Zoho Creator vs App Studio
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Zoho Creator
Access and interact with custom applications built on a low-code platform. This app offers intuitive gesture controls, offline report access, and data management capabilities. It empowers businesses to build and deploy a wide range of solutions with minimal coding.
- Low-code/no-code app building
- Intuitive visual builders
- Offline report access
- Data management and import/export
- AI-assisted data fields
- Rapid application development
- Integrations with 600+ apps
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This mobile app lets you access and interact with the applications that you have built on Zoho Creator or with Creator apps that have been shared with you. Equipped with a huge range of custom touch-controlled gestures and actions, engaging with your Zoho Creator apps has never been more intuitive or more personalized! Just not that, you can access your important reports even while you are offline and export them in any format you need. About Zoho Creator Zoho Creator is a renowned low-code/no-code app builder that abstracts 90% of the complexities in the app development lifecycle, enabling users to create the apps with less effort and time. It combines the robust power of Business Intelligence (BI), Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Automation to help businesses build solutions and innovate more easily than ever. So far, over 13,000 businesses have built 6 million apps on Creator to cater to more than 7 million end users. Key Features: Equipped with intuitive, visual builders and ready-made code blocks, Creator lets you build an application for almost any situation—be it a task manager, a CRM, or an ERP without prior coding knowledge. Its proprietary, easy-to-grasp programming language, DELUGE, allows for advanced workflows and limitless customization. Other exciting features include: • Data management (one-click data imports from popular databases, export data in multiple format, AI-assisted data fields, quick data operations, pre-built data charts, access reports offline, and more) • App planning and design (schema builder, custom layouts, reusable Java, nodeJS code snippets, and more) • Rapid application development ( low-code development, oversee your app through various phases―development, staging, and production, AI/ML-led assistant, native mobile app development) • App deployment (managed cloud, on-premise, sandboxing, single click deployment to production environment, and more) • Administration (user authentication and domain-based restriction, access logs, audit trails, enterprise governance capabilities and more) • Experience first (self-service stakeholder portals, PWA, native feature support like geo-tagging, signature capture, bar code and QR code scanner, custom branding and design options, and more) • Collaboration (approval centers, notifications, schedulers, real-time collaborative development, smooth handovers with application testing teams, and more) • Integrations (out-of-the-box integrations with 600+ apps and services , low-code enabled custom API creation, and more) • Security (geographically-distributed, fully-encrypted, fully-owned data centers, real-time cloud-based backups, low maintenance, 99.9% uptime, and more) Promo video: https://youtu.be/zuh8hzIczZ4
App Studio
Easily create professional mobile web apps for your business, organization, or event without any coding knowledge. Design custom menus, add social feeds, integrate e-commerce, and publish your app.
- No-code app builder
- Customizable menus and icons
- Social media feed integration
- E-commerce and payment options
- Push notifications
- Publish web apps
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App Studio is the easy and affordable way to make apps; even if you don't know anything on how to create an app. If you are looking to build an app for your business, team, group, organization or event, this is the best app creation tool in the market with no development or coding required. With our DIY app builder, you will be able to design, choose, create, and publish your own web app with no-code. Take your business to the next level by having a mobile app that leads to customer retention, promotion awareness, push messages as well as being part of the mobile era. Our tool is an extremely easy to use app builder that will allow you to create powerful content-driven apps with an amazing app design that will look and feel beautifully, regardless of your user’s device. This is a new and revolutionary way of creating apps, through our code-less developer tool, providing an easy and affordable way to build professional mobile web apps. With Ãpp Studio, you can design your own app, select your menu, choose your icons and include social feeds such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest and many more. You can also add links to any website or create special actions to manage appointments, include your Shopify account or use our product lists in combination with PayPal payment. Everything you need to make an app is at your fingertips. Unlock premium features and customize your experience with a subscription. Subscriptions are available for each app you create, offering enhanced functionality and personalization. Explore the benefits and tailor your app to suit your preferences. Subscription plans are flexible, allowing you to cancel anytime. Download the app for free and discover a more personalized and feature-rich experience today. * You will need a subscription to unlock all screens. * Depending on country, currency and subscription provider prices may vary because of taxes and local rates * Extra charges apply to submit your App to the store. * Subscriptions will auto renew per month, half year or year based on the selected subscription. * Payment will be charged to iTunes Account at confirmation of purchase. * Subscription automatically renews unless auto-renew is turned off at least 24-hours before the end of the current period. * Account will be charged for renewal within 24-hours prior to the end of the current period, and identify the cost of the renewal. * Subscriptions may be managed by the user and auto-renewal may be turned off by going to the user's Account Settings after purchase. Terms: https://igenapps.com/home/terms Privacy: https://igenapps.com/home/privacy
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Zoho Creator at none against App Studio's 6. Zoho Creator also leads on update cadence (every 11 days vs every 2 months). App Studio's advantage is rating (4.4 vs 4.2) and ratings volume (2.4K vs 466). On price, review sentiment, ads and monetization model there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. App Studio sells 6 in-app purchases, starting at $24.99 per month. Zoho Creator asks for nothing beyond the download.
App Studio holds the better App Store score, 4.4 against 4.2. That said, the two scores are not equally well evidenced: App Studio has 2.4K ratings behind it against 466, so its average is the more settled of the two. Written reviews point the same way: 35% of Zoho Creator's written reviews are positive against 39% of App Studio's.
Zoho Creator ships an update every 11 days, App Studio every 2 months. Both last shipped on September 22, 2026.
| Parameter | Zoho Creator | App Studio |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 4.2 (466 ratings) | 4.4 (2.4K ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 35.0% of reviews | 38.7% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 466 | 2.4K — better |
| Update frequency | Every 11 days — better | Every 2 months |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Freemium | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod, Apple Watch — better | iPhone, iPod, Apple Watch |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 | 13.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 198 MB | 112 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Zoho Corporation | Apps Ltd LLC |
Customer experience
Zoho Creator
App Studio
User reviews
Zoho Creator
From 466 App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 🚀 Powerful low-code development
- 👍 Easy to use and develop apps
- 🚀 Smooth mobile experience
- 👍 Fantastic developer support
- 🚀 Highly capable platform
Room to improve
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🕰️ Slow loading and performance issues
- 🤖 Unreliable and unstable app
- 🙅♀️ Rude and dismissive support
- 🤔 Limited functionality on mobile
App Studio
From 2.4K App Store ratingsWhat we love
- 👍 User-friendly
- 🚀 Easy to use
- 💡 Allows app creation without coding
- 🤩 Great for beginners
- 🎨 Visually appealing
Room to improve
- 🔒 Premium features require subscription
- 💰 Subscription costs are high
- 🐛 Frequent crashes and bugs
- 🤯 Confusing navigation and UI
- 🤔 Limited customization options
Bugs and requests
Zoho Creator
Reported bugs
5 issues- Login issues and freezes
- Incompatibility with newer iOS versions
- Corrupted or lost user data
- Barcode scanning problems
- Unreliable push notifications
Requested features
5 requests- Offline mode support
- Ability to edit apps on mobile
- Improved notification system
- More advanced analytics and reporting
- Faster deployment of new features
App Studio
Reported bugs
5 issues- App crashes when adding images
- Unable to save changes to app
- Login issues and account problems
- Subscription not working as expected
- Publish feature not functioning properly
Requested features
6 requests- Add more customization options
- Improve stability and reduce crashes
- Provide clearer pricing information
- Allow publishing to app stores
- Add more content types (e.g., videos, forms)
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- Improve customer support and documentation
In-app purchases
Zoho Creator
No in-app purchases
App Studio
- App Subscription (monthly)$24.991 Month
- Monthly Subscription$24.991 Month
- App Subscription (half yearly)$134.996 Months
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- Half Year Subscription$134.996 Months
- App Subscription (yearly)$197.991 Year
- Yearly Subscription$197.991 Year




