What is Podda?
By Will Hannigan · Published , updated
Podda lets you create apps and games by talking to ChatGPT or Claude. Connect Podda once and ask for what you want. Your creation stays saved, and you can open it from your phone or computer.
Make a game for your friends or a trip planner for your next holiday. Every app starts private. Keep it for yourself, invite people to use it, or make it public so anyone can open it.
Who is Podda for?
Anyone who already talks to ChatGPT or Claude and wants the app to become something real, not code stuck in a chat thread. One person sets it up. Everyone they invite just opens it on their phone, with no account to create and nothing to learn.
What can I build on Podda?
Almost any app for yourself or a group you know: something to track, plan, split, or vote on. If you can describe it, ChatGPT or Claude can usually build it.
- A shared tracker for a couple splitting rent and bills.
- A trip planner for a group of friends, with the itinerary and packing list in one place.
- A signup sheet for a book club or a five-a-side team.
- A habit or collection tracker built around your own routine.
- A game-night quiz built with three.js that runs in the browser.
How do you make an app on Podda?
Connect Podda to ChatGPT or Claude, then describe what you want to make. It builds the app and gives you a link to open it.
Ask for changes in the same chat. When you're ready to share, invite your family and friends or make the app public.
See the connect guide for the click-by-click version.
Who can see an app on Podda?
Only you can open a new app. Invite people and they can sign in to use it too. If you want anyone to be able to open it without signing in, you can make it public. You choose how each app is shared.
What does Podda cost?
Podda is free to start. The free plan has room for a few apps and the people you invite, and the people you invite are never charged. See the pricing page for what each plan includes, or how to make a free app for your family and friends for the honest breakdown of what free gets you elsewhere too.
What don't you have to do on Podda?
None of the technical work. No servers to run, no domain to buy, no deploy pipeline to set up, and no public website to launch first. Podda keeps the app online, and you choose who can open it.
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Connect Podda to ChatGPT or Claude and build the first app you or your group actually need.
Last updated 11 September 2026.