Adalo
Adalo is a no-code AI app builder for creating database-driven iOS, Android, and web apps from one visual project.
About Adalo
Adalo is a visual no-code app builder for teams that want to design, build, and publish database-driven apps without writing native code. Its current positioning centers on Ada, an AI assistant that can generate a working app foundation from a plain-language description, then help add features or refine screens inside a multi-screen visual canvas. That makes Adalo especially useful when the first bottleneck is moving from app idea, spreadsheet, or service workflow to a usable prototype that can later publish as a web app, native iOS app, and native Android app from one project. The platform includes a hosted Postgres database, app screens, components, actions, authentication patterns, custom domains, app-store publishing workflows, integrations, and API access on higher tiers. It is strongest for founders, small businesses, agencies, and operations teams that value speed, predictable subscription pricing, and visual control over source-code ownership. It is a weaker fit when a project requires self-hosting, exported source code, deep native engineering, strict regulated-data controls, or highly custom backend architecture. Buyers should test the free plan, confirm whether the needed integrations sit on Professional or Team, budget for Apple and Google developer accounts, and review privacy, collection permissions, API limits, and app-store requirements before committing.
Best for
Best use cases
A founder sketches a marketplace, booking, or fitness app and uses Ada to generate the first screens, database, and navigation before testing the idea.
A service business turns an appointment, inventory, CRM, or field-report spreadsheet into a mobile app with role-based access and two-way data sync.
A team prepares one app version for web, Apple App Store, and Google Play instead of managing separate web and native builds.
An agency builds a client prototype, removes Adalo branding, publishes to a custom domain, and then upgrades when API or white-label needs appear.
A growing app checks storage, published-app count, API limits, support SLA, app store account fees, and privacy-policy requirements before launch.
Compare before choosing
Compare with Bubble when the project is web-first and needs a large plugin ecosystem, but weigh Bubble's web-wrapper mobile route and usage-based workload model.
Compare with FlutterFlow when the team wants more code-level or Firebase-style control and is comfortable with a steeper builder workflow.
Compare with Glide or Softr when the primary job is a simple spreadsheet-backed internal tool rather than a native app-store product.
Compare with custom React Native development when source-code ownership, self-hosting, deep native customization, or regulated data controls are mandatory.
Features
Ada AI app generation
Describe an app idea in plain language and Ada can generate screens, database structure, navigation, sample data, and a working first prototype.
Visual multi-screen canvas
Design and refine every app screen in a spatial canvas instead of editing one page at a time or maintaining generated source code.
One build for three platforms
Build one project and publish to web, native iOS, and native Android, reducing the need for separate web and mobile implementations.
Hosted relational database
Use Adalo's hosted Postgres-backed database for records, relationships, authentication flows, and app data without managing a server.
Spreadsheet and external data paths
Connect workflows based on Google Sheets, Airtable, external databases, Xano, REST APIs, Zapier, Make, and custom actions depending on plan.
App-store publishing workflow
Prepare native builds for Apple App Store and Google Play, with guidance for icons, screenshots, privacy policies, testing, and submissions.
API access on higher tiers
Team and Business access can expose Adalo API capabilities for collections and notifications, with documented API-key headers and rate limits.
Security and permissions controls
Use collection permissions, authentication, encrypted transport, hashed passwords, and privacy workflows, while still validating app-specific compliance obligations.
Pros
- Free plan allows real prototyping with 500 records per app, unlimited test apps, and Ada AI assistance.
- Paid plans use flat subscription pricing with no usage-based or token-based charges listed on the official pricing page.
- Strong fit for native mobile plus web delivery from a single no-code project.
- Visual canvas and AI generation lower the barrier for founders and business teams without coding skills.
- Higher tiers add important production features such as custom integrations, APIs, Xano integration, white labeling, and priority support.
Cons
- App and Collections API access is restricted to higher-tier plans, so API-heavy workflows may need Team or Business access.
- Teams that need exported source code, self-hosting, or deep native engineering control should compare custom development or more developer-oriented builders.
- App-store publishing still requires separate Apple and Google developer accounts, store-review time, app assets, and privacy-policy work.
- Strict privacy, healthcare, financial, or enterprise compliance projects should verify data processing, hosting, permissions, and contract requirements before storing sensitive data.
- The free tier is for building and testing, not for publishing native app-store apps.
Pricing Plans
Free
- 500 records per app
- Unlimited test apps
- Unlimited app actions
- One app editor
- Hosted Postgres database
- Ada AI assistant
Starter
- One published app
- Custom domain
- Web publishing
- Automated app-store publishing
- No Adalo branding
- All Free features
Professional
- Two published apps
- Five app editors
- Custom integrations
- Design versions
- Geolocation
- Push notifications
- App analytics
Team
- Five published apps
- Ten app editors
- Priority support
- Xano integration
- App and Collections API
- Version history
- White labeling
* Pricing information is for reference only. Please refer to the latest announcement on Adalo's official website.