What is Whacka?
Whacka is an app builder for people who do not code. You describe the app you want, by typing or speaking and in Arabic, English, Spanish or other languages, and it builds a web app at its own link that installs on a phone's home screen. Every app comes with a database, file storage, user sign-up by email, Google or Apple, push notifications, live chat and email sending. Native Android and iOS builds for Google Play and the App Store are on Pro and above.
Apps can now keep a team as well as public users. You create staff logins with roles inside the app, with permissions enforced on the server, and an Operate page shows who signed up, what they did, your app's data and its health. Payments run through your own Stripe or PayPal account, or Moyasar in Saudi Arabia, and Whacka takes no cut. It is made by Promnes Lane Technology Inc of Dover, Delaware; its blog says 20,144 apps were created and published in September 2026, about three-quarters of them in Arabic.
How much does Whacka cost?
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 24 credits a month; apps online 14 days; 10K records, 500MB |
| Weekly | $3/week | 50 credits a week; apps still pause after 14 days |
| Starter | $10/month or $96/year | 200 credits; 25K records, 2GB; custom domain; data export |
| Pro | $40/month or $384/year | 800 credits; 100K records, 5GB; native Android and iOS apps; code download |
| Ultra | $120/month or $1,152/year | 2,500 credits; 300K records, 15GB |
Free ($0): 8 build credits a day up to 24 a month, apps online 14 days after first publish. Weekly $3/week (50 credits). Starter $10/month or $96/year (200 credits, apps stay live, custom domain). Pro $40/month or $384/year (800 credits, native apps, code download). Ultra $120/month or $1,152/year (2,500 credits). Extra credits: 100 for $12 or 500 for $55. App store fees are separate: Google $25 once, Apple $99/year.
Is Whacka worth it?
You run a gym, a tutoring business or a small clinic, and you want an app where customers book and staff see the bookings. Quotes from developers start in the thousands, and most no-code tools still make you wire up the logins and the database yourself.
Whacka builds those parts for you. You describe the app, in English, Arabic or another language, and it comes back with sign-up, a database, push notifications and payments already working. Staff get their own logins with roles, and the docs say the permissions are enforced by the server rather than just hidden on screen, which is the part home-made apps usually get wrong. The new Operate page then shows who signed up and what they did.
Payments are the clearest selling point. Money goes through your own Stripe or PayPal account, and Whacka never holds it or takes a cut. Infrastructure such as the database, storage and push messages uses no credits, and any AI features inside your app are paid for by your users unless you choose to sponsor them.
The catch: the free plan is a trial. Free and Weekly apps go offline 14 days after you first publish, so a live app needs Starter at $10 a month. Building and editing cost credits, and the pricing only says a bigger change costs more, so it is hard to predict how far 200 credits go. Downloading your code is a Pro feature at $40 a month; below that, your app exists only on Whacka's servers, with data export to CSV or JSON from Starter. Subscriptions are not refundable.
On data, Whacka says it does not train its own models on your data, but your prompts go to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Fireworks AI for inference, and prompts and outputs are kept for the life of your account. For your users' data Whacka acts as your processor, so you need your own privacy notice. The main database runs on Supabase in the US, with Germany added from 1 December 2026.
Our take: for a small business that needs a booking or members app this month, Whacka covers more of the hard parts than its price suggests; the moment the app matters to your income, Pro's code download is the insurance worth paying for.
Where it earns its place
A personal trainer with 60 regular clients
Let clients book sessions and pay monthly from their phones
Describe the booking app, connect your own Stripe account for subscriptions and publish on Starter at $10 a month so it stays online. Whacka takes no cut, so only Stripe's fees come out of each payment.
A clinic manager in Riyadh with a front desk team of eight
Give reception staff their own logins to manage appointments
Ask in Arabic for staff accounts with a receptionist role; Starter allows 10 team logins, and Moyasar handles local card payments. Patient data sits on Whacka's US or, from December, German servers, so check that fits your rules.
A solo founder testing a mobile app idea
Ship a version to the App Store and Google Play without writing code
Pro at $40 a month adds native builds, at 50 credits per store build, plus Google's $25 and Apple's $99 a year fees. Code download on Pro lets you move to a developer later.
Before you commit
- Setup
- Sign up free with no card, describe the app in a sentence or by voice, and it publishes to its own whacka.app link; iPhone users must add the web app to their home screen before push notifications arrive.
- Integrations
- Stripe, PayPal and Moyasar for payments, WhatsApp Business messaging, Google Play and the App Store on Pro, AdMob ads in store apps, and custom domains bought inside Whacka.
- Data and privacy
- Whacka says "We do not train our own AI models on your data"; prompts go to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Fireworks AI for inference, AI generation logs are kept for the life of the account, and app data up to 90 days after deletion. Main database on Supabase in the US, Germany from 1 December 2026. Which AI tools train on your data?
- Cost at scale
- A business app with staff and users typically sits on Starter at $96 a year or Pro at $384 a year; extra build credits cost $12 per 100. AI features inside the app are billed to your users unless you sponsor them.
- Limits
- Records and storage are shared across all your apps: 25K records and 2GB on Starter, 100K and 5GB on Pro. No SMS; not suited to ERP, large payroll or trading platforms, by Whacka's own account.
What’s good
- Sign-in, database, push and live chat come built in and use no credits
- Staff logins with server-enforced roles from a single request
- Payments go to your own Stripe or PayPal with no cut
- Builds from Arabic and other languages, typed or spoken
- Native Android and iOS builds on Pro
What’s not
- Free and Weekly apps go offline after 14 days
- Credit cost per change is not published
- Code download only on Pro at $40 a month
- Prompts and outputs kept for the life of the account
- No refunds on subscriptions
Best for
Small business owners and non-coders who need a working app with customer sign-up, staff roles and payments without hiring a developer.
Whacka alternatives
Whacka: common questions
- Is Whacka worth it?
- Whacka gets a non-coder from a sentence to an app with real logins, staff roles and payments faster than most rivals, as long as you accept that the app lives on Whacka unless you pay for Pro. We rate it 3.8 out of 5.
- How much does Whacka cost?
- Free ($0): 8 build credits a day up to 24 a month, apps online 14 days after first publish. Weekly $3/week (50 credits). Starter $10/month or $96/year (200 credits, apps stay live, custom domain). Pro $40/month or $384/year (800 credits, native apps, code download). Ultra $120/month or $1,152/year (2,500 credits). Extra credits: 100 for $12 or 500 for $55. App store fees are separate: Google $25 once, Apple $99/year.
- What are the downsides of Whacka?
- Free and Weekly apps go offline after 14 days; credit cost per change is not published; code download only on Pro at $40 a month; prompts and outputs kept for the life of the account; no refunds on subscriptions.
- Who is Whacka best for?
- Small business owners and non-coders who need a working app with customer sign-up, staff roles and payments without hiring a developer.
- How much does Whacka cost for a team or in production?
- A business app with staff and users typically sits on Starter at $96 a year or Pro at $384 a year; extra build credits cost $12 per 100. AI features inside the app are billed to your users unless you sponsor them.
- Is Whacka safe for company data?
- Whacka says "We do not train our own AI models on your data"; prompts go to Anthropic, OpenAI, Google and Fireworks AI for inference, AI generation logs are kept for the life of the account, and app data up to 90 days after deletion. Main database on Supabase in the US, Germany from 1 December 2026.
- What are the best Whacka alternatives?
- The closest alternatives we have reviewed are Base44, Glide, Softr and Bubble.
Answers checked Nov 11, 2026.