Nobody ends up on Drupal Commerce by accident. You're here because you needed something most ecommerce platforms can't do: blend rich editorial content with complex commerce in a single, highly customized experience.
Custom product types, tailored checkout flows, content-driven merchandising, multi-language catalogs, pricing logic that goes beyond what any off-the-shelf platform offers.
Your Drupal developers or agency built something specific to your business. That's months or years of custom module development, theming, and integration work sitting behind your storefront.
Now you want a native mobile app. Or maybe you already have one that's fallen behind your website, costing too much to maintain and drifting further out of sync with every update your team ships to the web.
Either way, you're probably looking at the prospect of rebuilding all of that custom work in a mobile codebase. Another six-figure project. Another 6-12 months of development. Another codebase for your team to maintain indefinitely.
There's a much simpler path.
Can You Build a Mobile App with Drupal Commerce?
Not natively. Drupal Commerce is a framework for building ecommerce on top of Drupal. It's designed to power custom web storefronts, not to generate mobile apps.
Here's what Drupal does offer:
REST and JSON:API
Drupal Core includes REST and JSON:API modules that expose your content and commerce data as structured endpoints. In theory, a mobile development team could build a native app that pulls data from these APIs.
In practice, this is a full custom development project. The APIs give you raw data, but everything that makes your site yours (your custom checkout flow, your content layout, your product display logic, your pricing rules, your contributed modules) has to be rebuilt from scratch in the app. Drupal's API is a data layer, not a mobile app builder.
No app builder ecosystem
Drupal's module ecosystem is focused on web development. There are over 50,000 contributed modules on drupal.org, but none of them generate native mobile apps from your Commerce site. No third-party app builders target Drupal Commerce specifically.
This isn't surprising. Drupal Commerce sites are frameworks, not templates. Every site is different, which makes a generic "generate an app" tool impractical for the Drupal approach. But it also means there's no shortcut to a mobile app within the ecosystem.
Responsive theming is the mobile default
Most Drupal Commerce sites use responsive themes, so customers can browse and buy from a mobile browser.
That handles basic mobile access but doesn't give you App Store presence, push notifications, or a home screen icon. You're relying on customers to navigate to your site through a browser every time.
Your Options for Launching a Mobile App
For Drupal Commerce sites, the realistic paths to a native mobile app come down to two options.
Custom native or cross-platform development
You can build a native iOS and Android app (or use React Native or Flutter) that connects to Drupal's APIs.
This is the traditional approach. You engage a mobile development team, go through discovery, design every screen, build the frontend, wire up API connections, test, and deploy.
The problem is the scope of what needs to be rebuilt.
Drupal Commerce sites aren't simple product catalogs with a checkout page. Yours probably has custom product types with unique field configurations, tailored checkout flows with specific payment and shipping logic, contributed modules handling everything from promotions to subscriptions to access control, and Drupal's content system powering editorial pages, landing pages, and marketing content alongside the store.
None of that transfers to a mobile app. Every custom module, every field display, every checkout step, every piece of content integration has to be rebuilt or adapted for the mobile frontend.
Realistic costs for a mid-complexity Drupal Commerce app run $80,000 to $250,000 for the initial build, with $25,000 to $60,000 per year in maintenance for OS updates, app store compliance, and keeping pace with changes to your website. Complex enterprise builds with multi-site, multi-language, or B2B workflows go higher.
Then there's the maintenance reality. You now have two frontends. Every update to your Drupal site (new product types, new checkout logic, new content templates, new contributed modules) needs a corresponding update in the app.
Most teams eventually stop keeping up. The app falls behind the website and slowly falls into disrepair.
Custom development only makes sense if your app needs to do things your website fundamentally can't. For most Drupal Commerce sites, the goal is to deliver the web experience you've already built as a native app.
Website-to-app with MobiLoud
There's a better path: take your existing Drupal Commerce site and extend it into a native mobile app, with MobiLoud.
MobiLoud takes the storefront you've already built and delivers it as a native iOS and Android app. Your site is the app. Every custom module, every checkout flow, every content page, every integration carries over automatically.
On top of that, MobiLoud adds native capabilities: push notifications, native navigation, deep linking, app icon, splash screen, and full App Store and Google Play presence.
The cost is a fraction of custom development. The launch timeline is weeks, not months. And because the app renders your live website, every change you make to your Drupal site is immediately reflected in the app. No duplicate work, no codebases drifting apart.
Why MobiLoud is the Best Way for Drupal Commerce Sites to Launch an App
MobiLoud converts your existing Drupal Commerce site into native iOS and Android apps.
It's dramatically more efficient than building a custom native app, yet the end result is the same: a real, native app in the App Store and Google Play that delivers your full storefront experience.
Here's why this approach is a natural fit for Drupal Commerce users:
Every piece of custom work carries over
This is the core advantage for Drupal sites. Your Commerce implementation isn't generic. Your developers built custom product types, custom pricing rules, custom checkout flows, custom content integrations.
Maybe you're using Commerce Recurring for subscriptions, or Commerce Shipping with complex fulfillment logic, or a custom promotion system that took weeks to build.
With a custom native app, all of that has to be rebuilt. With MobiLoud, it carries over because the app delivers your existing site. If it works in the browser, it works in the app.
Content and commerce stay unified
Drupal's strength is that it treats content and commerce as part of the same system.
Your product pages live alongside editorial content, landing pages, blog posts, and marketing campaigns. Your merchandising is content-driven. Your customer journey blends content and commerce seamlessly.
A custom mobile app would typically separate these, pulling product data from Commerce APIs and content from Drupal's content API, then trying to reassemble the integrated experience in a new frontend.
With MobiLoud, the unified content-commerce experience your team built on the web is exactly what customers see in the app.
All 100+ payment gateway integrations work automatically
Drupal Commerce supports over 100 payment gateway modules. Whatever payment setup you're running, from standard Stripe or PayPal to regional gateways or custom B2B payment workflows, it works in the app exactly as it works on the web. No payment integration rebuild. No gateway compatibility concerns.
Multi-language and multi-site carry over
If your Drupal Commerce site serves multiple languages, currencies, or regions, all of that carries over to the app automatically.
Drupal's built-in multilingual system, your translated content, your locale-specific pricing: it all works because the app renders your live site.
MobiLoud specializes in helping brands with complex multi-region setups. Whether you need one app for all markets or separate apps for different regions, we can make it happen.
No pressure on your Drupal 7 migration timeline
If you're still migrating from Drupal 7 (which reached end of life in January 2025), the last thing you need is another major project competing for your development team's time.
MobiLoud doesn't touch your Drupal backend or require any API work. Your developers stay focused on the migration while you still get a native app.
And once you do complete the migration, the app keeps working. MobiLoud renders whatever your site looks like at any given moment, regardless of the Drupal version running underneath.
No new codebase to maintain
When your team updates the site, the app reflects it automatically. New product type? It's in the app. Updated checkout flow? It's in the app. New contributed module? It's in the app.
You're not coordinating releases across web, iOS, and Android. You make changes in one place and they're live everywhere.
Launch in weeks, not months
A custom Drupal Commerce mobile app takes 4-8+ months to build. MobiLoud apps typically launch in about 4 weeks. And you already know what you're going to get, because the app is a direct reflection of what already works on your website.
Fully managed service
MobiLoud handles everything: the build, app store submission (Apple and Google), ongoing maintenance, and support. Your team stays focused on your Drupal site. We handle everything to do with your app.
"The team at MobiLoud held my hand along the way; everything from App Notifications, Analytics and registering with Apple/Google. With MobiLoud’s assistance, we feel super comfortable in this new realm."
- Nick Barbarise, Director of IT at John Varvatos
How It Works
The process is straightforward, and it doesn't require your Drupal development team to take on a new project.
- Get a free consultation. We'll put together an interactive preview so you can see exactly what your Drupal Commerce site looks like as a native app before committing to anything.
- App build. Once you give the go-ahead, we put your apps together. Native layer with push notifications, native navigation, app icon, splash screen, deep linking, and any extras needed to meet your requirements.
- Testing and QA. We run comprehensive tests across iOS and Android devices. You test on your own devices and provide feedback.
- App store submission. MobiLoud handles Apple App Store and Google Play submission, including all compliance requirements and metadata.
- Launch and ongoing support. Your app goes live. MobiLoud handles OS updates, app store policy changes, maintenance, and support on an ongoing basis. You keep working on your Drupal site.
Your Drupal infrastructure isn't touched. Your CMS, your Commerce setup, your contributed modules, your hosting: everything keeps running exactly as it does today. You just gain a new, native channel for your customers.
Next Steps
If you're running a Drupal Commerce site and you want to extend it to a native app, MobiLoud is the single best way to make it happen.
The cost could be less than 1% of what it takes to build a custom mobile app. And you don't need to pull your developers off the projects they're already working on.
Your site already works. Your custom product types, your checkout flow, your payment integrations, your content: it's all live and functional. Your customers are already using it on mobile browsers.
Why spend $100K+ and six months rebuilding all of that in a separate codebase?
Ready to see what your Drupal Commerce site looks like as a native app? Book a free consultation and talk through whether this is the right fit for your business.
