Everything you need to know about converting a Wix site to an Android APK.
Does Free App Maker work with Wix websites?
Yes. Any published Wix site — whether it lives on a free wixsite.com URL or on your own custom domain — can be wrapped as an Android APK. Free App Maker loads your live Wix site inside a secure Android WebView, so your pages, menus, galleries, forms and stores behave the same way they do in a mobile browser, in most cases. A few flows are worth testing on a device first — the compatibility section above lists them.
Can I convert a free-plan Wix site (a wixsite.com URL)?
Yes. The free Wix URL format — siteprefix.wixsite.com/siteaddress — is a normal public web address, and Free App Maker converts it like any other URL. One honest note: whatever your live site shows, the app shows — Wix ads included. As of August 2026, Wix's own free-plan help page lists removing the Wix ads as a premium-plan benefit, so upgrading your Wix plan takes them off your site and out of the app at the same time. Plan details are Wix's to change — check their current page before you rely on this.
Source: Wix Support — Building a Website for Free, checked 26 Aug 2026.
How is this different from Wix's own app builder (Branded App / Wix Mobile Apps)?
Wix's own offering builds a native mobile app without code, and publishing it requires connecting your own Apple Developer and Google Developer accounts — Wix notes the plan does not include Apple's App Store registration fee (from $99 a year) or Google Play's $25 one-time fee. Those two figures are quoted from Wix's own App Builder page as of August 2026 and are Apple's and Google's to change. Free App Maker takes a different path: it wraps your existing live Wix site in a WebView APK you can install and share directly. Building and previewing is free; downloading the signed APK is covered by a one-time unlock, with the price always shown before checkout.
Sources: Wix App Builder and Branded App by Wix — an Overview, both checked 26 Aug 2026.
Does the Android app update when I hit Publish in Wix?
Yes. The APK loads your live Wix URL at runtime, so when you click Publish in the Wix Editor, the change shows up in the Android app the next time someone opens or reloads it — no new build, no new APK. One Wix-specific reminder: clicking Save in the editor does not make changes live. Only Publish updates your live site, and therefore the app.
Source: Wix Support — Publishing Your Site, checked 26 Aug 2026.
Will Wix Stores, Wix Bookings, or my contact forms work inside the APK?
Interactive features that work in a mobile browser generally work in the app, because the app is showing your real live site. Product pages, carts, booking calendars, forms, chat widgets and blog comments load over the internet the same way they do in a mobile browser, in most cases. As with any payment or login flow, test your specific checkout on a real Android device before sharing the app with customers.
Can I upload the APK to Google Play Store?
The APK you receive is built for direct installation and testing — install it on an Android device or share the download link with your users. Google Play is a separate path: as of August 2026, Google's Play Console help documents that Play uses Android App Bundles to generate and deliver APKs, and that publishing with APKs applies only to apps created before August 2021 — plus Google's own developer registration and review. If a Play listing is your goal,
the files you need to publish your app on Google Play — the AAB, your signing key, a hosted privacy policy, the store graphics and the answers to Google's forms — comes in one payment. You upload it from your own Play Console.
Source: Google Play Console Help — App bundles and APK size limits, checked 26 Aug 2026.
Is this completely free? Any hidden costs?
It is free to start — no account, no credit card, no subscription. You paste a URL, enter your email, and your app is built free. Downloading the signed APK is covered by a one-time unlock — priced by country and always shown before checkout — which also removes the small Free App Maker splash screen from every app you build.
What is the minimum Android version the APK supports?
APKs built by Free App Maker run on Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and above. That floor is deliberate: since Android 5.0, the Android System WebView — the rendering engine that runs your Wix site — has been supplied as a separate, preinstalled APK that can be updated like an ordinary app rather than only with the OS. On devices that carry it, that update path is the Google Play Store, so the engine rendering your site keeps pace with modern web APIs.
Source: Chromium WebView docs — AOSP system integration, checked 26 Aug 2026.
Do Wix members-area logins and social logins work in the app?
Email/password sign-in to a Wix members area normally works inside the WebView. Social logins such as Google or Facebook are a different story: some providers block sign-in from an embedded WebView, and others hand off to an external browser and then return to the app, which adds a step. The behaviour depends on the provider, not on Wix — so test your specific login flow on a real device before sharing the app with members.
What happens if my Wix site goes offline or I unpublish it?
The app is a live window onto your website, so the site must stay published and reachable for the app to show content. If you unpublish the site in Wix, or the visitor has no internet connection, the app cannot load your pages until the site is back online. This is the honest trade-off of the WebView approach — the flip side being that as long as your site is live, the app shows the current version, with no stale copy to update.