Studio against the
AI app builders.

Rikuvo Studio compared with Lovable, Bolt, Replit and Cursor

What you get	Rikuvo StudioAn app in the stores, looked after every day	LovableA web app from a chat	BoltWebsites and web apps, fast	ReplitAny software, built and hosted in one place	CursorAn editor for writing code yourself, with AI beside you
What it builds
A real iPhone and Android app	Yes. Native builds, in the stores	No. A web app. Native needs a separate wrapper	Yes. Mobile projects through Expo	Partly. Lists mobile as an option; how complete is not documented	Partly. Whatever you write yourself
A web app, this afternoon	No. Phone apps only	Yes. Its whole job	Yes. Sites, stores, dashboards	Yes. Apps and websites, hosted	Partly. If you write it
Any language or framework	No. Expo / React Native	No. One web stack: TanStack or React, Tailwind	No. JavaScript only, on the web and in Expo	Yes. Any language	Yes. Any language
Write the code yourself, inside it	No. You talk to Riku. The repo is yours to open elsewhere	Yes. Code mode	Yes. An editor in the browser	Yes. A full IDE	Yes. That is the product
Getting it out
Who gets it onto the store	Yes. Studio does. It submits, waits out Apple review, and turns a rejection into work	No. You do	No. You do	Partly. You do. It walks you through it	No. You do
Works while you are asleep	Yes. Around the clock. It picks its own next job	No. You prompt, it answers	No. You prompt, it answers	No. You prompt, it answers	Partly. Background agents, but you start each one and merge the result
Every change reviewed before it lands	Yes. Tests first, then a second AI tries to break it	No. You are the reviewer	No. You are the reviewer	No. You are the reviewer	No. You are the reviewer
After launch
Crashes, reviews and bug reports	Yes. One queue in, shipped fixes out	No. Yours to watch, yours to fix	No. Yours to watch, yours to fix	No. Yours to watch, yours to fix	No. Yours to watch, yours to fix
Store listings, screenshots and posts	Yes. Store listings and screenshots written from the real app	No. Not what it does	No. Not what it does	No. Not what it does	No. Not what it does
Cost and people
Free plan to try it	No. None. A 14-day money-back guarantee instead	Yes. Free plan, with daily credits	Yes. Free plan	Partly. A Starter tier to explore	Yes. Hobby plan, free
Starting price	$79 a month for one app	$25 a month	$25 a month	$20 a month	$20 a month
What the AI costs you	Partly. Your own Claude plan. We never meter it	No. Credits per message, spent faster on a big app	No. Tokens, which burn faster as the codebase grows	No. Effort-based credits. Heavy months run past the plan	No. A credit pool, then pay as you go
Working with other people	Yes. Five members on every plan, on the same apps at once	Partly. Shared workspaces on the team plan	Partly. Team plan, priced per member	Partly. Team plans, priced per user	Partly. Team plan, priced per user
Your code	Yes. Yours, in your own private repository, with the full history	Yes. Yours. Export it or sync it to GitHub	Yes. Yours. Download it as a zip	Yes. Yours	Yes. Yours. It is your repo the whole time

Yes. YesPartly. Partly, or with a conditionNo. No

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