Your build allowance
Builds are metered. This page covers how many you get, what uses one, and what to do when the meter is empty.
How many you get
Section titled “How many you get”| Plan | Builds per month |
|---|---|
| Free | 3 |
| Pro | 15 |
| Unlimited | 100 |
The allowance is per account, not per app. An Unlimited account with three apps shares one hundred builds between them.
Unlimited is described as unlimited builds and metered at one hundred. That ceiling is a fair-use guard rather than a plan limit, and reaching it means something unusual is happening rather than that you need a bigger plan.
What uses one
Section titled “What uses one”Every build attempt, whether or not it succeeds. The job does not retry, so a failure costs the same as a success.
That is deliberate — a build consumes the same compute either way — but it makes checking your work before pressing Build worth the minute it takes.
Checking what is left
Section titled “Checking what is left”The badge in the builder header shows your remaining builds. It counts down across every app in the account.
Running out
Section titled “Running out”The build is refused with a message naming the date your allowance resets. The meter resets monthly.
If you need more before then, ask. Top-ups exist and stack on top of the plan allowance, but they are arranged rather than bought self-service during the beta.
Spending fewer
Section titled “Spending fewer”Most wasted builds come from checking something the preview would have shown.
Use the preview for anything visible. Navigation, ordering, icons, titles, colours, typography, spacing, which features appear for which role — all of it renders live against your real site, and none of it costs a build.
Build to check device behaviour. Push notifications, the camera roll, share sheets, real splash timing, and performance on an actual phone. These are the things the preview cannot tell you.
Check the obvious before building. The app has a name and an icon, the preview shows your content rather than sample data, and every placed feature has a title.
When it does not work
Section titled “When it does not work”| Symptom | Cause | Fix |
|---|---|---|
| Build limit reached | The month’s allowance is used | Wait for the reset date shown, or ask about a top-up |
| The badge shows fewer than expected | Another app in the account used some | The meter is account-wide |
| A failed build still counted | Attempts are metered, not successes | Preview first; the build is for device behaviour |