Best Free Application Development Software

Compare the Top Free Application Development Software as of April 2025

What is Free Application Development Software?

Application development software is a type of software used to create applications and software programs. It typically includes code editors, compilers, and debuggers that allow developers to write, compile, and debug code. It also includes libraries of pre-written code that developers can use to create more complex and powerful applications. Compare and read user reviews of the best Free Application Development software currently available using the table below. This list is updated regularly.

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    Alpha Anywhere

    Alpha Anywhere

    Alpha Software Corporation

    Alpha Anywhere is the only development platform with both low-code and no-code capabilities. Developers can rapidly create secure, cross-platform mobile and web business apps. Alpha leads in offline development, ensuring that data can be captured AND accessed (database lookups/media file retrieval) offline. A powerful bi-directional API can integrate with existing systems of record and workflows, tie into web services, and meet advanced security requirements. Offers: - pre-built templates - full-stack development - sophisticated analytics/dashboards - full-stack development - scale-able, secure, and reliable cloud deployment Professional developers and citizen developers can use the Alpha TransForm mobile forms builder to digitize paper forms in minutes. Offers offline operation, built-in analytics, and unmatched speed, power, and flexibility in the no-code segment.
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    Starting Price: $0
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    Convertigo

    Convertigo

    Convertigo SA

    Convertigo is the first open source Enterprise Grade Low Code / No Code platform to accelerate your Enterprise digitalization for reasonable costs. Dream an App, Make an App! Imagine you can make any app you want. From simple handy workforce apps to Enterprise grade multi-device transactional applications helping companies to accelerate their business. Get live sooner! Convertigo Low Code platform application development makes your Enterprise to get business success more efficient, delivering complete applications, similar to Pro Code but faster and cheaper. Reduce by 90% time and money needed to build and deploy business applications running on all type of devices such as smartphones, tablets and PCs whatever operating systems they are running on. Enjoy Open Source! This means that you can use Convertigo Community Edition Free of Charge. Open Source also solves the Vendor Lock-in paradigm by allowing you to quit the platform and still enjoy running your apps
    Starting Price: $15 per month / user
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    DHTMLX

    DHTMLX

    DHTMLX

    DHTMLX is a JavaScript UI library that provides a set of highly customizable and flexible components for building modern and responsive web applications. The library includes more than 30 UI components, such as Gantt, Scheduler, Kanban, diagrams, charts, grids, spreadsheets, calendars, trees, forms, and more. DHTMLX helps to advance web development and build feature-rich data-intensive applications of any complexity. One of the key advantages of DHTMLX is its compatibility with different web frameworks, including React, Angular, and Vue.js, which makes it a great choice for developers who are already working with these frameworks. DHTMLX is also designed with performance in mind. Its components are optimized for fast rendering. A comprehensive and rich API provides a straightforward way to manipulate JavaScript/HTML5 UI widgets. The library has detailed API documentation, tutorials, and examples that help developers quickly get up to speed and start building their apps.
    Starting Price: $79
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    1C:Enterprise

    1C:Enterprise

    1C Company

    1C:Enterprise is a universal rapid application development platform for building and delivering business management and accounting solutions in HORECA, Retail, Manufacturing, Logistics, Finance, and other industries. It has the breadth of capability to address the diverse needs of today’s business through building solutions in a low-code environment. The 1C:Enterprise platform enables developers to rapidly build business applications of any complexity, from the most straightforward single-developer products to advanced ERP systems. 1C:Enterprise applications run on desktop, mobile, and web. The platform automatically adapts applications to the required OS, browser, and DBMS. Due to the support of multiple open standards (ODBC, REST API, OData, XML, JSON, COM, SOAP, HTTP, etc.), 1C:Enterprise applications easily integrate with any software and hardware, including equipment from various vendors.
    Starting Price: $200
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    Thinfinity Remote Desktop
    Thinfinity Remote Desktop allows you to securely deliver your Windows applications and desktops to any device with an HTML5 browser, no matter if they are hosted on the cloud, installed on-premises, or on hybrid architectures. Thinfinity Remote Desktop runs seamlessly on any public, private, or hybrid cloud. Build a flexible infrastructure mixing browser access to VDI, VMs, RemoteApps, and Unix machines. Allow users and clients to run your Windows applications anywhere and on any device.
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    Clappia

    Clappia

    Clapptron Technologies Private Limited

    Clappia is a No Code platform that can transform non-developers into app makers, without needing to write a single line of code. With Clappia, anyone in your organization can build customized mobile and web apps because building apps here requires no coding or any technical expertise. Based on the requirements, you can select and customize a set of pre-coded blocks, visually configure all backend processes, and get mobile and web apps in no time. For complex scenarios, you can use Excel formulae. The best part, there is no setup cost. You only pay for the number of users and build any number of apps. So, you can start quickly and pay as you go. Small businesses to Fortune 500 enterprises are opting for Clappia to build mobile and web apps for field force, shopfloor employees, work order management, data collection, audits and other business processes. 
    Starting Price: 0
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    Neptune DXP

    Neptune DXP

    Neptune Software

    Neptune Software's leading low-code app development platform - Neptune DXP – digitizes and optimizes business processes and user interfaces – at scale and with ease. Neptune DXP offers enterprise mobility, as well as the best low-code app development for SAP customers with the choice of no-code/low-code app development. The platform gives IT departments the right tools to build the apps they need. Neptune DXP provides a fast, cost-effective, and future-proof way to industrialize the development of custom applications (especially SAP Fiori, SAP mobile applications), turning your IT organization into an app factory, saving time and money on enterprise app development, app integration, and enterprise app operations.
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    Ambassador

    Ambassador

    Ambassador Labs

    Ambassador Edge Stack is a Kubernetes-native API Gateway that delivers the scalability, security, and simplicity for some of the world's largest Kubernetes installations. Edge Stack makes securing microservices easy with a comprehensive set of security functionality, including automatic TLS, authentication, rate limiting, WAF integration, and fine-grained access control. The API Gateway contains a modern Kubernetes ingress controller that supports a broad range of protocols including gRPC and gRPC-Web, supports TLS termination, and provides traffic management controls for resource availability. Why use Ambassador Edge Stack API Gateway? - Accelerate Scalability: Manage high traffic volumes and distribute incoming requests across multiple backend services, ensuring reliable application performance. - Enhanced Security: Protect your APIs from unauthorized access and malicious attacks with robust security features. - Improve Productivity & Developer Experience
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    DronaHQ

    DronaHQ

    DronaHQ

    DronaHQ is a low-code platform to build internal tools and custom apps for the web and mobile. Developers and engineering teams use this platform to create admin panels, CRUD apps, GUI for Databases or APIs, forms, dashboards & operational apps. Key features include: - Customizable UI components - Mobile + Web app output - 10x faster app development - Seamless integration to any existing tech stack - Scalable cloud-based architecture - Over 50 Engineering Support Hours (UVP) - Free forever developer plans With 3000+ Apps built and 1 million+ users supported, DronaHQ is a platform trusted by global companies.
    Starting Price: $0/month
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    Appsmith

    Appsmith

    Appsmith

    Appsmith is a low code developer tool for quickly building UIs and connecting to a wide range of data sources. You can drag and drop pre-built components to build UI on the open grid-style canvas. When it comes to adding logic, transforming data, and defining workflows. Appsmith lets you insert plain Javascript right inside any widget, query, or almost any other setting. - Start by linking to an existing datasource such as a database or an API. Appsmith has plug-and-play support for most databases, Rest APIs, and GraphQL, so you can seamlessly import your data. - Next, you can use pre-made widgets to easily layout an app, and move them around to optimize usability - Get the app running by connecting the UI to the datasource. You can do this by writing queries or calling APIs. Remember, you can control everything with JavaScript! - Finally, deploy the app. You can also integrate with your CI/CD, create git branches for different environments to safely develop, test and deploy
    Starting Price: $0.4/hour/user
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    Simplifier

    Simplifier

    Simplifier AG

    Simplifier helps companies with SAP modernization by providing a leading low-code platform for enterprise application development. They specialize in rapid app creation, integrating SAP and non-SAP systems, and optimizing business processes. Their platform offers intuitive UI design, pre-built interfaces, and comprehensive training for cost-effective, efficient solutions. Modern User Experiences: Replaces traditional SAP GUI with modern interfaces across all devices, enhancing usability. Streamlined ERP Cores: Transforms SAP systems into streamlined, upgradeable ERP cores without custom code. Seamless Integration: Connects SAP On-Premise systems through Simplifier On-Premise or Simplifier in the AWS Cloud, ensuring quick responses to customer demands and emerging trends. Try Simplifier for free
    Starting Price: €16.90 / month / user
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    Proxyman

    Proxyman

    Proxyman LLC

    ## Features * 🍏 **macOS-optimized:** Crafted with Swift and Objective-C, leveraging Apple SwiftNIO for high-performance networking. * 🖥️ **Apple Silicon ready:** Full compatibility with M1, M2, and M3 chips. * 🚀 **Modern OS support:** Designed for macOS Ventura and Sonoma. * 🌐 **Seamless traffic interception:** Effortlessly capture HTTP/HTTPS and WebSocket data from browsers, iOS, and Android. * 🎨 **User-friendly interface:** Sleek and intuitive design for ease of use. * 🔎 **Advanced filtering:** Multiple options for precise data analysis. * 📱 **Cross-platform setup:** Detailed guides for iOS simulator and physical iOS/Android devices. * 🛠️ **Essential debugging toolkit:** Compose, Repeat, Wildcard/Regex Filtering, Column Customization, and more. * 🔧 **Pro-level features:** Breakpoints, Local/Remote Mapping, Blacklisting. ...
    Starting Price: 69$
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    Hypi

    Hypi

    Hypi

    Hypi is a no-code and low-code web and mobile app development platform. The platform is simple enough for a non-technical user to build and launch applications but its underlying API is flexible enough for developers to customise any aspect. Deliver solutions 10x faster and scale on demand. The product is used by small startups and global enterprises alike who can choose the convenient cloud option or simple on-premise deployment. Access pre-made templates and smart suggestions, all from the marketplace. Creating screens doesn't mean building every single one from scratch. Link screen designs to your user stories. It keeps you on track with your goals, in line with your user’s needs. Control the visual consistency without manually editing every screen. Your design system perfected the way you envision it. Extend the editor with personal or external widgets. Anything to make your job easier.
    Starting Price: £14.99 per month
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    Knative

    Knative

    Google

    Knative, created originally by Google with contributions from over 50 different companies, delivers an essential set of components to build and run serverless applications on Kubernetes. Knative offers features like scale-to-zero, autoscaling, in-cluster builds, and eventing framework for cloud-native applications on Kubernetes. Whether on-premises, in the cloud, or in a third-party data center, Knative codifies the best practices shared by successful real-world Kubernetes-based frameworks. Most importantly, Knative enables developers to focus on writing code without the need to worry about the “boring but difficult” parts of building, deploying, and managing their application.
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    Anthos

    Anthos

    Google

    Anthos lets you build, deploy, and manage applications anywhere in a secure, consistent manner. You can modernize existing applications running on virtual machines while deploying cloud-native apps on containers in an increasingly hybrid and multi-cloud world. Our application platform provides a consistent development and operations experience across all your deployments while reducing operational overhead and improving developer productivity. Anthos GKE: Enterprise-grade container orchestration and management service for running Kubernetes clusters anywhere, in both cloud and on-premises environments. Anthos Config Management: Define, automate, and enforce policies across environments in order to meet your organization’s unique security and compliance requirements. Anthos Service Mesh: Anthos unburdens operations and development teams by empowering them to manage and secure traffic between services while monitoring, troubleshooting, and improving application performance.
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    Backtrace

    Backtrace

    Backtrace

    Don’t let app, device, or game crashes get in the way of a great experience. Backtrace takes all the manual labor out of cross-platform crash and exception management so you can focus on shipping. Cross-platform callstack and event aggregation and monitoring. Process errors from panics, core dumps, minidumps, and during runtime across your stack with a single system. Backtrace generates structured, searchable error reports from your data. Automated analysis cuts down on time to resolution by surfacing important signals that lead engineers to crash root cause. Never worry about missing a clue with rich integrations into dashboards, notification, and workflow systems. Answer the questions that matter to you with Backtrace’s rich query engine. View a high-level overview of error frequency, prioritization, and trends across all your projects. Search through key data points and your own custom data across all your errors.
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