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Bolt.new vs Rork

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.

The short answer

Cheaper paid plan
Rork — $20/mo vs $25/mo for Bolt.new
Free plan
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Rork — 92 vs 85 for Bolt.new
Best fit
Bolt.new: Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon · Rork: Indie developers prototyping a mobile app without writing the scaffold
Platforms
Bolt.new: Web · Rork: Web, iOS

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Bolt.newIn-browser agent that builds and runs web appsRorkDescribe a mobile app in chat and Rork builds it in React Native, SwiftUI or Kotlin and helps you ship it

Side by side

FactBolt.newRork
CategoryVibe Coding & App GeneratorsVibe Coding & App Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$25/mo$20/mo
Trust score85 / 10092 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS
CompanyStackBlitz, Inc.Rork, Inc.
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Bolt.new

Bolt is the quickest way to get from a sentence to a running web app you can click, and Bolt Cloud now removes the usual 'where does this deploy' problem for small projects. Treat the token meter as the real price: a complex app burns through the entry allowance fast, and the free tier is for trying the product, not shipping from it.

Pros

  • Whole toolchain runs in the browser, so there is no environment to set up or keep alive
  • Starts from a prompt, Figma design, GitHub repo or template, and exports back to GitHub
  • Bolt Cloud bundles hosting, databases and auth, which most prompt-to-app tools leave to you
  • Unused Pro tokens roll over, unlike most rivals' monthly allowances

Cons

  • Token-based pricing is hard to forecast; one long debugging session can eat days of allowance
  • Free tier is throttled daily (300K tokens) and carries Bolt branding
  • Yearly discount is advertised without the actual yearly prices on the page
  • No public API found, so Bolt cannot be driven from a script or CI

Rork

Rork is one of the few prompt-to-app tools aimed at native mobile rather than yet another web dashboard, and it follows through to App Store submission. Pricing is where it bites: native iOS output exists only on the Max tier, which starts at $200 a month, so the affordable plans are effectively a React Native and web product.

Pros

  • Generates native SwiftUI and Kotlin/Compose projects, not only web wrappers
  • Covers the store path with Screenshot Studio and an App Store listing reviewer
  • Companion mobile app for building away from a computer
  • Free tier gives 5 credits a day to try the workflow

Cons

  • Native iOS output requires the Max tier, which starts at $200/month
  • Free projects are public; private projects begin at the Pro tier
  • Credits, not messages or time, are the billing unit, so cost per app is hard to predict

Which one fits

Choose Bolt.new if you need

  • Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon
  • Developers scaffolding a front end or internal tool before taking it into their own editor
  • Teams turning a Figma mock into a working front end without hand-coding the first pass

Choose Rork if you need

  • Indie developers prototyping a mobile app without writing the scaffold
  • Shipping an Expo or React Native app quickly on the Pro tier
  • Turning an existing web app idea into a store submission

Bolt.new vs Rork: the questions people ask

Is Bolt.new cheaper than Rork?

On published entry prices, Rork starts lower — $20/mo against $25/mo for Bolt.new. Entry price is the lowest paid plan as we last verified it; what each plan includes differs.

Does Bolt.new or Rork have a free tier?

Both: Bolt.new has a free tier, and Rork has a free tier.

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