operate continues to manage the core commerce journeys.
Ongoing maintenance is handled through your existing scandiweb support arrangement or agreed separately.
Pricing
One launch setup.
Flexible support after launch.
Start with a defined launch scope. Add further modules when there is a clear commercial or customer reason.
App Accelerator launch
- Brand adaptation
- iOS and Android apps
- Connection to the existing ecommerce store
- Catalogue, account, cart, checkout and order journeys
- Push campaigns, deep links and reporting
- Store listing preparation
- Submission support
- Launch activation materials
What happens after launch
Ongoing maintenance is handled through your existing scandiweb support arrangement or agreed separately.
Loyalty, gamification, AI services, custom native screens and other additions are scoped separately.
Does Appification work with Magento and Shopify?
What remains in our existing ecommerce platform?
What access will you need?
Who owns the app?
Does the two-week timeline include store approval?
What happens after launch?
See your store as an app
before you decide.
Generate a free preview from your public store or book a walkthrough to review the launch scope.
No signup required for the preview.
