AI App Builders

Our top three AI app builders

The first two are close. Replit comes first because its agent builds native iPhone and Android apps as well as web apps, its Core plan costs less than Lovable Pro, and its app has about 21,000 ratings against 2,200. Lovable builds web apps only, in chat, and lets unlimited members share one pool of credits. Dyad is third for people who want the code on their own computer. Bolt narrowly missed: it does much the same job as Lovable but runs only in a browser. Base44 is close too, from $16 a month billed annually. If you want a website more than an app, look at Framer.

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   First: Replit

   Free plan · from $18/mo

   For: Most people

   Replit's Agent turns a description into a working web app or a native iPhone or Android app and publishes it, with a managed database, file storage, sign-in and hosting included. It runs on the web, Mac, Windows, Linux, iPhone and Android, and its iPhone and iPad app averages 4.7 from about 21,000 ratings. Core is $18 a month, billed annually, with $20 of monthly credits, unlimited published apps and up to 5 builders. Know the limits: the free Starter plan allows only Lite build with a daily cap, and its one published app goes offline after 30 days. Power and Max mode work is billed by effort, and usage beyond the monthly credits is pay-as-you-go.

   iPhone and iPad app: 4.7 out of 5 on the App Store

   Replit pricing and details
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   Second: Lovable

   Free plan · from $21/mo

   For: People building a web app in chat, alone or with a team

   Lovable builds a full-stack web app from a chat prompt: frontend, backend, database and sign-in, as code that syncs to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket on every plan. Unlimited members share one pool of credits with no per-seat fee, and it has web, Mac, Windows, iPhone and Android apps; the iPhone and iPad app averages 4.8 from about 2,200 ratings. Pro starts at $25 a month, or $250 a year, for 100 credits. It is second because it builds web apps only, with nothing for the App Store or Google Play, and Pro costs more than Replit Core. The Free plan stops at 30 build credits a month, with no custom domains or code editing.

   iPhone and iPad app: 4.8 out of 5 on the App Store

   Lovable pricing and details
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   Third: Dyad

   Free plan · from $20/mo

   For: People who want the code on their own computer

   Dyad is an open-source desktop app for Mac and Windows that writes a web app into a folder on your own computer. The app is free, with no sign-up and no limit on apps, and runs on your own API keys, a ChatGPT subscription or local models; with a local model it works offline. Supabase and Neon supply the database and sign-in, and a project can sync to GitHub. It is third because it asks more of you than the two above: on the free app you supply and pay for your own AI model access, Basic Agent stops at 20 messages a day, and there is no browser or mobile version. It builds web apps only, Linux support is experimental, and Dyad Pro is $20 a month for 200 AI credits.

   Dyad pricing and details

Ranked on Oct 6, 2026 from what each listing shows and what people say about the tool, not from our own testing. How we rank