Can a headless Magento site be a real PWA / native app?

Q: Can a headless Magento site be a real PWA / native app?

Yes — this is the strongest case for going headless.PWA: We ship service worker + manifest + push notifications + offline support on every headless build. Users can install your store to their home screen with one tap. Looks like a native app, no app-store review.Native iOS / Android: Two paths in our Enterprise tier:React Native — Share GraphQL queries + business logic with the web frontend. Separate UI components. ~30% code reuse.Capacitor — Wrap the PWA into a native shell. ~80% code reuse. Push notifications, deep linking, app-store distribution. Cheapest path to “real” iOS/Android.Both ship to Apple App Store + Google Play. Apple takes ~7 business days for first review.

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Yes — this is the strongest case for going headless.

PWA: We ship service worker + manifest + push notifications + offline support on every headless build. Users can install your store to their home screen with one tap. Looks like a native app, no app-store review.

Native iOS / Android: Two paths in our Enterprise tier:

React Native — Share GraphQL queries + business logic with the web frontend. Separate UI components. ~30% code reuse.
Capacitor — Wrap the PWA into a native shell. ~80% code reuse. Push notifications, deep linking, app-store distribution. Cheapest path to “real” iOS/Android.

Both ship to Apple App Store + Google Play. Apple takes ~7 business days for first review.