# Best AI app builders for Free Plans (2026)

> The best AI app builders platforms for free plans: Figma Make leads, for builders who want to try before paying: what a free tier actually caps (daily credits.

For free plans, **Figma Make** is our pick: Figma Make's free plan includes 150 AI credits a day, up to 500 a month, a concrete allowance, while v0's free plan caps out at $5 of monthly credits and 7 messages a day, a tighter ceiling. Builders who want to try before paying: what a free tier actually caps (daily credits, public-only apps, a watermark) rather than whether a free badge exists, since this category's free tiers rewrite themselves monthly. Below is the full ranking and the tradeoffs, or read [how we score](https://www.versusref.com/methodology/).

## What matters for free plans

Weight ×5 = decisive, ×1 = relevant.

| Fact | Weight | Figma Make | HeyBoss | Softr | Lovable | Bolt.new |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| What the free plan caps | ×5 | Starter (free): 150 AI credits/day, up to 500 AI credits/mo (Aug 31) | 70 AI credits, 2 free projects (Aug 31) | 5 total app users (team+client combined) (Aug 31) | 5 build credits/day up to 30/mo (Aug 31) | 300,000 tokens/day, 1,000,000 tokens/mo (Aug 31) |
| Cheapest paid plan (monthly) | ×4 | $16 (Aug 31) | $23.99 (Aug 31) | $25 (Aug 31) | $25 (Aug 31) | $25 (Aug 31) |
| Keeps working if you stop paying | ×3 | n/a | n/a | n/a | Published apps remain accessible/viewable after cancellation (Aug 31) | n/a |
| Unused credits roll over | ×2 | ✗  No (Aug 31) | n/a | ✗  No (Aug 31) | ✓  Yes (Aug 31) | ✓  Yes (Aug 31) |
| Custom domain | ×2 | true - limit shared with Figma Sites (Aug 31) | true, from Basic plan up (Aug 31) | 1 included on Basic/Pro/Business (Aug 31) | Available (paid plans) (Aug 31) | Pro tier and above (Aug 31) |

- ×5 **What the free plan caps:** The real question is never "is there a free plan" but what it caps - a handful of prompts for life reads very differently from a resetting daily allowance.
- ×4 **Cheapest paid plan (monthly):** The free tier always runs out; the price of the next rung up is what a serious free-tier evaluation is actually shopping for.
- ×3 **Keeps working if you stop paying:** Whether a project built for free keeps running after the trial credits are gone decides if free time was wasted or banked.
- ×2 **Unused credits roll over:** Credits that expire at the end of the month punish a builder who only has time to prototype on weekends.
- ×2 **Custom domain:** A free build stuck on a vendor subdomain with the builder's badge on it cannot ship to a real audience.

## The ranking, tool by tool

| Rank | Tool | Verdict | Score | Price |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Figma Make](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/figma-make/) | Figma Make's free plan includes 150 AI credits a day, up to 500 a month, a concrete allowance, while v0's free plan caps out at $5 of monthly credits and 7 messages a day, a tighter ceiling. | 4 of 4 points · 2 matchups | See pricing |
| 2 | [HeyBoss](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/heyboss/) | Create.xyz does not publish a free plan at all, so there is nothing to try before paying. | 2 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 3 | [Softr](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/softr/) | Softr's free plan caps at 5 total app users but still lets you deploy a live app, while Bubble's free plan can build and test but cannot deploy or publish at all, a much harder ceiling for anyone trying before paying. | 2 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 4 | [Lovable](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/lovable/) | What the free plan actually caps matters most, and Lovable spells out a specific cadence: 5 credits a day, up to 30 a month. | 18 of 24 points · 12 matchups | See pricing |
| 5 | [Bolt.new](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/bolt-new/) | Bolt.new's free plan caps at 300,000 tokens per day and 1,000,000 tokens per month, and Bolt.new's unused credits roll over. | 8 of 12 points · 6 matchups | See pricing |
| 6 | [Base44](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/base44/) | Bubble's free plan can build and test an app but cannot deploy it live or publish it, while Base44's free plan gives 25 message credits per month to actually build with. | 4 of 6 points · 3 matchups | See pricing |
| 7 | [Replit](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/replit-agent/) | Val Town (Townie)'s free plan allows unlimited public vals, while Replit's Starter plan is capped by a daily Agent usage allowance that resets, a different kind of ceiling rather than a clearly bigger or smaller one. | 5 of 10 points · 5 matchups | See pricing |
| 8 | [Rork](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/rork/) | FlutterFlow's free plan caps out at 2 projects while Rork's caps at 5 credits a day, different ways of measuring usage that are hard to weigh against each other directly. | 3 of 6 points · 3 matchups | See pricing |
| 9 | [bolt.diy](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/bolt-diy/) (OSS) | bolt.diy publishes no paid vendor plan at all; it runs entirely on a bring your own OpenAI key instead of a subscription, so it carries no monthly vendor fee to reach a working build. | 1 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 10 | [CatDoes](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/catdoes/) | CatDoes gives 25 starting credits to build and test with, while Rork's free plan trickles in just 5 credits a day, a smaller working pool for someone evaluating the platform. | 1 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 11 | [v0](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/v0/) | For trying a tool before paying, what the free plan actually caps matters most. | 4 of 12 points · 6 matchups | See pricing |
| 12 | [Rocket.new](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/rocket-new/) | Rocket.new states its free plan caps users at 20 credits, a concrete ceiling; Famous.ai does not publish what its free plan caps, which matters most for anyone trying before paying. | 1 of 4 points · 2 matchups | See pricing |
| 13 | [a0.dev](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/a0-dev/) | Mobile-first prompt-to-app builder aimed at monetizable indie apps ("Build mobile apps. Make money."). | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 14 | [Bubble](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/bubble/) | No-code incumbent platform, now with AI-native prompt-to-app generation. | 0 of 6 points · 3 matchups | See pricing |
| 15 | [Canva Code](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/canva-code/) | AI code-generation feature bundled inside Canva's design suite, scoped and priced entirely through Canva's own Free/Pro/Business plans and shared Premium-AI-credit pool - not a standalone app builder with independent pricing. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 16 | [ChatAndBuild](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/chatandbuild/) | Chat-to-app builder in 40+ languages, buildable from phone or laptop. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 17 | [Create.xyz](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/create-xyz/) | Prompt-to-app builder for web + native mobile, rebranded product name "Anything" (still live at create.xyz; canonical site is anything.com, same Vercel-hosted Next.js app, legal entity "Create, Inc."). | 0 of 4 points · 2 matchups | See pricing |
| 18 | [Dualite](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/dualite/) | "Ship in hours, not days" -- fast prompt/design-to-app builder aimed at both non-technical users and developers who want editable, exportable code. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 19 | [Dyad](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/dyad/) (OSS) | Local-first, BYO-API-key OSS app builder - no signup, no vendor lock-in. | 0 of 4 points · 2 matchups | See pricing |
| 20 | [Emergent](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/emergent/) | Agent-driven full-stack + mobile builder pitched at both beginners and developers, with an enterprise tier carrying SOC2/ISO27001/SSO. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 21 | [Famous.ai](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/famous-ai/) | Multi-target prompt-to-app builder (web + native mobile + crypto) from Famous Labs, sibling product to SuperCool.com/TeachClub.com/Deal.ai. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 22 | [Floot](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/floot/) | "Build real apps in Claude and ChatGPT" -- BYO-AI-assistant app builder that supplies the backend platform (DB/auth/hosting) rather than its own proprietary chat model. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 23 | [FlutterFlow](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/flutterflow/) | Low-code incumbent (3.3M+ users) adding AI generation on top of a mature visual Flutter builder - the segment anchor for mobile-first. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 24 | [Hostinger Horizons](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/hostinger-horizons/) | No-code AI partner for launching web apps, bundled with Hostinger hosting/domains/email. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 25 | [Meku](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/meku/) | Developer-angle prompt-to-app builder emphasizing full code ownership. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 26 | [Onlook](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/onlook/) (OSS) | OSS visual-first ('Figma-like') AI code editor for Next.js/Tailwind. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 27 | [Reflex Build](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/reflex-build/) | Prompt-to-production-app in Python, not JS/React -- built on a large (28.9k-star) OSS framework rather than a from-scratch proprietary runtime. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 28 | [Softgen](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/softgen/) | "From Idea to App in Days" - full-stack builder emphasizing full code ownership, 12+ selectable AI models, and wholesale-rate pay-per-use pricing vs. competitors' opaque monthly credit bundles. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 29 | [Tempo](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/tempo/) | "The IDE for the whole team" - code-first, team/GitHub-native AI app builder (Tempo Labs). | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 30 | [Val Town (Townie)](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/val-town/) | Chat-to-deployed-app builder with published, transparently-costed AI usage pricing -- the decoder-fact exception in this category. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |
| 31 | [YouWare](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tools/youware/) | Multi-model prompt-to-app builder (GPT, Claude, Kimi/Moonshot, GLM/Z.ai + more) with a large public remix community and per-model credit-cost tradeoffs exposed to the user. | 0 of 2 points · 1 matchup | See pricing |

### 1. Figma Make

Figma Make's free plan includes 150 AI credits a day, up to 500 a month, a concrete allowance, while v0's free plan caps out at $5 of monthly credits and 7 messages a day, a tighter ceiling. [Full Figma Make vs v0 verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/figma-make-vs-v0/)

Figma Make's free Starter plan gives 150 AI credits a day, up to 500 a month, while Canva Code's free plan caps out at just 20 Premium AI credits a month, a far tighter ceiling for someone testing before paying. [Full Figma Make vs Canva Code verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/canva-code-vs-figma-make/)

### 2. HeyBoss

Create.xyz does not publish a free plan at all, so there is nothing to try before paying. [Full HeyBoss vs Create.xyz verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/create-xyz-vs-heyboss/)

### 3. Softr

Softr's free plan caps at 5 total app users but still lets you deploy a live app, while Bubble's free plan can build and test but cannot deploy or publish at all, a much harder ceiling for anyone trying before paying. [Full Softr vs Bubble verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bubble-vs-softr/)

### 4. Lovable

What the free plan actually caps matters most, and Lovable spells out a specific cadence: 5 credits a day, up to 30 a month. [Full Lovable vs Rocket.new verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/lovable-vs-rocket-new/)

What the free plan actually caps matters most, and Lovable spells this out precisely: 5 credits a day, up to 30 a month. [Full Lovable vs Replit verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/lovable-vs-replit-agent/)

For evaluating a tool before paying, what the free plan actually caps matters most: Lovable restores 5 credits a day, up to 30 a month, an ongoing allowance, while Hostinger Horizons' free access is only a 7-day trial that ends outright. [Full Lovable vs Hostinger Horizons verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/hostinger-horizons-vs-lovable/)

Create.xyz does not publish a free plan at all, so there is nothing to test before paying. [Full Lovable vs Create.xyz verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/create-xyz-vs-lovable/)

ChatAndBuild's free plan caps you at 5 prompts for the life of the account, not a monthly allowance, while Lovable grants 5 build credits per day up to 30 per month that renews every cycle, a much larger practical allowance for trying the product. [Full Lovable vs ChatAndBuild verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/chatandbuild-vs-lovable/)

Lovable states exactly what its starting tier allows before payment is required: 5 build credits per day, capping out at 30 per month. [Full Lovable vs YouWare verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/lovable-vs-youware/)

Lovable's free plan caps at 25 message credits per month, a single pool you can spend whenever you like, while Base44's free plan caps at 5 credits per day, up to 30 per month, a tighter day to day throttle even though its monthly ceiling is slightly higher. [Full Lovable vs Base44 verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/base44-vs-lovable/)

What the free plan actually lets you do is the deciding question, and Bubble's answer is the harsher one: its free plan can build and test but cannot deploy live or make anything public. [Full Lovable vs Bubble verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bubble-vs-lovable/)

Lovable's free plan caps usage at 5 build credits per day, capping out at thirty per month. [Full Lovable vs v0 verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/lovable-vs-v0/)

Lovable publishes a clear free tier cap, 5 build credits a day up to 30 a month, so someone testing before paying always knows the limit. [Full Lovable vs Dyad verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/dyad-vs-lovable/)

Lovable publishes exactly what its free plan caps at: 5 build credits per day, up to 30 per month, before you need to pay. [Full Lovable vs Softgen verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/lovable-vs-softgen/)

### 5. Bolt.new

Bolt.new's free plan caps at 300,000 tokens per day and 1,000,000 tokens per month, and Bolt.new's unused credits roll over. [Full Bolt.new vs Meku verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bolt-new-vs-meku/)

For someone trying before paying, what the free plan actually caps matters most. [Full Bolt.new vs Lovable verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bolt-new-vs-lovable/)

Bolt.new's free plan caps at 300,000 tokens per day (1,000,000 tokens per month), while Floot's free plan caps at 100 Build Actions per day plus 400 more rolling in weekly, different meters but both are hard daily limits to learn on. [Full Bolt.new vs Floot verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bolt-new-vs-floot/)

What the trial tier actually allows matters most here, and Bolt.new states a firm number: 300,000 tokens per day and 1,000,000 tokens per month before paying anything. [Full Bolt.new vs v0 verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bolt-new-vs-v0/)

Bolt.new limits its no-charge tier to 300,000 tokens per day and 1,000,000 tokens per month, a number you can plan around. [Full Bolt.new vs Replit verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bolt-new-vs-replit-agent/)

### 6. Base44

Bubble's free plan can build and test an app but cannot deploy it live or publish it, while Base44's free plan gives 25 message credits per month to actually build with. [Full Base44 vs Bubble verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/base44-vs-bubble/)

Base44's free plan caps usage at twenty-five message credits per month. [Full Base44 vs Bolt.new verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/base44-vs-bolt-new/)

### 7. Replit

Val Town (Townie)'s free plan allows unlimited public vals, while Replit's Starter plan is capped by a daily Agent usage allowance that resets, a different kind of ceiling rather than a clearly bigger or smaller one. [Full Replit vs Val Town (Townie) verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/replit-agent-vs-val-town/)

Replit's free Starter plan gives a daily Agent usage allowance that resets, letting you keep building session after session, while Reflex Build's free plan caps you at one hosted app on shared compute, a hard ceiling once you want a second project. [Full Replit vs Reflex Build verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/reflex-build-vs-replit-agent/)

Emergent states a specific free tier cap of 10 credits a month, while Replit describes only a daily Agent usage allowance that resets, without naming a number, so it is hard to say which free tier actually gives more room. [Full Replit vs Emergent verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/emergent-vs-replit-agent/)

### 8. Rork

FlutterFlow's free plan caps out at 2 projects while Rork's caps at 5 credits a day, different ways of measuring usage that are hard to weigh against each other directly. [Full Rork vs FlutterFlow verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/flutterflow-vs-rork/)

For builders who want to try before paying, what actually gets disclosed matters as much as the numbers themselves. [Full Rork vs a0.dev verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/a0-dev-vs-rork/)

### 9. bolt.diy

bolt.diy publishes no paid vendor plan at all; it runs entirely on a bring your own OpenAI key instead of a subscription, so it carries no monthly vendor fee to reach a working build. [Full bolt.diy vs Dyad verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/bolt-diy-vs-dyad/)

### 10. CatDoes

CatDoes gives 25 starting credits to build and test with, while Rork's free plan trickles in just 5 credits a day, a smaller working pool for someone evaluating the platform. [Full CatDoes vs Rork verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/catdoes-vs-rork/)

### 11. v0

For trying a tool before paying, what the free plan actually caps matters most. [Full v0 vs Tempo verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/tempo-vs-v0/)

For a formal try-before-you-pay path, v0 publishes exactly what its free plan restricts: $5 of monthly credits and a 7-message daily cap, with the cheapest paid plan starting at $30/mo once that runs out. [Full v0 vs Onlook verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/onlook-vs-v0/)

What the free plan actually caps is the deciding factor here, and v0 gives $5 of included monthly credits plus a 7 messages per day allowance that resets, while Dualite's free Starter plan is a one time 5 messages total with nothing further. [Full v0 vs Dualite verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/dualite-vs-v0/)

### 12. Rocket.new

Rocket.new states its free plan caps users at 20 credits, a concrete ceiling; Famous.ai does not publish what its free plan caps, which matters most for anyone trying before paying. [Full Rocket.new vs Famous.ai verdict](https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/famous-ai-vs-rocket-new/)

### 13. a0.dev

Mobile-first prompt-to-app builder aimed at monetizable indie apps ("Build mobile apps. Make money."). No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 14. Bubble

No-code incumbent platform, now with AI-native prompt-to-app generation. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 15. Canva Code

AI code-generation feature bundled inside Canva's design suite, scoped and priced entirely through Canva's own Free/Pro/Business plans and shared Premium-AI-credit pool - not a standalone app builder with independent pricing. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 16. ChatAndBuild

Chat-to-app builder in 40+ languages, buildable from phone or laptop. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 17. Create.xyz

Prompt-to-app builder for web + native mobile, rebranded product name "Anything" (still live at create.xyz; canonical site is anything.com, same Vercel-hosted Next.js app, legal entity "Create, Inc."). No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 18. Dualite

"Ship in hours, not days" -- fast prompt/design-to-app builder aimed at both non-technical users and developers who want editable, exportable code. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 19. Dyad

Local-first, BYO-API-key OSS app builder - no signup, no vendor lock-in. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 20. Emergent

Agent-driven full-stack + mobile builder pitched at both beginners and developers, with an enterprise tier carrying SOC2/ISO27001/SSO. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 21. Famous.ai

Multi-target prompt-to-app builder (web + native mobile + crypto) from Famous Labs, sibling product to SuperCool.com/TeachClub.com/Deal.ai. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 22. Floot

"Build real apps in Claude and ChatGPT" -- BYO-AI-assistant app builder that supplies the backend platform (DB/auth/hosting) rather than its own proprietary chat model. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 23. FlutterFlow

Low-code incumbent (3.3M+ users) adding AI generation on top of a mature visual Flutter builder - the segment anchor for mobile-first. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 24. Hostinger Horizons

No-code AI partner for launching web apps, bundled with Hostinger hosting/domains/email. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 25. Meku

Developer-angle prompt-to-app builder emphasizing full code ownership. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 26. Onlook

OSS visual-first ('Figma-like') AI code editor for Next.js/Tailwind. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 27. Reflex Build

Prompt-to-production-app in Python, not JS/React -- built on a large (28.9k-star) OSS framework rather than a from-scratch proprietary runtime. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 28. Softgen

"From Idea to App in Days" - full-stack builder emphasizing full code ownership, 12+ selectable AI models, and wholesale-rate pay-per-use pricing vs. competitors' opaque monthly credit bundles. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 29. Tempo

"The IDE for the whole team" - code-first, team/GitHub-native AI app builder (Tempo Labs). No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 30. Val Town (Townie)

Chat-to-deployed-app builder with published, transparently-costed AI usage pricing -- the decoder-fact exception in this category. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

### 31. YouWare

Multi-model prompt-to-app builder (GPT, Claude, Kimi/Moonshot, GLM/Z.ai + more) with a large public remix community and per-model credit-cost tradeoffs exposed to the user. No won verdicts for this use case yet; it ranks on ties and near-misses.

Source: https://www.versusref.com/app-builders/best/free/