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The short answer: a mobile app almost always needs a website (that presents it and that app stores require, with a privacy page and a support contact) and, sometimes, a server (an API). The site is light and the entry plan will do; the server depends on what the app does.
What the site needs
| What | What to do |
| Presentation site | What the app does, screenshots and links to the stores. One page is enough to start. |
| Privacy page | App stores ask for the address of a public privacy policy. It must say, truthfully, what data the app collects: Legal pages. |
| Support page | A real contact (domain e-mail, form) for users and for the stores. |
| The app’s server | If the app only shows content, a simple PHP API runs on the hosting. If it needs an always-on process, real time or more control, it is a VPS: Keeping a Node.js app running with PM2. |
| Links into the app | To open the app from a link, some verification files sit in a fixed folder on the site (the “.well-known” folder). Do it when the developer asks for them. |
Getting started
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| The privacy policy has to match the app. If the app collects location, contacts or photos and the page does not say so, the store may refuse or remove it. Write it after you know exactly what the code collects, and update it when that changes. |
| For a site people install as an app without going through the stores, see A website people can install like an app. |
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Launching an app? Tell us what it stores on the server and how many users you expect. Open a support ticket |
In our plans
| Situation | Plan | Why |
| Starting: presentation, privacy and support pages, and a simple PHP API | Pro | 1 site, 10 GB SSD NVMe, unlimited databases for the API and unlimited e-mail accounts for the support address |
| Several apps, each with its own site and domain | Plus | 6 sites, 20 GB SSD NVMe |
| A process that must always run, real time or full control | VPS or Cloud | VPS1: 1 vCPU, 2 GB RAM, 40 GB NVMe, with full access over SSH (there are larger ones up to VPS6) |
WHEN TO MOVE UP: when the API needs a process that never stops (for example Node.js), real time or more control than the panel gives, that is the point to move to a VPS or Cloud. Also move up when users' uploads fill the 10 GB of the Pro plan or when you launch a second app. Moving up does not lose the site.
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