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Lovable vs Bolt.new
Lovable scores higher overall (8.2 vs 7.1), but the right pick depends on what you need.
Choose Lovable if…
Non-technical founders and teams who want a polished full-stack web app or internal tool from a prompt
8.2/10★★★★★Full review →Choose Bolt.new if…
Solo builders validating ideas and making quick demos or prototypes
7.1/10★★★★★Full review →Side by side
| Lovable | Bolt.new | |
|---|---|---|
| Overall score | 8.2/10 | 7.1/10 |
| Rank in category | #1 of 10 | #6 of 10 |
| Price | Freemium · from $21/month | Freemium · from $25/month |
| Free version | 5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month) plus 20 Cloud credits; Lovable branding | 1M tokens a month (300K daily cap), hosting and databases, Bolt branding |
| Platforms | Web, iOS, Android | Web |
| Made by | Lovable Labs Incorporated | StackBlitz |
| Build quality | 8 | 7 |
| Ease of use | 9 | 8.5 |
| Features | 8 | 7 |
| Value for money | 7.5 | 7 |
| Platforms | 9 | 5 |
Lovable: what the AI does
- Prompt- or screenshot-to-app generation
- Built-in database, auth and hosting (Lovable Cloud)
- AI features inside the apps you build
- Voice prompts from the mobile app
- Integrations with Stripe, GitHub, Notion, Shopify and Slack
- Reviewers rate its UI output among the best
- Backend, logins and hosting set up for you
- Mobile apps let you keep building from your phone
- Huge user base and fast product pace
- Credit metering makes heavy iteration costly
- Less control for complex custom logic
- Web apps only; no app-store builds
Bolt.new: what the AI does
- Prompt-to-app generation running in the browser
- Hosting and unlimited databases
- Figma and GitHub import
- AI image editing (Pro)
- SEO tools (Pro)
- Fastest path from prompt to a running app
- No local setup at all
- Free plan includes hosting
- Unused paid tokens roll over
- Token burn on bug-fix loops is the top complaint
- Code quality drops as projects grow
- Fixes can rewrite whole files and break layouts