Paste the live URL of your HTML page — get a production-ready, signed Android APK in about 60 seconds. HTML still sitting on your computer? Host it free in about 5 minutes first — we show you exactly how below.
Let's be precise, because most "HTML to APK" pages aren't: Free App Maker is a website to APK converter. It takes the live URL of your page and wraps it in a signed Android WebView app — the same Chromium-based engine that renders pages in Android's browser. Your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript run the same way they do in a mobile browser, in most cases; the APK gives them a home-screen icon, a full-screen window, and a real install experience.
That means one honest requirement: your HTML must be online. We do not accept a local index.html upload, and any tool that takes one still has to put your files on a device or server somewhere. The clean solution is a free static host — GitHub Pages, Netlify Drop, or Cloudflare Pages — which takes about 5 minutes and gives you an HTTPS URL you fully control. The section below walks through all three.
Once your page has a URL, the rest is the easy part. The same flow works for any link on the web — see our URL to APK guide for the general version — and because the app loads the live URL at runtime, edits you publish later show up in the installed app on its next open, subject to your host's caching.
Your HTML page is powerful — but it lives in a browser tab. There is no Play Store listing to find, no real installer to hand someone, and no guaranteed home-screen presence once a browser tab is closed. That's a distribution gap for any serious project.
An Android APK closes it. Users install it once, tap the icon on their home screen, and the app opens straight to your page — no URL to remember, no browser chrome in the way. For an HTML5 game, a calculator, a portfolio, or a small business site, that difference is what makes it feel like a real app instead of a bookmark.
Distributing via APK also means you can reach users through direct download links, beta testing groups, or enterprise MDM systems — without waiting for Play Store approval. Share an APK link and people can install your page on their phone.
Free App Maker wraps a live URL, not a local file. Here are three well-known hosts with genuinely free tiers for static HTML — pick one, put your files up, copy the URL, and come back.
Drag the folder containing your index.html onto app.netlify.com/drop — Netlify's docs confirm you can drop a folder of HTML files, and if you drop it without even logging in, Netlify publishes the files as-is. Sign in with a free account to manage the site afterwards.
Netlify's free plan is $0. You get an HTTPS URL immediately — that's the URL you paste into Free App Maker.
GitHub Pages is included with a free GitHub account for public repositories. Create a public repo, upload your HTML files, then enable Pages in Settings → Pages.
Your site publishes at yourname.github.io/repo-name.
Published sites can be up to 1 GB with a soft bandwidth limit of 100 GB per month — far more than a typical HTML project needs.
In the Cloudflare dashboard, go to Workers & Pages → Create application and drag and drop your files — up to 1,000 files per drag-and-drop deploy, no Git repository required (note: a direct-upload project can't be switched to Git integration later). Your project is published on a pages.dev subdomain.
The free plan includes 500 builds per month, sites of up to 20,000 files, and a 25 MiB cap per file.
Any of the three works — if you just want the fastest path from a file on your desktop to a URL, use Netlify Drop. Whichever you choose, open the URL on your phone's browser first to sanity-check it looks right on a small screen. Then continue below.
No Android Studio. No Gradle. No Java. Host your page, paste the URL, and your APK is ready in about a minute.
Use any of the free hosting options above — Netlify Drop is the quickest if your files are still local. If your page is already live anywhere on the web, you can skip straight ahead: all you need is the public HTTPS URL. Test it in a normal browser tab first; if it loads there, it will usually load in the app — the compatibility list below covers the exceptions.
Paste your URL into Free App Maker at freeappmaker.ai. Enter a name for your Android app (this appears under the home screen icon) and your email address. Optionally upload a square 1024×1024 PNG icon — if you skip it, we generate a clean default icon automatically from your app name.
Free App Maker wraps your URL into a WebView APK, signs it, and delivers a secure download link within about 60 seconds. Open the link on an Android device, allow installs from that source, and tap Install — your HTML page then runs as a standalone app with its own home screen icon.
Your page already has a URL? You're one minute away from an APK.
Convert Free — Takes About 60 Seconds →"HTML to APK" searches come from four very different kinds of builders — the same honest flow works for all of them.
You built a Canvas or WebGL game and want players to install it like a real mobile game. Host the game folder, wrap the URL, and share the APK link in your community. Test performance on a mid-range phone before you announce it — and make sure the controls work with touch, not just keyboard and mouse.
Final-year projects, bootcamp capstones, and class assignments often earn extra credit as an installable app. Push your project to GitHub Pages — you likely have the repo already — and hand in an APK your examiner can install on a real phone. The hosting is free, and the whole path takes minutes, not weeks.
An AI assistant wrote you a complete tool — a calculator, tracker, or dashboard — as one self-contained HTML file. Drag that file's folder onto Netlify Drop, copy the URL, and it becomes an installable Android app without touching the code. This is one of the fastest idea-to-phone paths that exists today.
Your brochure site is plain HTML and CSS — no CMS, no framework. Wrap its live URL and give regular customers an icon on their home screen instead of a bookmark they'll forget. When you edit the site, the app shows the new version on next open, with no update to distribute.
Free App Maker uses a full Android WebView, so most modern web features behave much as they do in Chrome on Android. Here's a practical breakdown for plain HTML projects — including the honest limits of wrapping a live URL.
Not sure if your page is compatible? Run it through our free WebView Compatibility Checker before you build.
There are several ways to get an HTML project onto Android. Here's how they compare on time, cost, and effort.
| Approach | Free App Maker ✓ | Hire an Android Dev | DIY Android Studio | Capacitor / Cordova |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time to first APK | ~60 seconds | Weeks of developer time | A day or more of setup | A day or more of setup |
| Cost | Free to build — one-time unlock to download | Agency or contractor rates | Your time | Your time |
| Coding required | None | Full native dev | Java / Kotlin | JS config + CLI |
| Updates when your HTML changes | ✓ No rebuild | New build needed | New build needed | New build needed |
| No local toolchain to install | ✓ Yes | Dev handles it | ✗ Required | ✗ Required |
| Signed APK included | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes | Sign manually | Sign manually |
| Google Play | Play-ready via AAB (available on request) | Dev handles it | Build an AAB yourself | Build an AAB yourself |
One honest difference: Capacitor and Cordova bundle your assets locally, so they can work without a connection for the content that is bundled — at the cost of installing a toolchain, maintaining a native project, and rebuilding for each content change. Free App Maker wraps your live URL instead: no local setup, and updates arrive without a rebuild, but the app needs a connection.
Beyond the speed, there are real technical and strategic advantages to converting your HTML page with us.
Because the APK loads your live URL at runtime, edits you republish to your host appear in the Android app on its next open, subject to your host's caching. No app store review, no new build, no forced update prompt for users.
The APK you download is digitally signed, so Android will accept the install once you allow installs from that source on the device. Play Protect may still show a scan prompt for a sideloaded app. For a Google Play listing, see the FAQ below — Play needs an AAB, which our team can prepare.
A clean Gradle build in Android Studio is a wait you have to plan around. Free App Maker's build pipeline runs server-side in optimized containers and delivers your APK in about 60 seconds. Iterate quickly — test a new app name or icon in minutes.
Android wants a launcher icon at every screen density it supports. Free App Maker generates those sizes from a single 1024×1024 PNG. No Figma, no Photoshop, no manual export needed. We generate a default icon if you don't have one.
The APK you download belongs entirely to you, and your HTML stays on hosting you control. Re-sign it with your own keystore, distribute it via your own website, or send it directly to clients. Move hosts later? Just rebuild against the new URL.
Our APKs target Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and above. Whether your users run budget phones or flagships, the WebView rendering engine is kept up to date through the Google Play Store on devices that have it.
Everything you need to know about converting HTML to an Android APK — including the honest answers.
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