Lovable
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Pro ~€22/mo
- Free tier
- Yes: 5 build credits/day (max 30/mo)
- Learning curve
- Very low
Prompt in, working web app out, with hosting built in. Best 'zero to a link you can share' tool right now.
Which AI tool should I use for this?
Pick your task. Every tool gets a verdict card with price in €, free tier and learning curve. Prices checked 2026-10-15.
- Best AI to build an app without coding
Prompt in, working app out. For first web apps, MVPs (minimum viable products) and side projects. - Best AI pair programmer for vibe coding
You code a bit (or want to) and want an AI that edits your whole project with you. - Best AI for game art and sprites
Consistent sprites, items and concept art without hiring an artist for a jam or prototype. - Best AI for NPC voices
Voice lines, narration and sound effects from text. - Best AI for 3D game models
Text or image to 3D props you can drop into Unity, Godot or Blender. - Best AI for game music
Background loops, menu themes and trailer music. - Best AI for game trailers and short videos
Trailers, devlogs and TikTok/Shorts clips for your game or app. - Best AI for Discord bots
Glue apps together, run bots and automate the boring parts. - Best AI backend for your vibe-coded app
Logins, a database and storage without running a server. - Best AI for smart NPCs
Characters that talk back and remember the player. - Best general AI assistant
One chatbot for game design docs, store-page copy and 'why is this broken?'.
All tools
Bolt.new
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Pro ~€22/mo
- Free tier
- Yes: 1M tokens/mo (300K/day)
- Learning curve
- Low
Browser-based full-stack builder with more control over the code than Lovable. Unused tokens roll over on Pro.
Replit Agent
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Core ~€18/mo ($20; $18 yearly)
- Free tier
- Yes (limited)
- Learning curve
- Low
Agent that builds and hosts apps and bots in the browser. Great for always-on Discord bots; pricier than it looks once you add usage.
v0 by Vercel
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Free; team plans from ~€27/user/mo
- Free tier
- Yes: 7 messages/day
- Learning curve
- Low
Excellent for good-looking React front ends. The cheap Premium plan is closing to new users, so the next step up is the pricier team plan.
Cursor
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Plus ~€7/mo, Premium ~€27/mo
- Free tier
- Yes (limited)
- Learning curve
- Medium
AI-first code editor with agents that edit your whole repo. Start on Plus; go Premium once you use agents daily.
Windsurf
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Pro ~€18/mo
- Free tier
- Yes (light usage)
- Learning curve
- Medium
Solid Cursor alternative with its own fast models and built-in previews and deploys. Pick it if Cursor's limits bite.
GitHub Copilot
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Pro ~€9/mo
- Free tier
- Yes (limited)
- Learning curve
- Low
Cheapest solid pick if you already use VS Code (Visual Studio Code). Unlimited completions on paid plans; agent work uses credits.
Claude Pro
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Pro ~€18/mo (~€15 yearly)
- Free tier
- Yes
- Learning curve
- Very low
Strong at code, long design docs and explaining errors. Includes a command-line coding agent on paid plans.
ChatGPT Plus
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Plus ~€18/mo ($20)
- Free tier
- Yes
- Learning curve
- Very low
The all-rounder: chat, images, voice and quick scripts in one app.
Ollama
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Free (runs on your PC)
- Free tier
- Yes, open source
- Learning curve
- Medium
Run open AI models on your own computer for free. Good for offline NPC dialogue experiments and privacy.
Scenario
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Starter ~€13/mo (−33% yearly)
- Free tier
- Limited trial
- Learning curve
- Medium
Train image models on your own art style so sprites and items all look like the same game. Overkill for a game jam.
Layer
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- From ~€9 per 300 credits
- Free tier
- Trial
- Learning curve
- Medium
Game-studio-focused art generation with style training, built for live-ops and mobile game assets.
Midjourney
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Basic ~€9/mo, Standard ~€27/mo
- Free tier
- No
- Learning curve
- Low
Best-looking concept art and key art. Less suited to consistent sprite sheets.
ComfyUI (Stable Diffusion)
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Free (runs on your PC)
- Free tier
- Yes, open source
- Learning curve
- High
Node-based image generation with open models. Unlimited and free if you have the hardware and patience.
ElevenLabs
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Starter ~€5/mo (30K credits)
- Free tier
- Yes
- Learning curve
- Very low
Realistic voices and sound effects from text. Starter covers a small game's worth of lines.
Meshy
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Pro ~€18/mo (re-check)
- Free tier
- Yes (monthly credits)
- Learning curve
- Low
Text or image to 3D models for Unity, Godot or Blender. Fine for props and prototypes, not hero characters.
Tripo3D
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- ~€18/mo (billed yearly)
- Free tier
- Yes (limited)
- Learning curve
- Low
Meshy rival with clean meshes and auto-rigging. Try both free tiers and keep the one that suits your style.
Suno
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Pro ~€9/mo, Premier ~€21/mo
- Free tier
- Yes (non-commercial)
- Learning curve
- Very low
Full tracks from a prompt. Pay for a plan if you ship the music in a game: the free tier is non-commercial.
Runway
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Standard ~€13/mo (~€11 yearly)
- Free tier
- 125 one-time credits
- Learning curve
- Medium
High-end AI video for trailer shots. Credits do not roll over on Standard, so buy it for a trailer month then pause.
Kling AI
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- From ~€8/mo
- Free tier
- Yes (daily credits)
- Learning curve
- Low
Cheapest good-looking AI video clips. Great for Shorts and teaser B-roll.
CapCut
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Pro ~€18/mo (shown $19.99)
- Free tier
- Yes
- Learning curve
- Very low
Free editor with auto-captions; the go-to for TikTok and Shorts devlogs. The free tier is enough for most.
Descript
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Hobbyist ~€14/mo (yearly)
- Free tier
- Yes
- Learning curve
- Low
Edit video by editing the transcript. Ideal for talking-head devlogs and podcasts, less for gameplay trailers.
n8n
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Cloud from €20/mo (yearly); self-host free
- Free tier
- Self-hosted Community Edition
- Learning curve
- Medium
Visual automations with AI agent steps: Discord, Telegram, Sheets and 400+ apps. Self-host for free if you can run a small server.
Supabase
Worth it? ✅ Yes
- Price
- Free; Pro ~€22/mo
- Free tier
- Yes: 500 MB database, 2 active projects
- Learning curve
- Medium
Database, logins and storage that Lovable, Bolt and Cursor all know how to wire up. The free tier carries most side projects.
Inworld AI
Worth it? 🟡 Maybe
- Price
- Free start; paid from ~€22/mo
- Free tier
- Yes
- Learning curve
- High
Engine for AI characters with memory and voice, with Unity and Unreal plugins. Powerful, but it's a real integration project.
FAQ (frequently asked questions)
How are tools chosen?
We only list tools we'd pay for ourselves, and we say Skip or Maybe when something isn't worth it for most people.
Are prices accurate?
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