- Best for
- Non-technical founders and teams who want a polished full-stack web app or internal tool from a prompt
- Price
- Freemium · from $21/month
Free: 5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month) plus 20 Cloud credits; Lovable branding - Platforms
- Web, iOS, Android
- Made by
- Lovable Labs Incorporated, Stockholm, Sweden · since 2023
- App store ratings
- iOS 4.8★ (2.2K)
What it is
Lovable builds working web apps and sites from a chat prompt or screenshot, including design, logic, a database, logins and hosting. It connects to Stripe, GitHub and other tools, and since April 2026 has iOS and Android apps for queuing prompts on the go.
Latest: Lovable raised $400M at a $13.3B valuation in August 2026, with revenue run-rate heading for $600M.
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
Pros and cons
- 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
How it scores
Build quality8
Ease of use9
Features8
Value for money7.5
Platforms9
Consistently a top pick for non-technical builders; credits rather than the plan price decide the real cost.
Feature checklist · 6 of 9
- ✓Built-in database and user logins (yes)
- ✓One-click publishing with hosting included (yes)
- –Free plan that can publish an app (no)
- ✓Custom domains (yes)
- ✓Export the code or sync it to GitHub (yes)
- –Builds iOS or Android apps for the app stores (no)
- –Visual point-and-click editing alongside chat (no)
- ✓Payments built in (e.g. Stripe) (yes)
- ✓Build from a phone app (yes)
How we score apps →
Alternatives
See all Lovable alternatives, ranked →
- Google AI Studio (Build mode) 7.6/10Anyone who wants a capable free builder, especially if they already use Google Cloud or Firebase
- Replit 7.6/10Non-coders and indie builders who want an idea taken all the way to a hosted app in one place
- Base44 7.4/10Founders and operators who need a working internal tool or prototype fast without touching infrastructure
- v0 7.1/10Developers and designers who want production-quality React UI and plan to keep working on the code
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