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    Appifex vs Draftbit

    Generated from a description, not assembled component by component. What decides it: who builds the backend half. The full comparison is below.

    Head-to-head comparison

    Capability
    Appifex
    Draftbit
    native mobile
    React Native for iOS + Android from one codebase; native Swift from Pro
    React Native iOS + Android
    database
    PostgreSQL provisioned on Neon, standard SQL and migrations
    Supabase Postgres, provisioned and run by Supabase rather than generated with the app
    backend
    Dedicated FastAPI + SQLAlchemy backend, as source you deploy
    No generated backend — a built-in Supabase project you configure
    deployment
    One click to your own Vercel and Expo accounts; standard source, so anywhere else you choose
    Expo build pipeline
    error handling
    Fix Agent: up to 5 QA and fix cycles plus a final verification pass
    Manual debugging
    code ownership
    Full GitHub repo from the first generation — in your account once you connect GitHub
    React Native export
    auth
    Neon Auth, provisioned into your own Neon project
    Bring your own auth provider
    payments
    Stripe + RevenueCat built-in
    Bring your own payments

    What the difference looks like on a real app

    Take an events app with ticketing. Draftbit gives you a visual React Native canvas and exports real React Native, so the mobile half is genuinely yours. Then you build the other half: the API that holds events and tickets, the database, the auth, the payment flow, and the hosting for all of it. That is a reasonable trade if you have a backend already or a developer who wants one. Appifex generates both halves from the same description — the React Native app and a FastAPI service with PostgreSQL, auth and Stripe — so the ticketing logic exists rather than being your next project.

    What each one costs

    Draftbit

    Free tier: 5,000 one-time credits, 3 projects, one sandbox at a time, all visual editing, a built-in Supabase backend and 1-click publishing to a draftbit.dev subdomain.

    Paid: Standard is $12/month; Pro $24; Team $120.

    Full Code Editing & Export is a Standard ($12) line, so the source is reachable on the cheapest paid tier. Export to GitHub, iOS and Android simulators and App Store submission assistance are what Pro ($24) adds. The free tier is capped by sandboxes rather than features: one running at a time, with 5,000 one-time credits.

    Appifex

    Free is 1,000 credits a month, card-free; Pro $20/month for 5,000, which is also where native Swift builds and managed hosting start; Max $200/month for 100,000. Full breakdown.

    Draftbit pricing read from Draftbit pricing on , the same day as every other claim on this page. Vendors change prices; check the source before deciding.

    The verdict

    Choose Appifex if you want the backend, database and auth generated alongside the React Native, rather than supplied and hosted by you.

    Choose Draftbit if you want a visual React Native canvas and already have a backend you are happy to host and maintain.

    Frequently asked questions

    What is the best Draftbit alternative?

    Appifex, if you would rather describe the app than assemble it. Both produce real React Native, but Draftbit is a visual canvas for the front end only — you bring your own backend, database and auth. Appifex generates the mobile app, a FastAPI backend, a PostgreSQL database and authentication as one working system.

    Does Draftbit include a backend?

    Yes — a built-in Supabase backend, on every tier including free. The difference is what you end up owning: Supabase is a managed service you configure, so the database and auth live there rather than in your repository. Every Appifex project generates a dedicated FastAPI backend and a PostgreSQL schema as source you deploy yourself. Appifex provisions that database on Neon, which is a managed service too — the distinction is that the server code is yours, not that nobody else runs anything.

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    One caveat we hold ourselves to, because this page holds others to it. Connect your GitHub and Expo accounts and almost all of this is yours outright. Skip that step and several pieces stay ours, so it is worth saying which.

    Provisioned rather than generated: your database is PostgreSQL on Neon, and authentication — when you enable it — is Neon Auth. The schema and the migrations live in your repository, so the database moves to any Postgres by changing a connection string. Neon Auth does not; swapping it means replacing an auth provider, which is a day of work rather than a rewrite.

    Ours until you connect an account: without GitHub repo scope the repository is created in Appifex's organisation rather than yours, and without a connected Expo account TestFlight builds ship under ours. Both are one connection away from being yours, and the ownership claims on this page assume you have made it.

    A platform component in mobile apps: generated React Native projects contain a _system/ folder — error handling, Sentry reporting and a floating Appifex button — that the agent will decline to remove on request. It is ordinary TypeScript in your repository and you can delete it yourself after cloning, but while you are working inside Appifex it is not optional, and calling that "no shim to work around" would be too generous.

    This comparison is published by Appifex, one of the two products in it. Treat the recommendation accordingly and check the claims. Capability claims were checked against Draftbit documentation, and pricing against Draftbit pricing— neither page reproduces the other's full pricing, so check it there — both last verified on . Both products change often — check the current terms before deciding.