Adalo

Key features

• AI app generation from a plain-English description, producing screens, database tables, and basic logic
• Visual editor for screens, relationships, actions, and conditional visibility
• Native iOS and Android builds plus a responsive web app from one project
• App Store and Google Play submission handled by Adalo, with over-the-air updates for most changes
• Data sources include Adalo's own database, Google Sheets, Excel, Airtable, External Collections, and Xano
• Prebuilt app patterns for booking, chat, marketplaces, CRM, inventory, delivery, and internal tools
• Zapier and IAPHub integrations for automation and in-app purchases
• Component marketplace and feature templates, plus a free App Academy course library

Pricing

Read from Adalo's pricing page on 12 November 2026 (verify current):

• Free — $0. Build and test a complete app with up to 500 records; no publishing.
• Builder — $65/month, $175.50 per quarter (10% off), or $624/year (20% off). Includes AI building each month, two published apps, five app editors, and publishing to the App Store, Google Play, and web.
• Business — $200/month, $540 per quarter, or $1,920/year. Includes more AI building, five published apps, ten editors, and production features.
• Enterprise — custom pricing.

There are no usage caps on records for paid plans, but localization, crash monitoring, and analytics are sold as paid add-ons. Store fees are separate.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Real native builds and store submission, not just a web wrapper
• Free tier is enough to validate an idea with 500 records before paying
• One project covers iOS, Android, and web
• Large template and tutorial library shortens the first build

Cons

• $65/month before you can put an app in front of a customer — the highest entry price in this category
• Store fees add roughly $124 in the first year (Apple $99/year, Google $25 once)
• Complex logic and large datasets hit platform limits; this is not a substitute for custom code at scale
• Analytics, crash monitoring, and localization are extra-cost add-ons

Who should use Adalo?

Adalo fits a founder validating a mobile product, a small agency building client portals, or an owner replacing a spreadsheet with an internal app — booking apps, field-service tools, member directories, simple marketplaces. The free tier is a genuine prototype path; the $65/month decision comes when you have something worth publishing.

Do not choose it if you need heavy offline support, complex real-time collaboration, or deep custom integrations. x1 is a more guided iPhone-first path for a solo founder; Bubble and FlutterFlow give more control at the cost of a steeper learning curve.

Evidence, for context: Adalo says more than 2 million builders have made apps on the platform, and its site shows a long public gallery (vendor claim, read November 2026). We did not read a G2 or Capterra rating this run.

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