Adalo vs Retool
as AI assistants see them, week of 2026-09-14
Adalo and Retool both stay on the edges of AI assistants' answers, with overall scores of 7 and 8 out of 100. Adalo shows up in 9 of 69 answers, doing best on mobile app builder questions (named in 2 of 3 answers) and cheap or free builder picks (2 of 4). Retool appears slightly more, in 11 of 69 answers, and dominates internal tools and dashboards questions (named in 3 of 3 answers) and top app builder roundups for 2026 (3 of 4). Head-to-head, they're evenly matched: each leads in 6 questions, with 8 ties between them.
Head to head
| metric | Adalo | Retool |
|---|---|---|
| score | 7 | 8 |
| questions won | 7 | 7 |
By assistant
Adalo
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 7 | 10% of answers | #3.5 |
| Claude | 6 | 15% of answers | #20.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 13 | 20% of answers | #4.5 |
Retool
| assistant | score | named in, this week | usual spot, this week |
|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 5 | 5% of answers | #1.0 |
| Claude | 12 | 30% of answers | #11.0 |
| Gemini | not sampled this week | ||
| Perplexity | 9 | 15% of answers | #5.7 |
Where they differ
Only Adalo gets named for
- What's the best AI app builder for making a mobile app?
- What are the best free or cheap AI app builders?
- What's the best AI tool to build a marketplace app without coding?
- Which AI app builder is best for non-technical founders?
- What's the best way to build an MVP without hiring a developer?
- Which AI app builders produce code I can own and export?
Only Retool gets named for
- Which AI builder is best for internal tools and dashboards?
- What are the top AI app builders in 2026?
- Which AI app builder is best for prototyping an idea over a weekend?
- Which AI app builder makes the most production-ready apps?
- What are the best AI app builders?
- What's the best AI tool to build a full web app from a prompt?
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Scores count how often each assistant names a product, weighted by position. How the score works · Full AI app builders leaderboard