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title: "App builders compared"
description: "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."
canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/layers/app-builder"
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# App builders

> 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.

## App builders (6)

- [Base44](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/base44) (Free tier): 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.
- [Bolt](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/bolt) (Free tier): 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.
- [Dyad](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/dyad) (Free tier): 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.
- [Lovable](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/lovable) (Free tier): 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.
- [Replit Agent](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/replit-agent) (Free tier): 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.
- [v0](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/v0) (Free tier): 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.

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