Pricing

Native iPhone and Android apps. Start free, ship for $20.

Real iPhone, iPad, and Android apps — the kind the App Store actually accepts, not a web page in a wrapper. Previewed instantly in your browser, installed on your phone, published to the App Store. The AI runs on the ChatGPT subscription you already pay for, so you're not buying tokens twice.

Free

$0

Kick the tires — build a real app and see it run.

  • Instant pixel-accurate iOS preview in your browser
  • 100 credits/month to try it out — enough to build something real
  • Install on your iPhone with your free Apple ID — no $99 Developer account
  • App Store & TestFlight publishing
Bring your ChatGPT

Builder

$20/ month

Everything you need to ship — the AI rides your ChatGPT plan.

  • Agent runs on your ChatGPT subscription — no token bills from us
  • 3 publishes / month — TestFlight & App Store
  • Over-the-air updates for installed apps
  • 200 credits / month for builds, logos, mockups & 3D assets

Standard

$100/ month

For serious ship rates — the AI is included, no ChatGPT needed.

  • 1,000 credits / month — AI, builds & assets on one meter
  • Use other advanced models like Opus and Fable
  • 30 publishes / month
  • Connect ChatGPT here too — run the AI on your subscription and your credits last longer
Your code

Real native source — export it as an Xcode project anytime.

Builds

1 credit each. Unchanged code rebuilds free. Failed builds always cost 0.

Top-ups

$10 per 100 credits, on any plan. Purchased credits never expire.

No Mac needed

Build, preview, and publish from any browser.

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The napkin math

You already pay for the intelligence

Tools that generate native Swift apps charge $200 a month — and still charge you when their own fix loop fails. We charge for the toolchain: the emulator, the signing, the publishing.

ChatGPT Plus (you already have it)$20
Dactyl Builder$20
Native iPhone apps, shipped$40 / mo
elsewhere$200 / mo

Questions

The fine print, up front

What’s a credit?
Credits meter the work we run for you: AI turns (on plans where we supply the model), logo and mockup generation, 3D assets, and builds — one credit per build, and every change is a build. A typical app tweak costs a few credits, and anything that ends in a failed build costs nothing. Need more than your monthly credits? Top-ups are $10 per 100.
What happens if my ChatGPT connection stops working?
We stop and tell you — with the choice to reconnect, retry, or continue on credits. Nothing ever falls back to billing silently.
Do I need a Mac or an Apple Developer account?
No. The browser preview is pixel-accurate iOS, and the free companion install puts the app on your iPhone with a free Apple ID. You need a $99/yr Apple Developer account only when you publish to the App Store — same as every iOS app ever shipped.
Do credits roll over?
Monthly plan credits reset each cycle. Credits you buy as top-ups are yours until you spend them.