onelink.to Alternative: Why a Store-Only Link Isn’t Enough for Apps in 2026
On most onelink.to plans, a link still works the way it did in 2011: it sends people to a store page and stops there. Opening the installed app starts at onelink.to Team Plus, $40 a month; on Appy it comes with Pro at $9.99. Here is the rest of the difference, plan by plan.
Built in 2011, and it shows
onelink.to solved a real problem in 2011: one link that sends iPhone users to the App Store and Android users to Google Play. Fifteen years later, that is still the core of it. Opening an app that’s already installed is listed only on Team Plus ($40 a month) and Enterprise ($80), and needs a custom domain; Professional ($10) and Team ($25) send everyone to the store. We couldn’t find a word about Huawei AppGallery.
We couldn’t find a blog, a changelog or a public roadmap on onelink.to’s site either, so there’s no telling what, if anything, is coming next. Everything below was checked on October 1, 2026.
onelink.to in four numbers
- a month to open the installed app: onelink.to Team Plus vs Appy Pro
- $40 vs $9.99
- links on the free plan; after 3 months, clicks past 1K a month see a onelink.to page first
- 3
- years of stats history at most, even on paid plans
- 2
- mentions of Huawei AppGallery on its pricing and product pages
- 0
a month to open the installed app: onelink.to Team Plus vs Appy Pro
links on the free plan; after 3 months, clicks past 1K a month see a onelink.to page first
years of stats history at most, even on paid plans
mentions of Huawei AppGallery on its pricing and product pages
What happens after the tap
Same link, seven situations. Green means the visitor lands where you wanted, amber means it works with a catch, red means a dead end or a missing piece.
One Appy link, five kinds of visitor
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one link, one QR code
- iPhone with the appApp opens on the screen you set
- iPhone without the appApp Store listing
- Android phoneGoogle Play, with the link slug in the install referrer
- Huawei without Google servicesAppGallery listing
- Desktop browserYour website
Price against what you get
Appy · Free
$0
4 links, AppGallery routing, stats kept for 90 days
onelink.to · Free
$0
3 links; after 3 months, clicks past 1K a month see a onelink.to page
Appy · Pro
$9.99/mo
10 links, opens the installed app, unlimited stats history
onelink.to · Professional
$10/mo
10 links, no Open in App, no AppGallery
Appy · Pro
$9.99/mo
10 links, opens the app on the screen you choose
onelink.to · Team Plus
$40/mo
500 links, Open in App on your own domain
Where onelink.to runs out, and what Appy adds
Where onelink.to runs out
- Opening an app that’s already installed starts at Team Plus, $40 a month, on a custom domain.
- Its pricing and product pages don’t mention Huawei AppGallery.
- On the free plan, after three months, clicks past 1K a month wait on a onelink.to page for up to five seconds.
- Stats are kept for 90 days on Free and two years on paid plans.
- On Free and Professional, no campaign tags are passed on: the click stats stop at the store page.
What Appy adds
- Opens the installed app on the screen you choose, from $9.99 a month.
- Sends Huawei phones to AppGallery on every plan, Free included.
- Puts the link slug into the Google Play install referrer, so you know which link brought the install.
- Keeps your stats history for good on paid plans.
- A dashboard in seven languages, Russian and Chinese included.
Switching takes an afternoon
The only thing that needs planning is print. A QR code on a box or a poster keeps pointing at onelink.to for as long as that box is around.
List your live links
Write down each onelink.to link, where it’s used and which store URLs it points to. Mark the printed ones.
Recreate them in Appy
Add the same App Store and Google Play URLs, plus an AppGallery URL if you publish there. On Pro, switch on the deep link so people who have the app open it directly.
Swap everything you can edit
Social bios, ads, email templates, website buttons. These take minutes.
Replace printed codes on the next run
Leave the old onelink.to links in place for material already out there, and print the Appy QR code from the next run on.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a free onelink.to alternative?
Yes. Appy’s free plan includes smart links and QR codes that route to the App Store, Google Play and Huawei AppGallery. onelink.to’s free plan has 3 links, Appy’s has 4.
Does onelink.to open the app if it’s already installed?
Yes, from its Team Plus plan at $40 a month, on a custom domain. Professional ($10) and Team ($25) send everyone to the store. Appy opens the installed app on Pro, at $9.99 a month.
Does onelink.to show ads on the free plan?
No, onelink.to says every plan is ad-free. On the free plan, though, after three months, clicks past 1,000 a month see a onelink.to page for up to five seconds before going on.
Does onelink.to support Huawei AppGallery?
Its pricing and product pages only name the App Store and Google Play. Appy sends Huawei devices to AppGallery on every plan.
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Try the same link on every phone you have
Create a free Appy link with your App Store, Google Play and AppGallery URLs, then scan its QR code with every phone in the office.