Been running my online store for about two years now. Sales were decent on desktop but I kept noticing a huge drop-off on mobile. Customers were adding to cart and just... leaving. Checkout was clunky, pages loaded slow, the whole experience felt second-rate on a phone.

I looked into getting a proper mobile app built. The quotes I got back were anywhere between $8,000 and $25,000. And that's before ongoing maintenance costs. For a small brand that's just finding its feet, that's simply not realistic.

Started digging around for alternatives and came across VirpanAI by waioz — a no code ecommerce app builder that lets you build and publish a fully functional mobile app without touching a single line of code.
Honestly wasn't expecting much. But the feature set surprised me.

Real-time sync between your existing website and the app
Push notifications for sales and order updates
Voice and image search for product discovery
Biometric login, dark mode, wishlist — all built in
Publishes to both App Store and Google Play

No monthly fees either. One-time licence and it's yours.

The setup process is straightforward — you add your store link, configure your brand colours and logo, review the native features, and submit for publishing. They even have a done-for-you option if you'd rather hand it off completely.
Nine live stores already running on it which gave me enough confidence to move forward.

If you're a founder sitting on the fence about a mobile app because of cost or complexity, it's worth checking out the virpanai packages before you commit to a custom build you may not need.

Website: https://waioz.com/virpanai
Email: support@waioz.com
Phone: +91 9344939383