Blink.new
Verified Oct 16, 2026 ActiveDescribe an app and it writes the code, sets up the database and auth, and deploys it to a live URL
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $25/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Free: 5 credits a day, up to 30 a month, public projects only. Starter $25/month (100 credits), Pro $50 (200), Max $200 (800), each plus 5 daily credits; yearly billing halves these to $13, $25 and $100 a month ($150, $300, $1,200 a year). Business shares one credit pool from $20 a month with no seat fees. Production hosting is paid from credits, about 50 a month per 10,000 visits.
Use tool ↗About Blink.new
Blink takes a written description of an application and produces the whole thing: interface, database, authentication, third-party integrations and a deployed address. Output can be a responsive web app, a React Native build for iOS and Android, or a Chrome extension. It also runs an AI Gateway that fronts a couple of hundred models behind one OpenAI-compatible key, which matters when the app you just generated needs model calls of its own. Blink is operated by 1Flow, Inc., a California company. Work is metered in credits: five refresh every day on every plan, and paid tiers add a monthly allowance on top of that.
- Platforms
- Web · API
- API
- Yes
- Last verified
- Oct 16, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page lists Free $0 (5 credits/day, up to 30/month), Starter $25, Pro $50, Max $200 per month ($13/$25/$100 billed yearly), Business from $20/month with shared credits, and hosting at 50 credits per 10,000 visits (15 October 2026)blink.new ↗
- Site describes web apps, websites, native iOS and Android apps via Expo and React Native, Blink Claw agents, and an AI Gateway offering text, image, video and speech models through one API (15 October 2026)blink.new ↗
- Terms of service page is live and names 1Flow, Inc. as the operator (15 October 2026)blink.new ↗
Is Blink.new 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
- Feb 19, 2025 (1 year ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar Namecheap Inc., looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Dec 28, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 16, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 16, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- 1Flow, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Blink.new
Blink covers more of the stack than most prompt-to-app tools: database, auth and deployment are handled rather than left as an exercise. The React Native and Chrome extension targets are a genuine differentiator when everything else in this category stops at a web app. Credit accounting is the thing to model before committing, because iteration is where the budget goes.
Pros
- Generates database schema, authentication and deployment, not only front-end code
- Targets React Native for iOS and Android and Chrome extensions, not just responsive web
- AI Gateway exposes 200+ models through one OpenAI-compatible API key
- Free tier is usable for evaluation and annual billing halves the monthly rate
Cons
- Credits are consumed by iteration, so the cost of one finished app is unpredictable
- Production hosting is paid from credits (50 a month covers up to 10,000 visits), so a live app keeps drawing on the allowance
- The free tier caps at 30 credits a month, which is little more than a demo
- Daily credits reset at midnight Pacific and do not roll over
- Terms name 1Flow, Inc. as a California company but give no address or explicit choice-of-law clause
Best for
- Founders prototyping a full-stack product without a backend engineer
- Developers who want a mobile app and a web app from the same description
- Teams that also need a single key across many models for the generated app
Not for
- Projects with an existing large codebase to extend rather than a greenfield build
- Anyone who needs to audit and own infrastructure choices from the start
Watch out: The generated app is deployed on Blink's infrastructure by default; check what portability you have before building anything you need to move.
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