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Adalo builds database-driven web and native phone apps. You can describe screens to Ada, its AI builder, then change them on a visual canvas.

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What should you sketch before asking Ada for screens?

Choose the things your app needs to remember and how they relate. An equipment lending app needs a list of items and a separate list of loans. Sketch the screens for browsing items, starting a loan and returning an item. Then use the canvas to check how those screens connect.

Which plan takes an app beyond testing?

The Free plan is for building and testing. Adalo lists web and store publishing on Builder and above. Compare how many apps you can publish, how many people can edit them and how much AI building is included. Check the current plan before committing to an external database or a particular release route.

Can you take the records and code with you?

Download each collection, Adalo’s term for a list of records, as its own CSV spreadsheet file. Adalo says details from the many side of some relationships are omitted. For example, check whether the projector export keeps a list of its loans. App source export is a separately priced service you request. Ask how you would move accounts and files as well.

What should happen when two people want the same item?

Draw two fictional borrowers asking for the only available projector. Specify what each sees and what the loan list should contain.

  1. Follow the first loan
    Show who borrowed the projector and when the list marks it unavailable.
  2. Follow the second request
    Write the message the second borrower sees and leave the first loan intact.
  3. Sketch the export
    Write one sample row in each list and mark what another app would need to match a loan to its projector.