I Tried Median.co for a Client Project. Here's Why I Built My Own Alternative.

Search "website to iOS app" and Median.co is the first serious result, and deservedly so — the docs are clean, the demo works, and the platform has been doing this since it was called GoNative.

Then you reach the pricing page. Self-serve starts at a $229 activation per app plus $179/year from month thirteen; the Business tier opens at $7,200/year.

For a five-person team that is a real line item, and what it buys is a build pipeline rather than an app. Closing that gap — the pipeline without the price of a platform — is the whole reason Code2Native exists.

Both tools use the same underlying tech

Let's demystify this. Both Median and Code2Native are "web wrappers." Under the hood, we both use:

• iOS: WKWebView (Apple's official webview component)
• Android: Android WebView (with Kotlin bindings)

The magic isn't the webview—it's the JavaScript Bridge that lets your website call native APIs. When you call Code2Native.authenticateBiometric(), our Swift code triggers the actual FaceID prompt. A browser can't do that.

Feature-by-feature comparison

When you SHOULD choose Median

I want to be upfront: there are scenarios where Median is the right choice, and I'd tell you to use them:

• Your company requires vendor audits. If your legal team needs SOC2 reports, Median has them. We don't.
• You need a contractual SLA. Median will put guaranteed uptime in a contract. We offer best-effort support.
• Budget isn't a constraint. If $600/month is a rounding error for your org, Median's polish might be worth it.

When you should choose us

Code2Native is built for a different audience:

• Indie developers who need to ship an app without a sales call.
• Agencies who build apps for multiple clients and can't pay $7K per project.
• Startups where $600/month could hire a part-time contractor instead.

Same API, different price

Here's the FaceID login code that works in our wrapper. It's nearly identical to what you'd write for Median: