Borel vs Adalo
Native Swift from a chat, and the App Store for less.
Adalo is a no-code builder with an AI helper and a drag-and-drop canvas; App Store publishing starts on its Builder plan. Borel builds the whole app from a chat in native Swift and SwiftUI and publishes it on Pro, from $20 a month or $16 a month billed yearly.
Borel
Adalo
App Store from
Free AI building
Your iPhone before you publish
Build by describing the app
Database built in
Why Borel
Native Swift and SwiftUI, with the code yours to download on any plan.
App Store publishing on Pro, from $20 a month.
Hold the real app on your iPhone with Borel Companion, without TestFlight.
Native iPhone features, built in
- SwiftUI, with Liquid Glass
- Face ID
- Reminders and notifications
- Camera and scanning
- Location and Apple Maps
- AI chat
- Accounts, data and files
- Photo library
- Pictures from words
- Haptics
- Steps and motion
- Subscriptions and purchases
- Voice and speech
- Calendar
- Contacts
Choose Borel if
- You want App Store publishing on a cheaper plan.
- You want native Swift code you can download.
- You'd rather describe changes than move components around.
What Borel costs
Free
5 credits a day, up to 30 a month
Pro
From $20 a month, or $16 a month, billed yearly
iOS Simulator
Free for everyone
Borel and Adalo: questions
Adalo's Builder plan, the first that publishes to the stores, is $65 a month or $52 a month billed yearly. Borel Pro, with App Store publishing, starts at $20 a month, or $16 a month billed yearly. Borel's free plan gives 5 credits every day, up to 30 a month.
Every Borel build runs in the iOS Simulator in your browser, free. On Pro, Borel Companion installs the real app on your iPhone with your Apple ID, a free one included, so you don't need TestFlight or a developer account to hold it in your hand.
Yes, in that you never write code. Instead of arranging components on a canvas, you describe each screen in a chat and Borel writes it in SwiftUI. The code is there to download if you, or a developer later, want it.
Describe its screens and data to Borel and it builds a native SwiftUI version. It doesn't import Adalo projects, and records in Adalo's database stay there unless you move them.
Yes. AI, data, sign-in and storage are built into every Borel app, with no keys to paste or services to set up. Describe a feature, such as accounts or saved notes, and Borel wires it into your SwiftUI app.
No. Borel runs Xcode on its own Mac and streams the iOS Simulator to your browser, so you can build, test and publish a native iPhone app from a Windows PC or a Mac. Borel Companion, for Windows and Mac, puts the app on your iPhone.
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