Pricing
Every price here is a one-time payment. Nothing renews, nothing is charged monthly, and credits never expire. You buy credits when you run out, and only if you want to.
Free
150 credits
When you sign up. Once, no monthly refill.
- Roughly 50 to 150 messages to the agent
- Enough to build a first app and change it a few times
$5
230 credits
One-time payment. Buy it again whenever you run out.
- Roughly 75 to 230 messages to the agent
- A few more apps, or one big one
$15
900 credits
One-time payment. Buy it again whenever you run out.
- Roughly 300 to 900 messages to the agent
- 30% more credits per dollar
- Best if you are building a lot
Every feature works the same on all three, and the only difference is how many credits you have. Hosting is the same too: your first 3 apps are free, and after that it is 50 credits a month per app, which we are not billing yet.
What a credit is
Credits pay for two things: the AI you use, and hosting apps past your first three. Nothing else on appshelf costs credits.
You spend them when:
- You build an app. Every message to the agent that writes and changes your app costs credits.
- You use an app that has AI in it. If an app asks an AI model something while you are using it, that comes out of your credits, not the credits of whoever made the app. Apps ask your permission before they use AI at all.
- You host more than 3 apps. Your first 3 apps are free. After that it is 50 credits a month per app. This is not being billed yet, and we will tell you before it starts.
What things cost
- Most messages to the agent cost 1 to 3 credits.
- Most AI calls inside an app cost 1 credit.
- Bigger models cost more per message than smaller ones, and a complicated app costs more to build than a simple one.
Every credit you spend is listed on your account, next to the app that spent it.
How buying works right now
We add credits by hand while we are getting started. Pay with the button above, use the same email address you signed in with, and the credits are on your account the same day, usually within a few hours.
Refunds
Credits never expire, so nothing you buy goes to waste. If you bought credits and have not used them, email parth@appshelf.org and we will refund you within a few days.