How Much Does It Cost to Turn a Website Into an App? (2026)

The honest answer is that it depends on the route you take. A wrapper can cost a few euros per month. A full native rewrite can cost a team months of work. Here is how the costs break down so you can pick with your eyes open.

AI Prompt: Simple cost breakdown illustration with store fees, monthly wrapper pricing, and native rewrite bar chart, navy emerald palette — Store fees, tooling subscriptions, and project work compared at a glance.

Costs you pay whichever route you choose

Google Play developer account: a one-time registration fee.
Apple Developer Program: an annual fee, required to publish on the App Store.
Store assets: icon, screenshots, description and a privacy policy.
Your time: testing, store submission and handling review feedback.

Route 1: a website-to-app platform

A platform wraps your live site in a native shell and produces store-ready builds. WebsiteTo.app is priced per app on our pricing page: €4.90 per month for Android, €7.90 for iOS or €9.90 for both, with annual plans and a 15-day trial. Demo builds are free with no card. Push (OneSignal) and AdMob are part of the plan, not paid add-ons, and you keep your own Play and App Store developer accounts.

Route 2: a freelancer or agency

Hiring someone to wrap or rebuild your site moves the cost from a monthly fee to a project fee, and usually adds an ongoing cost for updates and store changes. Get a written scope that includes both stores, signing, push notifications and who owns the developer accounts.

Route 3: a native rewrite

Rebuilding in Swift, Kotlin, React Native or Flutter gives you the most control and the highest bill. It is justified when the app needs deep device features, offline mode or a very custom experience. Remember that you also maintain two apps afterwards.

Hidden costs to watch for

Per-build or per-update charges that make iteration expensive.
Watermarks or branding that you can only remove on a higher plan.
No clear ownership of your signing keys and developer accounts.
Platforms that charge extra for push, ads, or each production build when you expected an all-in per-app price.

How to decide

If your site already works well on mobile and you want to reach app stores quickly, start with a wrapper and a free demo. If your roadmap needs hardware features or offline use, plan the native route. Many teams begin with the wrapper to validate demand and rewrite later only if they need to.

Try a free Android and iOS demo of your own site and see what you get before spending anything.