Tools

Glide

Glide turns spreadsheets into beautiful, easy-to-use apps, without code.

Mobile AppFor Beginners

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Pricing

  • Free basic plan with the glideapp.io domain, Glide branding, public sign in, and limited data storage
  • $32/month - $40/month (+$2/private user) for custom domains, up to 25,000 data rows, no Glide branding, lower transaction fees, private apps, and more features

Benefits

  • Simple/magical app building experience
  • Build using a Google Sheet, so it’s easy to pick up
  • Constantly improving the product
  • Active community
  • Can build just about any type of app
  • Strong security features

Drawbacks

  • Progressive web app only (can’t be downloaded in app store)
  • Can’t offer in-app purchases
  • Somewhat limited in design
  • No push notifications (can get around this with Zapier for email/texts)

What you can build

  • MVP versions of mobile and web apps like Tinder and Zillow
  • Apps with user accounts and complex logic

What you can't build

  • Publish your app to the app store (check out Adalo)
  • Apps that require connection to an API

Recommendations and alternatives

Glide is best for building MVPs for your business, or for building internal apps.

You can create user accounts, store and display data from a database, and build complex logic. You can build apps like Tinder, Zillow, Headspace and more using Glide.

For more apps that need to be in an app store or connect with APIs I'd use Adalo.

If you want to build a web app with that scales better and has API access, I'd recommend Bubble.

In all other cases, I love Glide and think it's a great option for your no-code app.