Adalo
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveNo-code mobile app builder whose AI assistant, Ada, scaffolds screens, database and navigation from a description
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $36/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free plan is $0 with unlimited screens and test apps but 500 records per app and no publishing. Annual-billing rates are Starter $36/month (1 published app, custom domain, app store publishing), Professional $52/month (2 apps, 5 editors) and Team $160/month (5 apps, 10 editors); monthly billing costs 20% more. No usage- or token-based charges; Apple and Google developer fees are extra.
Use tool ↗About Adalo
Adalo, Inc. of St. Louis, Missouri, builds a no-code platform for native mobile and web apps. Ada is its AI layer: Magic Start generates a working prototype with screens, database and navigation from a description in a couple of minutes, Magic Add bolts new features onto an existing app in plain language, Visual AI Direction lets you point at an element and describe the change, and X-Ray scans a project for broken connections and performance problems before publishing. One project publishes to three targets — native iOS builds for the App Store, Android AAB for Google Play, and responsive web. Building is free up to 500 database records; publishing needs a paid plan.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Free $0 (500 records per app), Starter $36, Professional $52, Team $160 per month billed annually, monthly billing 20% more, no usage or token-based charges, Ada AI assistant labelled beta on every plan (15 October 2026)adalo.com ↗
- Pricing FAQ: Starter includes publishing to the Apple App Store and Google Play as native builds; Adalo Blue is the enterprise offer (15 October 2026)adalo.com ↗
Is Adalo legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Oct 9, 2000 (26 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Squarespace Domains II LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 12, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- Adalo, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Adalo
Adalo's distinguishing move is that it ships real store binaries — an IPA for Apple and an AAB for Google — from the same project as the web app, which most prompt-to-app tools do not. Ada makes the first screen fast, but the flat-fee plans buy surprisingly few published apps, so agencies hit the ceiling quickly.
Pros
- Publishes native iOS IPA and Android AAB builds plus responsive web from one project
- Magic Start generates screens, database and navigation from a description in under two minutes
- Magic Add and Visual AI Direction edit an existing app in natural language rather than regenerating it
- X-Ray checks for broken connections and performance issues before you publish
- No usage- or token-based charges layered on the plan fee
Cons
- Free plan cannot publish and caps at 500 database records per app
- Published-app allowances are tight: one on Starter, two on Professional, five on Team
- Ada is still labelled beta on the free tier
Best for
- Founders who need an app in both app stores without hiring mobile developers
- Internal tools where a database, screens and navigation are most of the work
- Teams that want predictable flat pricing rather than per-token AI billing
Not for
- Apps needing custom native modules or heavy offline logic
- Agencies with many live client apps, where the per-app publishing limits get expensive
Watch out: Every advertised price is the annual-billing rate; paying monthly adds roughly 20%.
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