Mobile Tools
The mobile tools we detect on new sites, ranked by how many use each. Part of Build & Framework.
- Tools tracked
- 25
- in Build & Framework
- Sites
- 15,018
- using at least one mobile tool
- Above 1%
- 4
- tools on more than 1% of them
What we found
- Apple App Store runs on more than half of the sites using a mobile tool (89%), 6.2 times as many sites as Google Play.
- Only 4 of the 25 mobile tools we track run on more than 1% of these sites.
- Among sites launched in September, APKPure rose to #10 from #13 in August.
The leading mobile tools
| # | Movement | Tool | Country | Share | Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – |
Apple App Store
Apple's app marketplace for iPhone and iPad, linked from sites that promote a companion iOS app through download badges or Safari's smart app banner.
|
89% | 13,366 | |
| 2 | – |
Google Play
Android app store; its install badges and deep links appear on app marketing sites.
|
14% | 2,160 | |
| 3 | ▼1 |
Capgo
Over-the-air live update service for Capacitor mobile apps.
|
1.4% | 212 | |
| 4 | ▲1 | Branch Mobile deep linking and attribution platform. | 1.3% | 192 | |
| 5 | – | Huawei AppGallery Huawei's official Android app distribution platform and app store. | 0.8% | 113 | |
| 6 | – |
Microsoft Store Badge
Install button linking to a Windows app on the Microsoft Store.
|
0.4% | 58 | |
| 7 | – | RuStore Russian Android app store created by VK as an alternative to Google Play in Russia. | 0.4% | 54 | |
| 8 | ▼1 |
Cordova Purchase Plugin
Cordova and Capacitor plugin for handling in-app purchases and subscriptions across app stores.
|
0.2% | 25 | |
| 9 | ▲1 |
Firebase Dynamic Links
Deep-linking service that routes a single URL to an app on iOS or Android, or to the web as a fallback.
|
0.2% | 25 | |
| 10 | ▼2 |
Natively
No-code service that wraps an existing website or web app into native iOS and Android apps, exposing device APIs such as push, biometrics and in-app purchases to the web layer.
|
0.1% | 17 |
Share is of the 15,018 sites using a mobile tool; a site can use more than one. Arrows compare each tool's rank among sites launched in September with August. The line is its share of new sites over 90 days. Showing the top 10 of 25.
Watches, exports and the API give you every mobile tool and the sites using each, from £15 a month.
Recently launched products using mobile tools
| Product | Launched |
|---|---|
| IQ Daily | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Vignette - Shared Camera | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Persi | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Weaver | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Koody for Business | 19 Oct 2026 |
| Actium | 19 Oct 2026 |
Often built with
Other kinds of tool most often found on the same sites, leaving out the plumbing every site has (DNS, CDN, hosting).
- Analytics 1,997
- Framework 1,442
- CSS Framework 1,411
- Meta Framework 1,253
- Font 1,090
- Transactional Email 1,037