Adalo is a visual no-code app building tool, now powered by AI, focused on "one project, three platforms": build and publish iOS, Android, and Web apps from the same project, without writing code. It is officially stated that you can start for free, with no credit card required.
Purpose and positioning Aimed at entrepreneurs, business teams, and creators without programming experience, it helps them design, build, and publish custom database-driven apps without writing code or hiring developers. According to the official statement, more than 1 million creators use Adalo, with app types covering booking solutions, CRM, customer portals, rentals, and more.
Main capabilities
- Visual multi-screen canvas: design native iOS, Android, and Web apps on a visual multi-screen canvas, using a drag-and-drop freeform builder with what-you-see-is-what-you-get editing, and adjust designs for different screen sizes.
- AI assistance: use the AI assistant Ada for prompt-based building and editing, with AI working alongside the build process.
- Brand customization: supports custom fonts, color schemes, icons, and logos; the official statement says every app is production-ready and passes app store review.
- Data management: built-in hosted Postgres database; the free plan includes 500 records with no time limit. You can also use Airtable or Google Sheet as a database, or provide backend data storage through Xano integration. If there is no data yet, the AI builder can create and host a database.
- One-click multi-platform publishing: build once and publish to app stores and custom domains; web publishing is free; the official statement says it is the first no-code app builder that can seamlessly publish to any platform. Web apps use responsive design and can be published to any device. Web publishing controls allow updating the app without interrupting the user experience.
- Monetization and growth: provides in-app purchase payment components, and can connect to services such as Stripe and IAPHUB for secure payments; provides marketing support (LLM, PPC, SEO help) and metrics monitoring to optimize conversion; the official statement says its modular purpose-built infrastructure is based on a hosted Postgres database and can support 5 million users and above. The official statement says all plans have no overage or excessive usage fees.
- Extensions and integrations: custom actions can be used to trigger sending emails, writing text, getting weather, connecting to APIs, and more; supports geolocation features for calculating distances, searching addresses, and more; the component marketplace offers free and premium components; can connect directly to Zapier, and through Zapier and Make connect thousands of third-party apps and services.
- Feature templates: one-click access to feature templates such as appointment scheduling, payment collection, and social media feed viewing, helping to quickly launch no-code apps.
- Expert services: you can hire Adalo experts to build apps on your behalf, with services including UX/UI and brand design, custom component development, one-on-one coaching and real-time support, and end-to-end app design and development.
How to use Design and develop mobile and web apps directly within the Adalo platform, use the AI assistant Ada for prompt-based building and editing, and work with a visual multi-screen canvas and component building-block system to ensure the build results can be published to a production environment. After building is complete, you can build mobile and web apps for free, and pay to publish to a custom domain or native app stores.
Use cases Officially listed apps include campground rentals, loyalty programs, equipment rentals, as well as appointment solutions, CRM, and customer portals. It is suitable for individuals and teams who want to launch apps quickly, replace multiple internal tools with one app, or do not have a development budget. The official statement says that app launches that used to take months or even years may now take only weeks or even days.
Limitations and information not yet provided The official page does not provide specific pricing for paid plans, the feature differences among paid tiers, the specific details of the free plan's publishing limitations, or the specific scope and limitations of the AI generation capabilities. The agent is a programming assistance tool, and the quality and correctness of its code generation must be verified by the developer themselves.
