Adalo
Builds and publishes native mobile apps by dragging components onto a screen, with an AI assistant generating the first working build from a description.
What you'd use it for
Turning an app idea into a real, installable iOS and Android app without hiring a mobile developer.
- Generate a first working app draft from a plain-English description with the Ada AI assistant
- Drag components onto a canvas to build native screens, lists, forms, and navigation
- Store and query app data in a built-in hosted Postgres database, or connect an external Xano backend on the Team plan
- Publish the same build as a native iOS app, a native Android app, and a web version
- Add geolocation and push notifications once on the Professional plan or above
The verdict
Adalo genuinely produces installable native apps without writing Swift or Kotlin, and the Ada assistant gets something on screen fast. The catch shows up at launch, not at signup — the free tier cannot publish anywhere, record limits are tight even on paid tiers, and a real release means paying Adalo on top of two separate developer accounts and their review queues. It suits someone who specifically needs a native app and is not about to hire an iOS or Android developer, not someone who could get by with a responsive web app.
What it costs
| Tier | Price | For | Includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0/month | Building and testing an app before publishing it anywhere. | 500 records per app, unlimited app actions, 1 app editor, hosted Postgres database, unlimited screens and test apps, the Ada AI assistant. |
| Starter | $36/month, billed annually | Publishing a first real app to the App Store or Play Store. | Everything in Free, plus 1 published app, custom fonts, custom domain, web publishing, automated app-store publishing, no Adalo branding. |
| Professional | $52/month, billed annually | The most common pick — a small team shipping and maintaining more than one app. | Everything in Starter, plus 2 published apps, up to 5 app editors, custom integrations, geolocation, custom formulas, push notifications, app analytics. |
| Team | $160/month, billed annually | A team publishing several apps with version control needs. | Everything in Professional, plus 5 published apps, up to 10 app editors, priority support, Xano integration, API access, version history, white labeling. |
Read from Adalo's own pricing page on 25 Sep 2026. Vendors change prices without notice.
What you need to start
- A paid Adalo plan, Starter or above, before the app can be published anywhere
- A separate Apple Developer account ($99/year) to publish to the App Store
- A separate Google Play Developer account ($25 one-time) to publish to Google Play
An hour to a first working screen and account; a day or two to a testable prototype; add the separate Apple and Google Play developer account setup, plus store review time, before anything reaches a real device.
Your first run A first working screen typically comes together within an hour using the drag-and-drop builder or a first draft from the Ada assistant; a testable prototype is usually a day or two away, well before anything is ready to publish.
Where it breaks
Annual billing saves roughly 20% versus paying monthly — the figures above are the annual rate, which is the one Adalo leads with on its own pricing page.
Browser-based builder; publishes to iOS and Android as genuinely native apps rather than a wrapped webpage, plus a web version of the same app.
First entry in this reference. There is no previous check to compare it against.
When not to use it
Not for anyone who could ship a responsive website instead of a native app — a web-first builder will be cheaper and faster to iterate on. Not for apps that need to store meaningfully more than a few hundred records without paying up, and not for anyone unwilling to also open a separate Apple Developer and Google Play Developer account before a build reaches a real phone.
Adalo’s category is native mobile apps specifically — not a responsive website, an actual app that installs from the App Store or Play Store — built by dragging components onto a canvas rather than writing Swift or Kotlin. That is a narrower and harder problem than a no-code website builder solves, and the pricing reflects it: even the entry paid tier is meaningfully above what a website builder charges.
The free tier is a genuine build-and-test environment, including the Ada AI assistant for generating a first pass from a plain-English description, but it cannot publish anywhere — that gate sits at Starter. Record limits are also tight across the board (500 on Free), which is the number to check first against whatever the app is actually meant to store.
What the tiers actually gate
- Publishing itself is the Free-to-Starter wall — nothing below Starter reaches an app store or a live domain, no matter how finished the build is.
- The number of published apps, not features, drives Professional and Team — 1, then 2, then 5 — so a studio building for multiple clients hits the ceiling faster than the feature list suggests.
- Xano integration arrives at Team, and it matters for any app whose data needs outgrow Adalo’s built-in database — see Xano for what that backend actually adds.
Where it fits
Choose Adalo when the deliverable specifically has to be a native mobile app and the team building it is not going to hire an iOS/Android developer. For anything that could work as a responsive web app instead, a web-focused no-code builder will generally be cheaper and faster to iterate on.
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