Bolt vs Lovable, which do you prefer?
Currently playing around with @bolt.new after being inspired by @gabe and building a bunch of mini apps, mainly for fun. Haven't pushed any to production yet but so far I'm enjoying it bar the odd hiccup where I have to roll back a few times to fix a stubborn error.
I've also looked into @Lovable and it seems pretty cool but wanted to see what people had to say about it. Is there any reason to pick one over the other and which one have you settled on?
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Hey! A friend asked me to comment since I did a fair bit of research on differences as I'm the founder of @Lovable. Disclaimer: I try to not be biased but you be the judge.
First, @bolt.new is:
1. great as a playground as a developer, it lets you use any framework etc 2. lets AI enhance the prompt before you send it, 3. just shipped a lot of improvements to their recent supabase integration.
On @Lovable, we're seeing a lot of people that just "want to get a working app" make the switch from bolt. The most common reason:
"you just get so much further with Lovable"
Users, especially non-coders, get further because of how the AI works. It is not a "wrapper" around Claude, but a system fine tuned to work well even as the project gets more complex, it gets stuck, etc.
Finally – there are more functionality to build a full apps, or website, with things like integrations for payments + emails + editing via github, support to debug supabase, "visual edits" etc.
minimalist phone: creating folders
@Lovable created quite strong and also visually appealing brand so they are more outstanding to me. I look at it from the marketing perspective tho.
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@busmark_w_nika True. I am seeing lovable everywhere! great name to be honest.
Used Bolt for speedy and better control over codes whereas Lovable used for Git integration (collaborative team environment)
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@ajay27324 Interesting!
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I honestly can't pick. I've found myself go back and forth with both. To be honest, once I get a general idea from bolt or lovable I put it on my GitHub and end up using @Cursor to complete, replicate, or finish building.
I think I'm a Cursor addict at this point.
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@gabe Yeah, that's kind of my workflow also really, they both are super strong for getting a solid start
Lovable gives far better results.
Both very good, been using both daily for months. Bolt fell behind with Supabase by only allowing "new" connections, but caught up. Lovable was always "the Apple" of the 2 because it hid the code. They are adding code editor, but still only read only as of today. Bolt added Expo for mobile dev, but that being buggy and daily buggy issues with core are annoying. Overall, I find recent updates to Bolt with it's ability to 1-shot better (tested across 4 tools several times), it's still #1
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I’ve been liking @Replit but haven’t tried these yet. I saw some handy templates for react native iOS apps which is what prompted me to try Replit. Should I try bolt/lovable?
@rajiv_ayyangar 😸 What about a new category on PH. "Vibe coding" 🤘
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@rajiv_ayyangar Still have to try Replit actually! Do you like it? Bolt is definitely worth a try anyway, haven't used Lovable enough really to give an opinion. Bolt is pretty impressive with what it can generate and it's one click integration with @Supabase is fantastic
How do you think Lovable, Bubble and Bolt compare for building a web app? Are there specific types of projects where you think one of these really stands out in terms of flexibility and API integrations?
I prefer to run an idea in either Lovable or Bolt and get as far as I can before I get stuck/errors
give it a couple of tries to correct then see if the other can get past the blocker.
Mainly using them for prototyping so rough and ready is what I want as the output, something to demo the thing I wnat to build.
I prefer Lovable for ease of use and speed. I think its just a notch quicker.
But its hard to say x is better than y at the moment both companies are shipping weekly props to their teams man so impressed.