Shopify + Bilt

Shopify powers your store. Bilt builds your native mobile app

Shopify is the best e-commerce platform. But the Shopify mobile experience is a web storefront, not a native app. Bilt generates custom native iOS and Android apps for your brand.

The mobile gap

Shopify excels at e-commerce. But a responsive web store and a branded native mobile app deliver very different customer experiences.

What Shopify does well

  • E-commerce platform
  • Payment processing
  • Inventory management
  • Responsive web storefront
  • App ecosystem

What Bilt adds

  • Custom branded native app
  • App Store & Google Play presence
  • Push notification marketing
  • Camera & device integration
  • Offline browsing
  • Native checkout experience

Feature comparison

Feature
Shopify
Bilt
Custom native iOS app
Custom native Android app
App Store publishing
Push notification marketing
Device APIs (camera, GPS)
Offline browsing
E-commerce platform
Payment processing
AI prompt-based building
Source code ownership

Built for native mobile

Custom branded mobile app

Don't settle for Shopify's generic mobile web. Get a custom native app that matches your brand, connects to your Shopify store via API.

Bilt custom branded mobile app

iOS simulator in your browser

Preview your app on a real iOS simulator before publishing.

Bilt iOS simulator streaming

One-click App Store publishing

Get your branded app into the App Store and Google Play.

Bilt one-click App Store deployment

Push notification marketing

Re-engage customers with native push notifications. Higher engagement than email, directly on their home screen.

Bilt push notification marketing
We were doing the whole design-to-code pipeline manually. Bilt just... skips the middleman. Prompt goes in, native app comes out. It's genuinely weird how much faster everything moves now.

Roland Kriibi

CTO at Buildwill

Frequently asked questions

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Your customers are on mobile. Meet them with a native app — branded, fast, and in the App Store.

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