Lovable vs Rork

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
• −API access is reserved for the Business tier, which charges double Pro's price per credit

Rork

Rork now generates native SwiftUI and Kotlin rather than React Native, and native iPhone apps are included at the $20 Pro tier, which makes it one of the cheapest routes from a prompt to a real App Store build. The free plan only designs screens, though, and 100 credits a month runs out quickly once device builds and simulator time start drawing on the same balance.

Pros

• +Native SwiftUI and Kotlin output instead of a cross-platform wrapper
• +iPhone, Android and web builds all included in the $20 Pro plan
• +App Store tooling: Screenshot Studio and a listing reviewer
• +Projects are private on every plan, and code can be exported to Xcode via GitHub

Cons

• −Free plan cannot build or publish, only design
• −iOS builds and cloud simulator sessions cost extra credits on top of each prompt
• −iPad, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, games and widgets need Max at $200 a month or more

Is Lovable cheaper than Rork?

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

Does Lovable or Rork have a free tier?

Both: Lovable has a free tier, and Rork has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Lovable or Rork?

Lovable ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Rork is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.