Getting started with AppFromShop
From sign-up to your store's app running on your own phone: connect a store, pick a template, make it yours, preview, publish.
AppFromShop turns your online store into native iOS and Android apps that you design from a dashboard. Here is the whole journey in order; each step has its own article with the details.
1. Create your account and workspace
Sign up at app.appfromshop.com/sign-up with your name, email and a password of at least 10 characters. The first run creates your workspace (one per business; an agency can hold several stores in one workspace) and walks you through your first app.
Shopify merchants can skip this: install AppFromShop on the store and open it from the Shopify admin. The workspace is created for you and the store is already connected.
2. Connect your store
One app belongs to one store. In the first-run wizard, or later under Store in the designer, choose your platform:
- Shopify: enter your store domain (
your-store.myshopify.com) and approve the install in Shopify. - WooCommerce: enter your site URL and approve the connection in your WordPress admin.
- Wix: paste the client ID of a Headless client from your Wix dashboard.
Products, collections, prices, stock, cart and checkout then come straight from your store. Nothing is copied; the app reads your catalogue live.
3. Pick a template
Choose from the complete app templates. Each one is drawn with real products from a store in its industry, so you see how the design works for a catalogue like yours. You can switch templates later; your text, images and settings survive the switch.
4. Make it yours
Under Design, add your logo (it becomes the app icon and splash screen), pick a colour palette or set your own colours, and choose fonts. Shopify stores can import colours and logo from the store's own brand settings. Under Screens, add, reorder and hide sections on every screen. Every change saves automatically, and you can undo and redo.
5. Preview on your phone
Press Preview in the designer and scan the QR code with the AppFromShop preview app from the App Store or Google Play, or open the web preview link on any phone. Your draft appears on the phone and follows your edits in about two seconds.
6. Publish and launch
Publish signs your design and sends it to every installed copy of your app; no app store update is needed for design changes. Launch is where you build the real iOS and Android apps, connect your Apple and Google accounts, and submit to TestFlight and Google Play.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need a developer?
No. Designing, publishing and submitting all happen from the dashboard. The only things you do outside AppFromShop are the steps Apple and Google require from the account owner (creating the app record, answering their questionnaires).
Can I have more than one app?
Yes. Each app is tied to one store and is designed and billed on its own. Add another from Your apps → New app.
How long does it take?
Seeing your app on your own phone takes about ten minutes. Getting into the app stores depends on Apple and Google: enrolling in their programs, their review, and for new personal Google Play accounts a 14-day closed test.
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Related articles
- Connect your Shopify storeInstall AppFromShop on your Shopify store, open it from the Shopify admin, and understand what the app reads from your store.
- Publish your design, and when you need a new buildPublishing sends a signed design to every installed app in moments. Builds are only for the stores and for new app versions.
- Design your app: templates, brand, screens and navigationWhere everything lives in the designer and how templates, the brand kit, sections, the tab bar and dark mode fit together.
- Push notifications, automations and in-app campaignsSend campaigns, switch on welcome, abandoned-cart and win-back automations, and show in-app messages. What each needs to work.
Still need a hand?
Open a ticket and a person from the AppFromShop team replies by email, usually within one business day. Signed in, your workspace and app come attached so we can start straight away.