Best AI coding tools
Checked Sep 28, 2026 · ranked by AI League points from public sources, not by who pays us (nobody does).
AI tools that write, edit and explain code, from assistants inside your editor to builders that make a whole app from a prompt. Ranked by our AI League points: quality, ease, free plan, value for money and language support, each from public sources listed on the app pages.
- 01Best value AI pair programmerFree plan7+ languagesWeb · iPhone · Android · Desktop
- Cheapest paid plan in this task
- Works in almost every editor
- Free plan has only 50 chats a month
- Best agent features on Pro+ ($39)
- 02Best for building and hosting apps in the browserFree plan8+ languagesWeb · iPhone · Android
- Build, run and host in one place
- Apps on web, iPhone and Android
- Credits get used fast on big builds
- Free app deployments expire after 30 days
- 03Best AI-first code editorFree planLanguages: not publishedWeb · iPhone · Desktop
- Deep AI integration across the whole codebase
- Choice of models from several labs
- Heavy use costs more than the base plan
- No Android app
- 04Best for non-coders building web appsFree plan1+ languagesWeb · iPhone · Android
- No coding needed
- Apps on web, iPhone and Android
- Credit cost of a request is only shown afterwards
- Hosting billed separately
- 05Best for agentic coding from the terminalNo free plan10+ languagesWeb · iPhone · Android · Desktop
- Works across terminal, IDE, desktop, web and phone
- Runs long multi-step tasks and cloud sessions
- No free plan
- Usage limits are shared with Claude chat on Pro
- 06Best for quick full-stack prototypes in the browserFree planLanguages: not publishedWeb
- Generous free daily tokens
- Runs full-stack apps right in the browser
- Web only
- Token use is hard to predict
- 07Best free autocomplete in an AI editorFree planLanguages: not publishedDesktop
- Unlimited free autocomplete
- Familiar VS Code-based editor
- Renamed and re-priced in 2026
- Desktop only
Standings
| # | Movement | App | Qual | Ease | Free | Value | Lang | Form | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 5.0 | 88 | ||
| 2 | – | 8.5 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 75 | ||
| 3 | – | 8.5 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 5.0* | 73 | ||
| 4 | – | 9.0 | 10.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 | 72 | ||
| 5 | – | 8.5 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 62 | ||
| 6 | – | 5.0* | 6.0 | 8.0 | 4.0 | 5.0* | 55 | ||
| 7 | – | 5.0* | 4.0 | 9.0 | 5.0 | 5.0* | 54 |
How points are calculated — Pts = (Quality×30% + Ease×20% + Free plan×15% + Value×20% + Languages×15%) × 10. Quality = average App Store (US) user rating of the app's own iPhone app (3.0 = 0, 5.0 = 10); no such app = default 5.0. No public blind-vote benchmark exists for this task. Ease = 2 points each for web, iPhone, Android, starting from a plain-language prompt and starting without paying. Free plan: recurring free allowance 9, one-time trial 5, none 0, minus 1 each for a watermark and low-resolution or non-commercial output. Value = lowest entry price in the task ÷ this app's cheapest monthly plan × 10 (the cheapest paid plan in the task = 10); no public price = default 5.0. Languages by the number documented (50+ = 10).
* Not published: the documented default (5) is used, never a guess. Form = last 5 matchdays: points up · same · down. A new matchday is added only when points change. Each app page lists the sources behind its scores.