The Best AI App Coding Tools for Every Type of App in 2025 (Mobile, Web Apps, Agents & More)

🚀 Join my community and start building your AI app today @ https://www.skool.com/aiapps 💡 Get 100 validated app ideas and the prompts to build them FREE @ https://readytobuild.app/ Got an app idea but no idea what AI tool to use? Or maybe you've built an app in an AI tool like Replit or Lovable only to find that you can't publish it to the app store, or you can't accept payments or build the functionality that you had planned. This is an all too common problem that people are coming up against every single day building apps with AI tools. So today, I want to break down every type of AI coding tool, and help you get started with the exact right tool for your app idea. I'll break down what type of app each tool works best for, what other tools you'll need to use with them, and when NOT to use each tool. This is maybe the best video you can watch before you get started building your app with AI... Chapters: 0:00 – Introduction: Why choosing the right AI app builder matters 1:00 – Overview of AI app builder categories 2:00 – All-in-one platforms explained 2:36 – Front-end only platforms explained 3:02 – Full stack app builders explained 3:25 – AI IDEs (coding tools) explained 4:06 – CLI coding agents explained 4:53 – Mobile app builders explained 6:00 – What are all-in-one tools best for? 7:00 – Limitations of all-in-one platforms 8:04 – Front-end app builders: Lovable vs Bolt 9:15 – What else you need for front-end builders (database, auth, payments) 10:30 – When not to use front-end builders 12:34 – Full stack app builders: Leap, Kodap, Emergent 13:10 – Why full stack is different 14:00 – When not to use full stack builders 15:17 – AI IDEs: Cursor and its strengths 16:11 – CLI coding agents: Claude Code, Devon 17:06 – Who should use CLI agents 18:39 – Mobile app builders: Dreamflow, Vibe Code, Rock 19:54 – What mobile app builders are best at 20:19 – Limitations of mobile app builders 21:04 – Launching mobile apps: Expo Launch, GitHub 21:29 – Summary: Which tool for which app type Key points: - I walk through the main types of AI app building and coding tools and what makes them different - I break down each type of AI coding tool from Lovable to Replit and Claude Code so you know exactly what AI tool to get started with - I go through the pros and cons of each coding tool so you know exactly what you're getting - I explain step by step every other service you'll need to plug into your app using each type of AI tool Follow me on social: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashbychris/ https://x.com/chris_telescope https://www.instagram.com/build.greatproducts/