Quick answer
For a web app or SaaS from a description, Lovable is the one most guides name first, Bolt.new has the most generous free plan, Replit adds a full code workspace, and Base44 has the cheapest entry plan. Capacity, which we make, builds a working app with hosting from a description or straight from Claude or ChatGPT, and ships native mobile apps. Floot also builds from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor.
If you'd rather design screen by screen, Bubble gives the most control over complex logic, FlutterFlow builds Flutter apps with downloadable code, and Adalo publishes native apps on flat pricing.
For a native iPhone or Android app from a chat, Rork writes SwiftUI and Kotlin. For internal tools a whole team uses, Zite includes unlimited users on every plan.
| Tool | Best for | Paid plans from | Free plan | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | non-technical founders who want a real app online, built from a description or from Claude or ChatGPT. | $25/month | Web app: no. Desktop: 1 project | No free plan on the web; login via Clerk or Supabase |
 Lovable | non-technical founders building a web app, with the code synced to GitHub. | €25/month | Yes, 5 credits a day (up to 30 a month) | Builds web apps, not native ones |
 Bolt.new | building in the browser with a free plan generous enough to try a real idea. | $25/month | Yes, 1M tokens a month | Token use grows with the project |
 Replit | people who want an AI agent, a real code workspace and hosting in one place. | $20/month | None listed | Heavier Agent work billed by effort |
 Base44 | non-technical builders who want an all-in-one app with the backend handled. | $16/month (yearly) | Yes, 25 message credits a month | Two kinds of credits to track |
 v0 by Vercel | React and Next.js teams who want polished UI and deploy on Vercel. | $30/user/month | Yes, 7 messages a day | Cost depends on the model and tokens |
 Floot | building from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, with hosting and a database included. | $25/month | Yes, 100 building actions a day | Daily action caps and a hosting allowance |
 Bubble | apps with heavy business logic that need to scale, built visually. | $29/month (yearly) | Yes | Steeper learning curve |
 FlutterFlow | native mobile apps designed visually, with code you can download. | $39/month | Yes, up to 2 projects | More of a design tool than a prompt |
 Adalo | native iOS and Android apps designed on a visual canvas, on flat pricing. | $36/month (yearly) | Yes, 500 records per app | AI assistant still in beta |
 Rork | native iPhone and Android apps from a chat, aimed at the App Store. | $20/month | Design mode only | Building starts on Pro |
 Zite | business apps and workflows for a whole team, with unlimited users. | $20/month (yearly) | Yes, 50 credits a month | Credits, records and workflow runs are capped |
What an AI app builder does. And what separates one from another.
From a description to a running app
You describe the app in plain language. The builder writes the screens, the data and the logic, shows you a preview, and publishes it, usually on its own hosting. You change it by asking.
Three families
Prompt builders (Capacity, Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit, Base44, v0, Floot) start from a sentence. Visual builders (Bubble, FlutterFlow, Adalo) add AI to an editor you control screen by screen. Specialists focus on one job: native mobile apps (Rork) or team tools (Zite).
What changes the bill
Most bill credits, tokens or daily actions on top of a plan, so a busy month costs more than a quiet one. A few price by published app, seat or record instead. Read what a credit buys before you compare monthly prices.
Building from the AI you already pay for
Some builders now work from inside Claude or ChatGPT: Capacity and Floot connect as a connector so your own subscription does the writing, and Lovable has a ChatGPT app.
How we compared them. The same questions for every tool.
- What you get from one sentence: an interface, or a full app with its data, login and hosting.
- Whether hosting, a database and a custom domain are included.
- Native mobile apps for iOS and Android, and how they reach the stores.
- How you pay: credits, tokens, daily actions, published apps or seats.
- Whether you can take the code with you.
- Who it's really built for: non-technical founders, product teams, developers or whole companies.
Build from a description
01 · our product
Capacity
Best for non-technical founders who want a real app online, built from a description or from Claude or ChatGPT.
Capacity turns a plain-language description into a working app: a React front end, a server and its own database, published at a capacity.studio address or on your own domain. You change it by chatting and watch each change in the preview. You choose the model (Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Fable 5.1, Mistral Large 4 or Kimi K3) or leave it on Auto.
Why pick Capacity
- A fixed monthly price: each plan comes with a set number of credits, and building from Claude, ChatGPT or Mistral is unlimited on every paid plan, because your own subscription writes the code while Capacity hosts the app.
- Native mobile apps: Expo projects that you submit to TestFlight and Google Play from the publish dialog, with your own store accounts.
- Hosting, a database and a custom domain are part of every paid plan, with a full version history to roll back any change.
- Capacity Desktop ($249 once, macOS) runs the same builder on your Mac with your Claude Code or ChatGPT plan, and pushes the code to your own GitHub.
Watch out for
- The web app has no free plan for building: paid plans start at $25 a month. Capacity Desktop has a free plan with one project.
- Login isn't built in: you add it with the Clerk extension or a Supabase connection.
- In the web app, your code downloads as a zip; pushing to your own GitHub is a Desktop feature.
- A smaller community and template library than Lovable's or Bubble's.
Pricing
Starter $25/month (100 credits), Growth $69/month (250 credits), Professional $129/month (500 credits), Business $299/month (1,000 credits). Every plan includes unlimited projects, custom domains and unlimited building from Claude and ChatGPT.
02
Lovable
Best for non-technical founders building a web app, with the code synced to GitHub.
Lovable builds web apps from a chat with a live preview beside it. Lovable Cloud adds the backend, with a database, user login, file storage and server functions on a Supabase foundation, and your code syncs both ways with GitHub on every plan.
Why pick it
- The builder most 2026 guides name first for non-technical founders.
- Lovable Cloud adds the database, login and storage, on a Supabase foundation.
- Two-way GitHub sync on every plan, including Free, so a developer can take over later.
Watch out for
- Each message uses credits, and Lovable Cloud usage is billed in credits too once its monthly grant is used.
- For the App Store or Google Play, Lovable points you to a PWA or a Capacitor wrapper you set up yourself.
Pricing
Free: 5 build credits a day, up to 30 a month. Pro: €25/month for 100 monthly credits, with rollovers, top-ups and custom domains. Business: €50/month, adding a team workspace and SSO. Prices shown in euros from France.
03
Bolt.new
Best for building in the browser with a free plan generous enough to try a real idea.
Bolt, from StackBlitz, builds websites and web apps from a chat in your browser and deploys them. Like Replit, the code sits right there if you want it; unlike Replit, the chat and the preview stay in front.
Why pick it
- One of the most generous free plans here: 300K tokens a day, 1M a month.
- You can start from a prompt, a Figma file, a GitHub repository or a team template.
- On Pro, unused tokens roll over to the next month.
Watch out for
- Billing is in tokens, and long fix-and-retry sessions on a large project use them up faster.
- Teams pay per member, $30 a month each.
Pricing
Free: 300K tokens a day, 1M a month. Pro: $25/month, no daily limit, from 10M tokens a month, unused tokens roll over. Teams: $30 per member per month.
04
Replit
Best for people who want an AI agent, a real code workspace and hosting in one place.
Replit Agent builds web and mobile apps from a chat, sets up the database and user login, tests its own work in a browser, and publishes the app with hosting, monitoring and custom domains. The code sits in a full cloud workspace you can open whenever you want.
Why pick it
- Everything from the first prompt to hosting lives in one product.
- The Agent tests and fixes its own work in a browser while it builds.
- Up to ten agents working in parallel on the Pro plan.
Watch out for
- Plans include monthly credits ($20 on Core); beyond them, usage is billed by effort, so a long build is hard to price in advance.
- The workspace shows the technical side, which can be a lot for non-technical founders.
Pricing
Core: $20/month ($18/month billed yearly), with up to 30 hours of chat on Free Mode and $20 of usage for the more powerful models. Pro: $100/month ($90/month billed yearly). Enterprise on request. No free plan is listed on the pricing page.
05
Base44
Best for non-technical builders who want an all-in-one app with the backend handled.
Base44, owned by Wix since 2025, builds the front end, backend, database, user login and payments from a plain-language description, runs the apps on its own infrastructure, and connects to tools like Gmail, Slack, Notion and HubSpot. It makes websites, internal tools, online stores and mobile apps.
Why pick it
- The lowest entry price for an app builder on this list: Starter is $16 a month billed yearly.
- Login and payments are part of what it builds, not an add-on.
- It wraps your app for the App Store and Google Play and helps you submit it.
Watch out for
- Plans count two kinds of credits, message credits and integration credits, so check both before a busy month.
- GitHub integration starts on the Builder plan ($40 a month billed yearly).
- Store apps are your web app in a native web view, not a native rebuild.
Pricing
Free: 25 message credits a month. Billed yearly: Starter $16/month (100 message credits), Builder $40 (250), Pro $80 (500), Elite $160 (1,200). Monthly billing costs about 20% more.
06
v0 by Vercel
Best for React and Next.js teams who want polished UI and deploy on Vercel.
Vercel's v0 builds web apps and interfaces from a prompt, with a visual Design Mode, GitHub sync and one-click deploys to Vercel. It's known for clean React and Tailwind output that developers can drop into an existing codebase.
Why pick it
- Some of the most polished interface code of any tool here.
- GitHub sync and deploys to Vercel on every plan, including the free one.
- Teams share chats and billing on vercel.com.
Watch out for
- The free plan gives $5 of one-time credits, then 7 messages a day.
- Usage is billed by tokens at each model's rate, so cost depends on the model you pick.
- It assumes you're comfortable around React and Vercel.
Pricing
Free: $5 of one-time credits, 7 messages a day. Plus: $30 per user per month, with $30 of monthly credits and $2 of free daily credits. Business: $100 per user per month.
07
Floot
Best for building from Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, with hosting and a database included.
Floot builds apps from the AI you already use: you add it to Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor as a connector, describe the app in the chat, and Floot builds it with its backend, database and hosting, live at its own link. It publishes to the web, and converts the app for the App Store and Google Play.
Why pick it
- Works from Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor, with no git and no terminal.
- Backend, database and hosting are included; paid plans add custom domains, with one free domain through IONOS.
- Every plan includes mobile app builds: 2 a month on Free, 12 on Pro, unlimited on Power.
Watch out for
- Plans cap building actions per day (100 on Free, 1,000 on Pro) and include a monthly hosting allowance ($10 on Pro, $25 on Power).
- Connecting Google Play needs a paid plan, and the stores need your own Apple and Google developer accounts.
Pricing
Free: 100 building actions a day, 2 mobile app builds a month. Pro: $25/month with 1,000 actions a day, $10 of hosting and 5,000 AI credits a month, custom domains. Power: $100/month with 5,000 actions a day, $25 of hosting and 15,000 AI credits. Yearly billing gives two months free.
Visual builders with AI
Bubble is the long-standing visual app builder. It now starts from an AI prompt and lets you switch between prompting and editing visually, for web, iOS and Android apps, with its own database and workflows.
Why pick it
- Deep control over data, workflows and permissions, which suits complex products.
- Web and native mobile apps from the same plan.
- Generating an app from a prompt doesn't use AI credits.
Watch out for
- It takes longer to learn than prompt-only builders.
- Usage is measured in workload units, which grow with your app's traffic.
Pricing
Free plan to build. Billed yearly: Starter $29/month, Growth $119/month, Team $349/month, each with more AI credits and workload units.
09
FlutterFlow
Best for native mobile apps designed visually, with code you can download.
FlutterFlow builds Flutter apps for iOS, Android and the web in a visual editor, with AI to generate pages and components. It's the usual pick when the native mobile app is the product.
Why pick it
- Strong native mobile results with fine control over every screen.
- Download the project's source code or an APK from the Basic plan.
- Push to GitHub and work in VS Code on higher plans.
Watch out for
- You build screen by screen in an editor, so it asks more of you than a prompt-to-app tool.
- Team plans are priced per seat.
Pricing
Free: up to 2 projects. Basic: $39/month. Growth: $80/month for the first seat, $55 for the second. Business: $150/month for the first seat.
10
Adalo
Best for native iOS and Android apps designed on a visual canvas, on flat pricing.
Adalo is a visual no-code app builder: you design native iOS, Android and web apps on a multi-screen canvas, with an AI assistant, Ada, that builds alongside you, a hosted Postgres database, and one app version published to the web, the App Store and Google Play.
Why pick it
- Flat pricing: no usage or token-based charges on any plan.
- Automated App Store publishing from the Starter plan.
- A hosted Postgres database is included, even on the free plan.
Watch out for
- You design screen by screen, and the Ada AI assistant is labelled beta.
- Plans limit published apps: 1 on Starter, 2 on Professional, 5 on Team.
Pricing
Free: 500 records per app, no published app. Billed yearly: Starter $36/month (1 published app, custom domain, App Store publishing), Professional $52/month (2 apps, 5 editors), Team $160/month (5 apps, 10 editors). Monthly billing costs 20% more.
Specialists
Rork builds mobile apps by chatting with AI: iPhone apps in SwiftUI, Android apps in Kotlin with Compose, and web apps, with tools around the App Store such as an AI App Store reviewer and a screenshot studio. Rork Max adds iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, widgets and games.
Why pick it
- Native code: SwiftUI for iPhone, Kotlin with Compose for Android.
- Built around shipping to the App Store, with an AI reviewer and a screenshot studio.
- Max covers iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro, plus games with native performance.
Watch out for
- The free plan only explores designs (35 design credits a month); building working apps starts on Pro.
- Rork describes Pro's 100 credits a month as right for basic apps and prototypes; Max is $200 a month.
Pricing
Free: design mode, 35 design credits a month (5 a day). Pro: $20/month, 100 credits, iPhone, Android and web apps. Max: $200/month for 1,000 credits (up to 10,000), iOS, iPad, Apple Watch and Vision Pro.
Zite builds business apps and workflows on its own database from a description, so a team can run its operations in one place, from a prompt like "a client management app for my marketing agency", connected to the apps it already uses. Every plan, including Free, has unlimited users, apps and editors.
Why pick it
- Unlimited users on every plan, which suits tools a whole team uses.
- Apps, workflows and a database in one product.
- The Business plan lets you build with your own AI.
Watch out for
- Monthly credits cap how much you build: 50 on Free (10 messages a day), 100 on Pro, 400 on Business.
- Records and workflow runs are capped per plan: 5,000 records and 1,000 runs a month on Free.
Pricing
Free: 50 credits a month, 5,000 records, 1,000 workflow runs. Billed yearly: Pro $20/month (100 credits, 100,000 records, a custom domain), Business $75/month (400 credits, 250,000 records, your own AI). Team and Enterprise on request.
The 12 builders, side by side. From each official site, October 15, 2026.
| Feature | Capacity | Lovable | Bolt.new | Replit | Base44 | v0 by Vercel | Floot | Bubble | FlutterFlow | Adalo | Rork | Zite |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid plans from | $25/month | €25/month | $25/month | $20/month ($18 yearly) | $16/month (yearly) | $30/user/month | $25/month | $29/month (yearly) | $39/month | $36/month (yearly) | $20/month | $20/month (yearly) |
| Free plan | Desktop only (1 project) | Yes | Yes | None listed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Design mode only | Yes |
| How usage is billed | Monthly credits; building from Claude or ChatGPT unlimited | Monthly credits | Tokens | Plan credits, then effort-based pay-as-you-go | Message and integration credits | Credits spent at each model's token rate | Daily building actions, hosting allowance | AI credits and workload units | Per seat | Flat, by published app | Monthly credits | Credits, records and workflow runs |
| Hosting included | Yes, custom domain on every paid plan | Yes | Yes | Yes, metered deployments | Yes | Yes, on Vercel | Yes, monthly allowance | Yes | Web publishing | Yes | – | Yes |
| Mobile apps | Native (Expo, TestFlight and Google Play) | PWA or Capacitor, set up yourself | – | Yes, from Agent | Web view wrapper for the stores | No | Web app converted for the stores | Yes (iOS and Android) | Yes (Flutter) | Native iOS and Android | Native (SwiftUI, Kotlin) | – |
| Taking your code with you | Zip download; GitHub push from Desktop | Two-way GitHub sync | In Bolt; import from GitHub | Your Replit workspace | GitHub from the Builder plan | GitHub sync on every plan | – | No code export | Code download from Basic, GitHub from Growth | – | – | – |
| Built for | Non-technical founders, small businesses | Founders, designers, product teams | Makers and developers | Builders and developers | Non-technical builders | React developers and designers | People building in Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor | No-code builders with complex apps | Mobile app teams | No-code builders, mobile first | Mobile app founders | Teams building internal tools |
How to choose. Start from what you need, not from the ranking.
A web app from a chat, code synced to GitHubLovable
A generous free plan to try an ideaBolt.new
Agent, code workspace and hosting in one placeReplit
The lowest entry price for an all-in-one appBase44
Polished React interfaces on Vercelv0 by Vercel
Complex logic, built visuallyBubble
A Flutter app with code you can downloadFlutterFlow
Native apps on flat pricingAdalo
A native iPhone app from a chatRork
Tools for a whole team, unlimited usersZiteQuestions people ask. Short answers, with the details above.
What is the best AI app builder in 2026?
It depends on what you're building. For a web app or SaaS from a description, Lovable is the most recommended, Bolt.new has the most generous free plan, Replit adds a code workspace, Base44 is cheapest to start, and Capacity builds from a description or from Claude or ChatGPT with native mobile apps. For complex logic built visually, Bubble; for native mobile apps, FlutterFlow, Adalo or Rork; for team tools, Zite.
What's the best AI app builder for a non-technical founder?
One that keeps you in a chat and a preview and handles hosting: Lovable, Base44, Bolt.new, Floot or Capacity. Capacity and Floot also work from inside Claude or ChatGPT. If you want a native mobile app first, look at Rork or Adalo.
Is there a free AI app builder?
Yes, with limits: Lovable, Bolt.new, Base44, v0, Floot, Bubble, FlutterFlow, Adalo and Zite have free plans, and Rork's free plan explores designs only. The Capacity web app has no free plan; Capacity Desktop has one with a single project. Replit's pricing page lists no free plan.
What's the cheapest AI app builder?
On entry price, Base44 Starter is $16 a month billed yearly, Replit Core $18 billed yearly, and Rork Pro and Zite Pro $20 a month (Zite billed yearly). What you actually pay depends on how many credits, tokens or actions your project uses.
Which AI app builder makes native mobile apps?
Rork writes SwiftUI and Kotlin apps, Adalo and Bubble publish native iOS and Android apps, FlutterFlow builds Flutter apps, and Capacity builds Expo apps you submit to TestFlight and Google Play. Base44 and Floot wrap or convert a web app for the stores, and Lovable points you to a PWA or Capacitor.
Can I build an app from ChatGPT or Claude?
Yes. Capacity connects to Claude, ChatGPT and Mistral, and Floot to Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor: you describe the app in the chat and the builder hosts it. Lovable also has a ChatGPT app. Capacity needs a paid plan for this; Floot's free plan allows 100 building actions a day.
Do I own the code an AI app builder writes?
It varies. Lovable and v0 sync your code to GitHub on every plan, Base44 from its Builder plan, and FlutterFlow lets you download it from Basic. Capacity's web app downloads it as a zip and Capacity Desktop pushes it to your GitHub. Bubble doesn't export code.
AI app builder or no-code builder?
The line is blurring. Prompt builders start from a sentence and write the code for you. Visual no-code builders like Bubble, FlutterFlow and Adalo now add AI, but you still shape the app screen by screen, which gives more control and takes longer to learn.
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