What do I get with AppDen Free and when should I upgrade to Pro?
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AppDen Free costs $0 a month and is enough if you're trying things out or running a handful of small personal apps. You get a monthly usage allowance, up to 10 apps, and a database plus file storage for every app — no card needed. Upgrade to Pro ($19.99/month) when you hit the 10-app limit, when your apps run every day for you, your team, or customers, or when your monthly usage allowance runs out and you'd rather have 3× the headroom.
What the Free plan includes
| What you get | Free |
|---|---|
| Price | $0 a month |
| Monthly usage allowance | Included (a monthly allowance) |
| Number of apps | Up to 10 |
| Database and file storage | For every app |
| Card required | No |
| Best for | Trying things out and small personal apps |
Every app you publish gets its own server, database, and file storage, running from the moment it's published. AppDen manages all of it, so the Free plan doesn't ask you to figure out hosting, databases, or servers.
What Pro adds
| What changes | Pro |
|---|---|
| Price | $19.99 a month |
| Monthly usage allowance | 3× the Free allowance |
| Number of apps | Unlimited |
| Extra usage | Billed at the same rates |
| Best for | Apps you, your team, or customers use every day |
Both plans use the same rates, and nothing is ever billed by surprise — so moving to Pro changes your allowance and app limit, not the underlying pricing model.
When Free is enough
- You're trying AppDen out for the first time.
- You're building small personal apps — a tracker, a calculator, a sign-up sheet.
- You have 10 or fewer apps you want to keep running.
- Your usage stays inside the monthly Free allowance.
When to upgrade to Pro
- You've hit the 10-app ceiling and want to publish more.
- Your apps are used every day — by you, your team, or customers — so you need more usage headroom.
- You want 3× the Free allowance before extra usage kicks in.
- You'd rather not think about app count at all.
The upgrade decision in one line
Stay on Free while you're experimenting or running a small set of personal apps; move to Pro when app count or daily usage becomes the constraint. Because both plans share the same rates and extra usage is billed at those rates, the choice is about allowance and app limits, not about a different pricing structure.