Apps Built With Bolt.new: The Honest Count, and What to Build With It
We re-checked every Bolt.new mention across 1,200+ businesses: very few build with it. What the real case earns, why the old count was wrong, how to use Bolt.
Very few revenue-backed businesses credit Bolt.new with building their product, and we would rather tell you that than pad the list. After a line-by-line check of more than 1,200 businesses in the ProvenStartups index, 1 says it builds with Bolt.new. An earlier version of this page listed 40 apps. That number came from matching the word "bolt" anywhere in a story, including "bolt-on" features and lists of competitors. It was wrong, and this page replaces it.
How we count: a business is listed only if its own interview says the tool builds or runs the product, checked by hand on October 17, 2026.
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How many revenue-backed apps are built with Bolt.new?
1, against 14 for Lovable, 4 for Replit and 52 for Claude Code in the same index. The comparison below uses the same yardstick for Bolt and its closest rival.
A small count does not mean Bolt cannot build a product. It means founders who reached revenue rarely name it as the tool that got them there, which is worth knowing before you choose.
