We tested 4 AI app builders with the same prompt. Here’s what broke.

Описание и применение

Автор сравнил четыре бесплатных AI‑конструктора приложений, проверив их на создание многопользовательского списка дел с изоляцией данных. Все четыре прошли тесты, но Bolt имел проблемы с мобильным управлением, Base44 – с восстановлением логина, v0 – с длительным ручным настройкой, а Lovable – с ограничением пароля.

Задача

Assess how free‑plan AI app builders handle a multi‑user to‑do app with data isolation and usability on mobile.

Результат

All four builders achieved perfect functional scores, but Bolt had mobile hover‑only buttons, Base44 lacked login recovery and token revocation, v0 required 15 min of manual setup, and Lovable had a 6‑character password minimum.

Рабочий процесс

• 1. Provide prompt: "A multi‑user to‑do app with sign‑up and login, a database where each user sees only their own tasks, and a public URL."
• 2. Run each builder on its free plan.
• 3. Execute 10 automated feature checks with Playwright, a phone‑width check, and a cross‑user visibility test.
• 4. Record score, build time, cost, and any functional issues.
• 5. Summarize findings and lessons learned.

Доказательства

We kept seeing "best AI app builder" lists with no evidence behind them. So we gave Lovable, Bolt, Base44 and v0 the exact same prompt on their free plans:

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Then we checked what each tool built. We ran 10 automated feature checks with Playwright, a phone-width check and a cross-user test: can user B see user A's to-dos?

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None of them leaked data. User B never saw user A's to-dos in any of the four apps.

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Bolt: on a phone, the edit and delete buttons appear only on mouse hover, so touch users can't see them.

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Base44: if a new user closes the email-code page, the login screen offers no way to get back to it or resend the code. Logout also didn't revoke the token on the server.

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v0: setup took about 15 minutes and 6 manual steps: accept the terms, install Neon, approve SQL twice, generate an auth secret and publish by hand.

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Lovable: our checks found no functional bugs. The only nit is the 6-character password minimum.

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The useful signal is in the failures. Demos never show hover-only buttons, dead-end login screens or setup friction.

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