appful Mobile App Plugin [OLD – NEW VERSION BELOW]
by Oskar Neumann · Uncategorized
Create a stunning native mobile App in 5 minutes. Mobile App for iPhone & Android. Try us for free!
46 health vs 56 average across 16,379 Uncategorized plugins
Removal-risk signals
53/100Maintenance and integrity signals that tend to precede a WordPress.org removal. Not an official status, a heads-up to act.
- Long abandoned. No update in 3+ years — the top precursor to removal once a vulnerability is found.
- Falling behind WordPress. Tested up to WordPress 5.8.15.
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Under-optimized
Biggest win: Update recency
To rank higher: Last updated 1173 days ago — ship an update; wp.org decays a listing's search weight after ~180 days.
Get the full rank-higher report →Daily downloads
Since 2022-10-05 · 1,427 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peaks are release surges
42
now · peak 177
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
No release in a yearHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
0
releases in the last 12 months
3.2y ago
latest release · v1.1.2
3
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “20+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Modeled within the band wp.org reports; tightens as we track daily.
Install history · since 2016-02-01 · 1,380 observations
Estimated value
What this plugin might earn a year, and what it might sell for. Modeled from public signals; we don't see anyone's books.
Est. annual revenue
Est. acquisition value
No paid tier is visible, so we don't put a figure on revenue or sale value: that would be guessing. The install base is a real asset to an acquirer, just not one public data lets us price. A small install base leaves thin data to model from.
Details
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ Julby5.6y ago
Easy to use platform to create high quality apps.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Oskar Neumann6.4y ago
Transforms any company’s website to a native app. Great!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ webitman6.6y ago
FILE: wp-content/plugins/appful/singletons/api.php FILE_MD5: 052d258ad9b3771a61d6ee8856717e88 SEVERITY: enMaliciousThreatType ENGINE: fscanner THREAT_SIG: ff4de7a1abea2095a747d235b4c08680 THREAT_NAME: Trojan.PHP.Shell.gen.13c THREAT: <?php class Appful_API { var $wpml; function __construct… DETAILS: malicious PHP shell FILE: wp-content/plugins/appful/singletons/api.php FILE_MD5: 052d258ad9b3771a61d6ee8856717e88 SEVERITY: enMaliciousThreatType ENGINE: fscanner THREAT_SIG: 052d258ad9b3771a61d6ee8856717e88 THREAT_NAME: Trojan.PHP.Shell.gen.22a THREAT: <?php class Appful_API { var $wpml; function __construct… DETAILS: Detected malicious PHP shell This topic was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by webitman. This topic was modified 6 years, 6 months ago by webitman.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ maxhuster877.4y ago
We used appful for creating a mobile app for our employees. Since you can also add pages which simply display a website, you can literally build everything. We built an mobile app without any posts. Great support and very good value for the price.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ banklooker7.5y ago
The service is ideal for magazines or companies with content. I discovered appful.io through an mobile app by them and used it for one of my projects.
Read on wp.org ↗
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.2.2
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-08-31 30+ → 20+ down after 24 days in tier
- 2026-08-07 20+ → 30+ up after 43 days in tier
- 2026-06-25 30+ → 20+ down after 8 days in tier
- 2026-06-17 20+ → 30+ up after 6 days in tier
- 2026-06-11 30+ → 20+ down after 307 days in tier
- 2025-08-08 40+ → 30+ down after 7 days in tier
- 2025-08-01 30+ → 40+ up after 2 days in tier
- 2025-07-30 40+ → 30+ down after 76 days in tier
Competes with
The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).
- I IdeaPress – Turn WordPress into Mobile Apps (Android, iPhone, WinPhone) 70+ installs · 3.9★ · 4 shared tags D
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Swipecart 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 4 shared tags D -
WPMobile.App 3K+ installs · 4.7★ · 3 shared tags A -
WP-AppKit – Mobile apps and PWA for WordPress 200+ installs · 4.1★ · 3 shared tags D -
WP Smart Banner 100+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D -
Appful – WordPress to Native iOS/Android App in 5 Minutes 50+ installs · 4.0★ · 3 shared tags D
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