Lovable vs Whacka

Lovable

The cleanest prompt-to-app experience for someone who cannot write React, and GitHub sync means you are not locked in — but 100 credits a month is less runway than it sounds once the app gets real.

Pros

• +Live preview after each change keeps iteration legible to non-developers
• +GitHub sync and Supabase mean the output is real, portable code
• +The free tier is enough to find out whether the idea works
• +Per-action credit costs are published, so estimating is possible

Cons

• −Free tier caps at 30 credits a month regardless of the daily grant
• −Debugging a bad generation can cost more credits than the original build
• −Opinionated stack — React front end, Supabase back end, little room to differ
• −API access is reserved for the Business tier, which charges double Pro's price per credit

Whacka

The runtime is the interesting part: auth, database, storage, push and realtime are included and never consume credits, so only code generation is metered. The end-user-pays model for in-app AI calls is genuinely unusual and keeps a popular app from bankrupting its builder. The trade-off is lock-in dressed as convenience — code export only arrives at $32/month, and free-tier apps go offline 14 days after publishing.

Pros

• +Database, storage, push, social login and realtime messaging never consume credits on any plan
• +Runtime AI calls inside published apps are billed to end users rather than the builder
• +Publishing is explicit and every version is retained and revertible
• +Pro ships native Android and iOS builds to Google Play and the App Store
• +Referral and visitor bonuses earn credits that stay valid 365 days and do not reset with the plan

Cons

• −Free-tier apps go offline 14 days after publishing, as do Weekly-tier apps
• −Code export and custom domains are gated behind the $32/month Pro tier
• −Starter's $8 is annual-only pricing; the monthly rate is higher
• −Credit cost per build round scales with change size, so budgeting is imprecise

Is Lovable cheaper than Whacka?

They charge in different units, so there is no like-for-like answer: Lovable starts at $25/mo, Whacka at $3/wk. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it.

Does Lovable or Whacka have a free tier?

Both: Lovable has a free tier, and Whacka has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Lovable or Whacka?

Lovable ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Whacka is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.