5best.ai · Week 43, 2026
Ranked every week by what real users say, not by who pays.
Ranked from 24.3M App Store ratings and 1,428 Hacker News comments · 39 tools
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Week 43, 2026. Ordered by App Store ratings and what people say on Hacker News. Pick the one you need and go straight to it.
Google research notebook that answers questions, summarises and makes audio overviews from sources you upload.
4.9★ from 63.7K App Store ratings · 90% positive of 10 Hacker News opinions (9+ / 1−)
Users complain about: quality
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI voice platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, sound effects, music and voice agents.
4.8★ from 23.2K App Store ratings · 57% positive of 14 Hacker News opinions (8+ / 6−)
Users complain about: quality, censorship, pricing
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, plus research and agent tools.
4.8★ from 518.1K App Store ratings · 67% positive of 6 Hacker News opinions (4+ / 2−)
Users complain about: hallucinations, privacy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Online design tool with templates and AI features for social posts, presentations, videos and print.
4.9★ from 3.6M App Store ratings · 50% positive of 6 Hacker News opinions (3+ / 3−)
Users complain about: api support, quality, support
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Voice dictation app that turns your speech into polished text in any app on desktop and mobile.
4.8★ from 18K App Store ratings · 50% positive of 14 Hacker News opinions (7+ / 7−)
Users complain about: pricing, quality, accuracy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Mistral's AI assistant combining chat and a coding agent, available on web, mobile, terminal and IDE.
4.8★ from 1.3K App Store ratings · 67% positive of 6 Hacker News opinions (4+ / 2−)
Users complain about: bugs, privacy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
xAI's chat assistant that answers with live web and X search, and generates images, video and code.
4.9★ from 1.5M App Store ratings · 25% positive of 8 Hacker News opinions (2+ / 6−)
Users complain about: accuracy, censorship, hallucinations
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI chat assistant for writing, research, image creation, voice chats and coding help.
4.8★ from 11.6M App Store ratings · 45% positive of 11 Hacker News opinions (5+ / 6−)
Users complain about: quality, usage limits, bugs
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI assistant from Anthropic for writing, analysis, research and coding, with chat on web, desktop and mobile.
4.7★ from 285.6K App Store ratings · 58% positive of 26 Hacker News opinions (15+ / 11−)
Users complain about: ux, speed, bugs
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Chat assistant and API from DeepSeek, offering its own open models for reasoning, coding and web search.
3.9★ from 12.4K App Store ratings · 85% positive of 13 Hacker News opinions (11+ / 2−)
Users complain about: bugs, speed
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI app builder that creates and publishes websites and web apps from a chat description.
4.8★ from 2.6K App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Vercel's AI agent that generates full-stack web apps and UI code from prompts and deploys them to Vercel.
4.8★ from 865 App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Anthropic's coding agent that reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands and opens pull requests.
no App Store app · 60% positive of 30 Hacker News opinions (18+ / 12−)
Users complain about: quality, security, privacy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Browser-based platform where an AI agent builds, hosts and publishes apps and websites from a prompt.
4.7★ from 21.4K App Store ratings · 57% positive of 7 Hacker News opinions (4+ / 3−)
Users complain about: deployment, pricing, ux
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI code editor and coding agent that writes, edits and reviews code across your project.
4.7★ from 968 App Store ratings · 57% positive of 7 Hacker News opinions (4+ / 3−)
Users complain about: ux, privacy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Online design tool with templates and AI features for social posts, presentations, videos and print.
4.9★ from 3.6M App Store ratings · 50% positive of 6 Hacker News opinions (3+ / 3−)
Users complain about: api support, quality, support
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI image generator known for accurate text in images, with tools for ads, product shots and vector graphics.
4.8★ from 2.7K App Store ratings · 80% positive of 5 Hacker News opinions (4+ / 1−)
Users complain about: ux
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI video and image generator that turns text prompts or reference images into short videos and stills.
4.7★ from 31.8K App Store ratings · 33% positive of 3 Hacker News opinions (1+ / 2−)
Users complain about: quality
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Adobe's generative AI app for creating and editing images, video, audio and music, including partner models.
4.7★ from 10.9K App Store ratings · 0% positive of 1 Hacker News opinions (0+ / 1−)
Users complain about: quality
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Video and photo editor with AI tools for captions, background removal, voiceovers and AI video generation.
4.6★ from 1.1M App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI voice platform for text-to-speech, voice cloning, dubbing, sound effects, music and voice agents.
4.8★ from 23.2K App Store ratings · 57% positive of 14 Hacker News opinions (8+ / 6−)
Users complain about: quality, censorship, pricing
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Voice dictation app that turns your speech into polished text in any app on desktop and mobile.
4.8★ from 18K App Store ratings · 50% positive of 14 Hacker News opinions (7+ / 7−)
Users complain about: pricing, quality, accuracy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI music generator that creates full songs with vocals and lyrics from a text prompt.
4.9★ from 379.9K App Store ratings · 43% positive of 23 Hacker News opinions (10+ / 13−)
Users complain about: quality, ethics, lock-in
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI meeting assistant that records, transcribes and summarises meetings from Zoom, Teams and Google Meet.
4.8★ from 86.4K App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Text-to-speech app that reads documents, web pages and scanned text aloud in natural-sounding AI voices.
4.7★ from 527.2K App Store ratings · 0% positive of 2 Hacker News opinions (0+ / 2−)
Users complain about: bugs, pricing
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Creates presentations, documents, websites and social visuals from a prompt with an AI agent.
4.8★ from 1.1K App Store ratings · 100% positive of 1 Hacker News opinions (1+ / 0−)
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI translation tool for text and documents, with desktop and mobile apps, browser extensions and an API.
4.8★ from 13.3K App Store ratings · 50% positive of 4 Hacker News opinions (2+ / 2−)
Users complain about: quality
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI inside the Notion workspace that searches, drafts and automates work across pages, databases and tasks.
4.8★ from 90.5K App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI writing tool for paraphrasing, grammar checking, summarising and translating text.
4.7★ from 3.1K App Store ratings · 50% positive of 2 Hacker News opinions (1+ / 1−)
Users complain about: accuracy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI writing assistant that rewrites, paraphrases, corrects grammar and summarises English text.
4.4★ from 992 App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Google research notebook that answers questions, summarises and makes audio overviews from sources you upload.
4.9★ from 63.7K App Store ratings · 90% positive of 10 Hacker News opinions (9+ / 1−)
Users complain about: quality
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI answer engine that searches the web and replies with cited sources, plus research and agent tools.
4.8★ from 518.1K App Store ratings · 67% positive of 6 Hacker News opinions (4+ / 2−)
Users complain about: hallucinations, privacy
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI search, academic research and writing tool that gives cited answers and access to many AI models.
4.4★ from 1.4K App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Perplexity's web browser with a built-in AI assistant that answers questions and carries out tasks for you.
4.7★ from 7.8K App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24
Moonshot AI's assistant for chat, deep research, slides, docs, sheets and coding agents.
4.7★ from 5.3K App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
AI workspace with agents that research and create slides, sheets, docs, images and videos using many models.
4.7★ from 4.4K App Store ratings · 100% positive of 1 Hacker News opinions (1+ / 0−)
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
Autonomous AI agent that carries out multi-step tasks such as research, building websites and making slides.
4.7★ from 39.6K App Store ratings · no Hacker News opinions yet
From the official site, checked 2026-10-24 · pricing
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