Alternatives
Appy Pie Alternative: Skipping the Per-App Monthly Plan
Appy Pie's plans are priced per app, per month, with download caps and iOS gated behind higher tiers. Here's what that adds up to — and a one-time alternative.
Appy Pie is a broad no-code app builder — it covers WordPress, Shopify, Wix, and custom sites, and goes well beyond a simple website wrapper with its own visual editor, plugin marketplace, and workflow tools. For teams that want a fully-featured builder platform and are willing to manage a subscription, it's a capable, actively maintained product.
How Appy Pie is actually priced
Plans are per app, per month, and usage-based. The Basic tier runs about $16/month per app billed annually (or $32/month billed monthly), is Android-only, and includes a capped number of downloads and notifications. Getting onto the App Store and past those caps means moving up to Gold (~$36/mo) or Platinum (~$60/mo). On top of whichever plan you pick, publishing still requires a $99/year Apple Developer account and a one-time $25 Google Play fee — the same store fees you'd pay with any tool.
That pricing model makes sense if you're actively using Appy Pie's builder to design new app screens and workflows beyond your existing site. But if what you actually want is simpler — take a website that already exists and ship it as a real, installable Android app — a per-app monthly plan with download caps is a lot of ongoing cost for that one job.
That's the gap Capsule fills. Paste your URL, upload an icon and splash screen, and get back a signed Android APK with your own package name — built via a transparent automated build pipeline — for $120 once. No per-app monthly fee, no download caps, unlimited rebuilds after the first.
Capsule
$120
one time, ever, no caps
Appy Pie Basic, 1st year
$192
$16/mo billed annually
Appy Pie Platinum, 1st year
$720
$60/mo billed annually
| Appy Pie | Capsule | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Per app, per month ($16–$60/mo) | $120 one-time, per app |
| Download / usage caps | Yes, on lower tiers | None |
| iOS support | Gated to higher tiers | On the roadmap |
| Best for | Building new app screens/workflows visually | Packaging a site you already built |
How to decide
- 1If you want to design new app-only screens and workflows with a visual builder, and you're comfortable with a per-app monthly plan, Appy Pie's breadth is worth it.
- 2If your website already exists and does the job, and you just want it installable with your own branding and no ongoing bill, a flat one-time build gets you there for less than three months of Appy Pie's entry tier.
Appy Pie figures: monthly plan × 12, billed annually, before Apple/Google store fees
Frequently asked questions
- How much does Appy Pie cost?
- Appy Pie is priced per app, per month, starting around $16/month billed annually for the Android-only Basic plan, up to around $60/month for Platinum. Apple and Google store fees are separate.
- Is there a one-time-fee alternative to Appy Pie?
- Yes — for sites that just need to ship as an installable app rather than be rebuilt in a visual editor, Capsule converts a website into a signed Android APK for a flat $120 one-time fee.