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An Adalo alternative that writes the app for you
Adalo is a visual no code builder for native iOS, Android and web apps, with an AI assistant, a hosted database, Stripe payments, custom actions and publishing to the app stores. OneCraft Sites has an AI agent write a website or a native Expo app; an app can be based on one of your websites, taking its colours, fonts, content and database.
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Nuwan Madhusanka · Co-founder
3 min read · Published
The short verdict
Adalo suits someone whose main product is an app, designed visually screen by screen, with its own database, logic and store publishing support. OneCraft suits a business that wants an app written for it by an agent, often matching its website and sharing its database, without designing every screen.
| Feature | Adalo | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Plans and prices are published on Adalo's pricing page and are not restated here checked 2026-10-13 | Per account: Free $0, Starter $8, Pro $25 and Pro+ $125 a month; apps on paid plans |
| Building | Design native iOS, Android, and web apps on a visual multi-screen canvas with AI that builds alongside you. checked 2026-10-13 | An AI agent writes an Expo app from a brief; no visual canvas |
| AI | Use Ada, Adalo's AI assistant, to build and edit your app with natural language prompts. checked 2026-10-13 | Chat edits, each a commit; a failed change rolls back |
| App Store | Publish your mobile app to iOS devices through the Apple App Store. checked 2026-10-13 | Store builds through Expo at 5 credits each; you submit with eas submit from your own Apple account |
| Google Play | Publish your mobile app to Android devices through the Google Play Store. checked 2026-10-13 | Same steps; Google Play 25 USD once, new personal accounts test with 12 people for 14 days |
| Database | Hosted Postgres database included checked 2026-10-13 | A database per site: a schema in OneCraft's pool (Pro 1, Pro+ 3) or a project on your own Supabase account, row level security on every table |
| Payments | Collect payments inside your app through Stripe. checked 2026-10-13 | Stripe Checkout on your connected account, built by the agent |
| Web publishing | Use a custom domain to host your web app. checked 2026-10-13 | Websites publish at onecraft.live or your own domain on paid plans |
| Versions | Revert to previously saved versions of your app's design. checked 2026-10-13 | Every app change is a commit; preview and restore any of the newest 50 |
| Data model | Create multiple relational collections, properties, & utilize our 8 data types. checked 2026-10-13 | Relational Postgres tables the agent writes, with row level security on each |
Where Adalo is better
Design every screen visually
Adalo offers a visual multi screen canvas with drag and drop components. OneCraft apps are written by AI and changed by chat; there is no canvas to arrange screens by hand.
App logic and integrations
Adalo has custom actions, formulas, conditional logic, APIs, Zapier and Xano. OneCraft apps keep their logic in database functions and OneCraft's payment and mail brokers, without outside integrations.
Relational data you set up visually
Adalo collections are relational with linked records you set up in its editor. In OneCraft the agent writes relational tables for you, which you change by describing them in chat rather than in a data editor.
Where OneCraft is different
The website can come with it
An app can be based on one of your websites, taking its colours, fonts, content and database, so the business gets a public website and an app that read the same data.
Real React Native code
The app is an Expo project with Expo Router, Uniwind and React Native Reusables; every tab is checked at 390 and 768 and Home in dark mode, and the project downloads as a zip with app.json filled.
An honest store path
OneCraft runs test and store builds through Expo but never submits for you: you submit from your own Apple and Google accounts, Apple at 99 USD a year and Google Play at 25 USD once, with 12 testers for 14 days on new personal Play accounts.
App first or site first
Adalo starts from the app and can publish a web version. OneCraft can start from either, and an app can be based on one of your websites. For a restaurant, shop or clinic, customers usually find the website first; the app serves regulars, which is why basing the app on the site often makes sense.
Publishing to the stores
Both help you reach the App Store and Google Play under your own developer accounts. In OneCraft you run test or store builds through Expo from the builder, then submit from your own accounts; iPhone builds need your Apple key.
Costs to compare
Adalo plans are on its pricing page. OneCraft Expo builds need a paid plan at 5 credits each, and AI work bills 1 credit per US cent of model use plus 1 credit per export. A measured app generation used 55 to 72 credits across the whole pipeline.
Who should stay with Adalo
Stay with Adalo if the app is your main product and you want to design screens visually with logic, relational data and integrations. Move if your business wants an app written from a brief, often based on its website, rather than designed screen by screen.
Questions people ask
Can OneCraft publish my app to the App Store?
Not for you. OneCraft writes and previews the app and runs test or store builds through Expo, on OneCraft's Expo organisation unless you connect your own token. You submit to the App Store and Google Play from your own developer accounts, and an iPhone build needs your Apple key.
Do I need a website to make a OneCraft app?
No. You choose a website or a phone app when you create a site. An app can be based on one of your OneCraft websites or a web address, taking its colours, fonts and content, and its database when it is your own site, but it can also start from a brief alone.
Can I design the app screens myself?
Not on a canvas. You describe changes in the app builder chat, and the agent edits the code and refreshes the preview. The plan gives the app 3 to 5 tabs ending with an Account tab, and you can ask for the screens and tabs you want in the brief.
Can the app take payments?
Yes, on a paid plan. The agent builds checkout through OneCraft's payments broker: Stripe Checkout as a direct charge on your connected account, with prices read from the database and a webhook that marks orders paid. The platform fee follows your plan: Starter 2 percent, Pro 1 percent, Pro+ 0.5 percent.
Is my data in one place for the site and the app?
Yes, when the app is based on one of your websites: it uses the same database, so a menu item or price changed once appears on the website and in the app, and an order from either lands in the same tables. An app started from a brief alone gets its own database when it needs one.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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