MobiLoud and GoodBarber are two of the longest-serving no-code mobile app platforms. Both have been around for 10+ years, helping people launch real mobile apps, without hiring developers or learning to code.
They’re two very different products though, with little to no overlap.
GoodBarber is a no-code app builder for creating standalone mobile apps from scratch. MobiLoud is a managed service that turns existing ecommerce websites into native apps.
Different products, different purposes. If you're comparing them, you're likely trying to figure out which type of tool you actually need. Let’s save you jumping between tabs and explain it all for you.
Quick Comparison
| GoodBarber | MobiLoud | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | No-code app builder | Managed development service |
| Pricing | US$30 to US$40 a month for content and store apps, billed yearly | From $639 a month on a 12 month term |
| Starting point | Blank canvas or template | Your existing website |
| Build process | You build it | We build it for you |
| Day-to-day | You operate the app | You manage your site; we manage the app |
| Ecommerce | Built-in product DB, payments, orders | Your site's features and tools, any platform |
| Best for | Content apps, local businesses, small retail | Mid-market and enterprise ecommerce |
What is GoodBarber?
GoodBarber is a no-code platform that lets you build native iOS and Android apps using a visual editor. It has two main categories:
- Content apps: news, radio, events, tourism, online courses, community
- Ecommerce apps: retail, grocery, restaurants, local delivery, click-and-collect
GoodBarber has a reputation for strong design tools. The platform focuses on visual customization, giving you templates and drag-and-drop editors to create polished-looking apps without code.
For ecommerce, GoodBarber is geared toward smaller, more straightforward retail operations. Local grocery stores, restaurants with delivery, small retail shops.
It includes its own product management, payment processing, and order management. Outside of custom connections with Zapier/Make, it doesn’t really have a way to sync with your online store (Shopify, WooCommerce etc).
This means its ecommerce features are exclusively geared towards standalone ecommerce apps, like a menu app for a restaurant, or a delivery app for a local grocery store.
GoodBarber pricing
- Content plan: from US$30 a month
- eCommerce plan: from US$40 a month
- Reseller plan: from US$215 a month, for agencies
All plans are billed yearly, and there's a 30-day free trial.
Who GoodBarber is for
GoodBarber is a good fit for small businesses, content creators, local retailers, and agencies that want to build standalone apps from scratch.
It suits a blog, a local organization, a gym, or any other case where you need a simple app that looks good and don’t want to pay $500+ per month for it.
What is MobiLoud?
MobiLoud is a premium managed service for mid-market and enterprise ecommerce brands that want to turn their websites into native mobile apps.
Everything's done for you: build, testing, app store publishing, ongoing maintenance. Our approach ensures everything from your website carries over to your app, and the app updates with your website automatically, reducing the operational lift that comes with launching a mobile app.
MobiLoud works with any ecommerce platform: Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, WooCommerce, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, Shopware, and custom builds.
“Nothing out there provided us with the ease and accessibility that MobiLoud did to our team. You can’t beat the price they provided to get an app together.”
MobiLoud pricing
MobiLoud starts at $639 a month on a 12 month term. That includes the app build, app store management, QA, and ongoing support and maintenance.
Who MobiLoud is for
Established ecommerce brands, typically doing a minimum of seven figures in annual online revenue. Brands that already have a strong website and want to extend that experience to a native app, with a team handling everything.
Managing a mid-market or enterprise ecommerce brand?
If you already have a website generating real revenue, MobiLoud can turn it into a native iOS and Android app, with your full checkout, integrations, and customer experience intact. Our team handles everything: build, app store publishing, and ongoing maintenance.
Book a free strategy call to see if it makes sense for your brand. No commitment.
Book Your Free Strategy CallThe Key Differences: GoodBarber vs MobiLoud
The main difference: GoodBarber is for standalone apps. MobiLoud is for building an app from an existing website.
Let’s explore these differences a little further, so you’re totally clear on which platform is right for your app.
What you're building
GoodBarber builds standalone apps. You start from a template, design every screen, add your content or products, and manage the app as its own platform. The app is independent from your website.
MobiLoud builds your app from your existing website. Your storefront, content and tools carry over automatically, and you decide how close the app stays to your site and where it should differ.
Ecommerce approach
GoodBarber's ecommerce features are built into the platform: its own product management, payment processing, and order handling. It's designed for straightforward retail, think local shops, restaurants, small retailers.
MobiLoud doesn't have its own ecommerce features because it doesn't need them. It uses your existing website, which means whatever you've built on Shopify, BigCommerce, Magento, or any other platform carries over to the app. That includes the full checkout, all your third-party tools, and any customizations you've made.
Maintenance
GoodBarber is a separate platform you manage alongside your website. Products, promotions, content: these live in GoodBarber's dashboard and need to be updated independently.
MobiLoud syncs with your website. Change your site, and the app updates too. One system to manage.
Service model
GoodBarber is self-service. You build and manage the app yourself. MobiLoud is fully managed. Our team handles everything from the initial build to ongoing maintenance and app store updates.
Which One Should You Choose?
If you're looking for a cost-effective no-code app builder, GoodBarber is for you. If you're looking for a complete service to build and maintain a mobile app for a 7+ figure ecommerce brand, MobiLoud is for you.
The overlap is basically non-existent.
GoodBarber is the right product if:
- You're building a content app: news, radio, events, tourism, online courses, community
- You're a local retailer, restaurant, gym, or small shop where the app can use GoodBarber's built-in ecommerce
- You want full visual control over every screen in the app
- You don't have an established ecommerce website to extend, or your ecommerce needs are simple enough to live inside GoodBarber's platform
- You're an agency looking for a white-label platform to build apps for clients
MobiLoud is the right product if:
- You have an established ecommerce website doing real revenue and you want to extend it to native apps
- Your website uses a stack of third-party tools (reviews, loyalty, subscriptions, search, CRO) that all need to just work in the app
- You want your team focused on the website while a separate team handles the app
- The app needs to update with the website automatically: products, checkout, promotions and content
- You're on Shopify Plus, BigCommerce, Magento, Salesforce Commerce Cloud, WooCommerce, headless, or a custom stack and need an app that supports it natively
Learn More
About GoodBarber: Visit goodbarber.com to explore their platform, templates, and pricing.
About MobiLoud: Browse our customer case studies to see how ecommerce brands use MobiLoud.
When you’re ready to go deeper, book a free strategy call to discuss whether it makes sense for your brand. No commitment. We’ll just give you an honest judgement on which mobile app solution is right for you.