App builders

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App builders turn a prompt into a deployed app. They are adjacent to coding tools rather than part of the set, included here because people compare them, with pricing that is almost always credit based.

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Wix

App builder

Wix-owned app builder. Builds full-stack apps with a built-in database, auth, payments and hosting from a prompt. Billed by message credits, model selector from Builder up.

Free tier2026-08-23

Bolt

StackBlitz

App builder

StackBlitz's app builder. Prompts, runs and edits full-stack web apps in the browser on WebContainers, with Bolt Cloud hosting, GitHub sync and Expo for mobile. Billed by tokens.

Free tier2026-08-23

Dyad

Dyad Tech

App builder

Open source app builder that runs as a desktop app instead of a cloud service. Free with your own keys, Pro adds bundled AI credits, code stays in local git.

Free tier2026-08-24

Lovable

App builder

Builds web apps from a chat with a built-in backend called Cloud, Git sync to GitHub or GitLab, browser testing and desktop and mobile apps. Priced by credits, not seats.

Free tier2026-08-23

Vercel

App builder

Vercel's app builder. Generates and edits full-stack apps in a chat, runs them in a Vercel Sandbox and deploys to Vercel or opens a pull request. iOS app and MCP support.

Free tier2026-08-23

Also available as a app builder (1)

Products whose primary form is something else but ship one of these too.

Replit Agent

Replit

Cloud agent

Replit's agent builds, tests and publishes web and mobile apps from a prompt inside the hosted Replit workspace, with checkpoints, a real-browser tester and credits on paid plans.

Free tier2026-08-23