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Blink.new vs Lovable

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Both start at $25. Both have a free tier. Only Blink.new ships a public API.

Blink.newDescribe an app and it writes the code, sets up the database and auth, and deploys it to a live URLLovableDescribe an app and get a deployed full-stack project

Side by side

FactBlink.newLovable
CategoryVibe Coding & App GeneratorsVibe Coding & App Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$25 month$25 month
Public APIYesNo
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
Company1Flow, Inc.Lovable
Launched—2023
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Blink.new

Blink covers more of the stack than most prompt-to-app tools: database, auth and deployment are handled rather than left as an exercise. The React Native and Chrome extension targets are a genuine differentiator when everything else in this category stops at a web app. Credit accounting is the thing to model before committing, because iteration is where the budget goes.

Pros

  • Generates database schema, authentication and deployment, not only front-end code
  • Targets React Native for iOS and Android and Chrome extensions, not just responsive web
  • AI Gateway exposes 200+ models through one OpenAI-compatible API key
  • Free tier is usable for evaluation and annual billing halves the monthly rate

Cons

  • Credits are consumed by iteration, so the cost of one finished app is unpredictable
  • The free tier caps at 30 credits a month, which is little more than a demo
  • Daily credits reset at midnight Pacific and do not roll over
  • Terms name 1Flow, Inc. as a California company but give no address or explicit choice-of-law clause

Lovable

The cleanest prompt-to-app experience for someone who cannot write React, and GitHub sync means you are not locked in — but 100 credits a month is less runway than it sounds once the app gets real.

Pros

  • Live preview after each change keeps iteration legible to non-developers
  • GitHub sync and Supabase mean the output is real, portable code
  • The free tier is enough to find out whether the idea works
  • Per-action credit costs are published, so estimating is possible

Cons

  • Free tier caps at 30 credits a month regardless of the daily grant
  • Debugging a bad generation can cost more credits than the original build
  • Opinionated stack — React front end, Supabase back end, little room to differ
  • No API for driving builds programmatically

Which one fits

Choose Blink.new if you need

  • Founders prototyping a full-stack product without a backend engineer
  • Developers who want a mobile app and a web app from the same description
  • Teams that also need a single key across many models for the generated app

Choose Lovable if you need

  • Founders and designers shipping a working prototype without a developer
  • Anyone who wants generated code exported to GitHub rather than held hostage
  • Small internal tools needing authentication and a database on day one

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