# Podda blog

- [I made a football team availability app for our weekly matches](https://podda.app/blog/football-team-availability-app.md): Players answer with one tap. The team sheet fills in reply order and extra players move onto a visible waitlist.
- [Lovable alternatives that keep your app private (2026)](https://podda.app/blog/lovable-alternatives-for-private-apps.md): Seven Lovable alternatives compared on the thing most lists skip: what it actually costs to keep your app private to the people you invite.
- [How to make an app for your friend group (2026)](https://podda.app/blog/make-an-app-for-your-friend-group.md): You don't need the app store or any code to make an app for your friends. Six ways, from a shared sheet to a real invite-only app.
- [Podda vs Wabi vs Lovable vs Replit (2026)](https://podda.app/blog/podda-vs-wabi-vs-lovable-vs-replit.md): Four ways to turn a description into a working app: who each one is really for, and what it costs to keep the app private.
- [How to make a free app for your family and friends (2026)](https://podda.app/blog/make-a-free-app-for-your-family-and-friends.md): You can make a real app for free by describing it to ChatGPT or Claude. What differs is what free actually includes. Here is the breakdown.
- [How to share an app you made with ChatGPT (2026)](https://podda.app/blog/share-an-app-you-made-with-chatgpt.md): ChatGPT wrote you an app, and now it is stuck in the chat. Here is how to get it to your family and friends, privately or with a link.
- [How to share an app you built with Claude Code (2026)](https://podda.app/blog/share-an-app-you-built-with-claude-code.md): Claude Code built the app, but it only runs on your machine. Here is how to get it to your family and friends, from a quick demo link to a private home.
- [How to share a vibe-coded app privately](https://podda.app/blog/share-a-vibe-coded-app-privately.md): You built an app with ChatGPT or Claude. Here's how to get it to the people it's for, whether that's your partner or a club, without publishing it publicly.
- [Podda vs Lovable](https://podda.app/blog/podda-vs-lovable.md): Podda and Lovable both let AI build you a real app. Here's how they differ, and where each one honestly wins.
- [What is personal software?](https://podda.app/blog/what-is-personal-software.md): Personal software is an app built for one person or a group, not for customers or the public. Here's what makes it different.
- [The 9 best ways to build a private app for your family (2026)](https://podda.app/blog/best-ways-to-build-a-private-app-for-your-family-2026.md): Nine honest ways to build an app just for your family in 2026, compared on the thing most lists skip: what it costs to keep the app private.
- [Build a chore-splitting app for your house](https://podda.app/blog/chore-splitting-app-for-your-house.md): A chore tracker built around how your house actually splits jobs, made by asking ChatGPT or Claude, private to the people you live with.
- [How to build a trip planner for your friend group](https://podda.app/blog/friend-group-trip-planner.md): Watch a trip planner get built in real time, then ask ChatGPT or Claude for your own. Nothing to set up on either end.
- [What is Podda?](https://podda.app/blog/what-is-podda.md): Podda is a private home for personal software. Build an app by talking to ChatGPT or Claude, then invite the people it's for.