While it is possible in both cases, publishing a PWA on the Apple Store is an incredible difficult journey, because Apple engineers try to build obstacles all the way long. This is by decision as Apple is making profits from its app store and PWAs would indeed subtract some of these gains. This is also the reason why Safari, as browser, is incredibly behind the other competitors in supporting PWAs APIs (PUSH API for example, as they promote their Apple Push Notification Service (APNs)).

Long story short, I would concentrate on Google Play Store, where you can publish a PWA after having wrapped it into a Trusted Web Activity (TWA), allowing Chrome (v72 or later) to run a website in fullscreen mode without a browser toolbar within an APK (Android Package). You can find further details in this tutorial to publish a PWA on the play store.

UPDATE Thanks to PWABuilder publishing to appStore became much easier. Here is a blog article describing this step.

Answer from Francesco on Stack Overflow
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Reddit
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r/PWA on Reddit: PWA on App Store
July 19, 2024 -

What is the current take on publishing PWAs to app stores? As I understand it, doing it on Google Play is relatively straight forward, but on Apple App Store / iOS things seem different. I know PWA builder claim to have a solution for it but it is also listed as experimental.

I am mainly refering to if things have changed after the no PWA in EU scare.

For reference

https://www.reddit.com/r/PWA/comments/1934oyf/repackaged_pwa_on_ios_store/

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Don't upload your PWA to the app stores
So for me, I publish to the Play Store to get some free users who find my app that way. App Store, not worth the headache of trying to skirt Apple's rules · Ideally I think app stores should allow listing PWAs directly, rather than banning them (like Apple) or forcing them to use a wrapper ... More on news.ycombinator.com
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PWA, Apple Store & Payments?
Try PWABuider , the tool build by microsoft. They have a good tutorial to assist you to publish your PWA as native IOS app on the Appstore. More on reddit.com
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Lots of controversy for Apple's App Store this week with Hey! App rejection. Will this push more developers to go for PWAs on iOS? Will Apple support them?

Monopolies don't break themselves up. You have to do it for them.

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Google
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Adding Your Progressive Web App to Google Play | Google for Developers
How to use Bubblewrap to package your Progressive Web App for Google's Play store ... How to create a new app in Google Play's Developer Console and set up a testing release to test your app before publication · What Digital Asset Links are and how to add them to your webapp ...
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Store
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Softr
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PWA vs. native apps: pros, cons and how to pick the best option
October 8, 2025 - Many PWAs offer offline capabilities using technologies like service workers. Limited functionalities on some mobile operating systems. Slower performance than a native app for complex tasks. Without being listed in an app store, PWAs may lack the same level of user trust and credibility as native apps.
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web.dev
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PWAs in app stores | web.dev
March 31, 2023 - Your PWA needs to be published at a public URL. It must have a complete web app manifest. The app has to be served with HTTPS. ... To publish your package, you will also need a developer account with each platform you want to publish with. For the Microsoft and Google Play stores, these cost a one time fee.
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Koombea
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Can You Put a PWA on the App Store?
March 22, 2023 - As we’ve already said, Apple has the strictest policies regarding which apps are allowed to be on the App Store. This does not bode well for Progressive Web Apps. Apple does not allow PWAs to be on the App Store. Apple explains this restriction ...
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Medium
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I built a Progressive Web App and published it in 3 app stores. Here’s what I learned.
April 26, 2018 - You’ve published a Progressive Web App. Publish to app stores? ... (Or alternately, as Microsoft is experimenting with, your PWA will just automatically appear in the app store as Bing crawls it.)
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Don't upload your PWA to the app stores | Hacker News
November 25, 2023 - So for me, I publish to the Play Store to get some free users who find my app that way. App Store, not worth the headache of trying to skirt Apple's rules · Ideally I think app stores should allow listing PWAs directly, rather than banning them (like Apple) or forcing them to use a wrapper ...
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Appleute
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Publish Progressive Web App (PWA) to Popular App Stores - appleute
July 7, 2024 - But when it comes to the App Store, Apple restricts which apps can be included in the store. The reason Apple doesn't allow PWAs in the App Store is because they would use an additional protocol that isn't supported and also hurts the user ...
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Gomage
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Can You Add a PWA to an App Store? | GOMAGE
August 19, 2025 - Learn how to publish your Magento PWA on the App Store. Follow key steps, guidelines, and tips for a smooth submission and better mobile visibility.
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Capacitor
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Capacitor by Ionic - Cross-platform apps with web technology
Access the full Native SDKs on each platform, and easily deploy to the App Stores (and the web).
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MageStore
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PWA vs Native App and how to choose between them - World’s #1 POS for Magento
December 18, 2024 - Apple’s App Store and Android’s Play Store are the most popular, but there are also Amazon’s Appstore, Windows Store, and more. With each of these stores, you will have to pass certain requirements in order to get published. Sometimes you even have to pay a fee to register a developer account. On the other hand, PWA bypasses the cumbersome App Store requirements.
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Wikipedia
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Progressive web app - Wikipedia
November 2, 2025 - PWAs were introduced from 2016 as an alternative to native (device-specific) applications, with the advantage that they do not require separate bundling or distribution for different platforms. They can be used on a range of different systems, including desktop and mobile devices. Publishing the app to digital distribution systems, such as the Apple App Store, Google Play, or the Microsoft Store on Windows, is optional.
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Apple Developer
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App Review Guidelines - Apple Developer
On the following pages you will find our latest guidelines arranged into five clear sections: Safety, Performance, Business, Design, and Legal. The App Store is always changing and improving to keep up with the needs of our customers and our products.
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What PWA Can Do
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What PWA Can Do Today
Click the button below to install the store.app and pwastore.io web apps from this PWA.
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Median
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Convert any website to iOS & Android native apps | Median.co
Median makes it seamless to install and test your iOS and Android apps on physical devices. When you’re ready to publish to the Apple App Store and Google Play, we’ve got you covered., whether you’re publishing yourself, or leveraging our experienced team.
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Magento 2 Blog
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How to Publish PWA apps on app stores?
June 11, 2022 - Can you add the PWA app to the stores? Yes, you can publish progressive web applications to the Google and Microsoft play store. It would be a waste not to take advantage of this PWA technology to expand your business.