Whacka
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveDescribe an app in a sentence and it writes, hosts and publishes it with logins, database and payments wired
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $3/wk
- Billing
- Weekly
Free gives 24 credits/month (8/day, roughly 6 build rounds) and apps stay online 14 days after publishing. The cheapest paid step is Weekly at $3/week for 50 credits. Starter is $8/month billed annually (200 credits, apps stay live while subscribed), Pro $32/month adds store builds, custom domain and code export, Ultra $96/month. Top-ups are $12 per 100 credits or $55 per 500, valid 12 months.
Use tool ↗About Whacka
Whacka builds working apps from a conversation. You describe what you need, it generates the interface, data model and logic, and puts it live on a whacka.app subdomain with authentication, a database, file uploads, push notifications, scheduled reminders, team accounts and payments already running — no keys or servers to configure. Nothing goes live until you press Publish, every version is kept and revertible, and higher tiers add native iOS and Android builds for the App Store and Google Play, custom domains, private apps and code export. Billing splits in an unusual way: build rounds consume your credits, while AI calls made inside a published app are charged to that app's own end users.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Built-in capabilities, publish gate, version revert and ownership claimswhacka.app ↗
- Full plan ladder, credit allowances, top-up rates and the build-vs-runtime billing splitwhacka.app ↗
Is Whacka 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 11, 2026Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Let's Encrypt, valid until Nov 27, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- Operated by
- whacka, Inc.Our research, card verified Aug 23, 2026
Pros & cons of 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
Best for
- Non-developers shipping a booking page, storefront or internal tool from a description
- Testing an app idea end to end before committing to real development
- Builders who want their app's AI usage billed to its users, not to them
Not for
- Teams that need version control, code review or a real deployment pipeline
- Anyone who needs their source before spending $32/month
Watch out: Credits are consumed per build round by change size — a few large iterations can drain a month's allowance.
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