Bolt Reviews 180

I don’t mind chatting with an AI and working step by step. But it should actually understand what I’m asking—it shouldn’t create nonsense with a pretty UI. Right now, it can design a nice interface, but the interactions are terrible and buggy. Even after fine-tuning it with prompts and it saying it ‘understood,’ the results are still disappointing. I’m not going to subscribe

Not worth subscription.

You really have to spend lots of money to get something decent.

Even when prompting really good, still just create something out of the blue, rather than creating what you prompted. Moreover, especially with the new update, when I try to select and edit anything with simple task and a simple prompt, it just keep giving errors and your money is being burned for no result.

Use lovable, way more accurate.

If you are rich and don't want just to lose money without anything use this site, this site is terrible i swear it's bad like chatgpt 1.0, nothing can do almost 100 times the same error.

Bolt.new has worked well and provided good results overall. However, it’s important to note that to get precise answers and very specific commands, the user needs to be very explicit and communicate clearly and in detail. If you give well-explained instructions, the tool responds efficiently, but if not, the results may not be as accurate. In summary, a good option if you know exactly what you need and how to ask for it.

I am very disappointed with the service for my refund, I have stopped subscribing and my money is not back. Please for users who see my review please consider using this software, Scamm!!

Very bad service , still dumb and doesn't do the thing you asked for. he gets stuck and stop coding in the middle of a file and then tokens are gone for nothing. Referrals links are not working, its all a scam and you don't gain any token when your link is used by others. and a lot more its going right there and i don't recommend it for anyone to use it .

Hours spent debugging what was broken again, almost half of the credits spent on code that doens't work.

its pretty incredible what you can achieve if you're careful. you must ensure github is connected and you save versions. yes its slightly annoying that the AI its using is not as smart as GPT, can take an eternity to correct its mistakes, does use a lot of credits. But lets be honest, even if you spend £100 on credits, what you can achieve with no coding is awesome - be clear with your prompts, its not magic

as enterpreneur i truly advice everyone to avoid this service.

You‘ll pay a lot of tokens and get even biger problems.

pos. they have not improved anything, its like its spring 2024 again. They made a big deal about AI powered layouts/design, calling this 'mid' would be generous. it also eats tokens like no tomorrow. i rather get a bolt thru the heart than pay for this again. Documentation is hilariously bad- they act like a startup but been around 8+ years. I usually all for the underdog, but in this case there is no excuse. hence the effort to posts some bad reviews- i would like them to improve.
On the other side, their opensource product, BoltDIY is pretty good.

they scam you. they take tokens and nothing will happen. the websites are not working properly.
once a certain size reached, you will 500k tokens each prompt (if the prompt runs, and mostly the tokens will be consumed but nothing changed)

if you want to contact them, good luck.

BOLT.NEW IS A SCAM — AVOID THIS BURNING PILE OF DIGITAL SHIT
I’m not here to be polite — I’m here to warn you before you get screwed like I did.

1 MILLION TOKENS VANISHED — NO WARNING. NO EXPLANATION.
Bolt.new will obliterate your credits without a single alert or breakdown.
There’s no transparency. No warning when the AI is choking. No guide when it’s stuck. Just a meter silently bleeding your balance while it loops in failure.

THE AI IS CLUELESS, WEAK, AND COSTLY
The so-called AI doesn’t know what it’s doing.
It breaks mid-task, loops the same bullshit, and you're left completely blind. Bolt.new gives you NOTHING — no suggestions, no logic, no damage control.
You're not working with a smart tool. You're managing a deranged intern that burns your budget every time it guesses wrong.

“DIFFS” MODE IS BROKEN GARBAGE
Supposed to change just a line or two?
Nope. Most of the time it rewrites the entire file like a drunk monkey with a keyboard.
And instead of putting the code in the actual editor, it dumps the whole block in the chat, loop after loop, charging you every time.

INTEGRATIONS? STRAIGHT-UP LIES
GitHub → StackBlitz = Broken

StackBlitz → Bolt = Also broken
They market this bullshit “workflow” — but none of it works. Period.

SUPPORT IS A JOKE
I filed a final refund demand over a month ago.
They replied after a week, only to copy-paste some generic crap.
Instead of refunding me like any legitimate company would, they say:

“You can have a call with a dev.”

NO. I didn’t pay for “talks.”
I paid for a product — and I got scammed.
Give. Me. My. Money. Back.

BOLT.NEW IS A TECH-SCAM IN A NICE SUIT
They’ll bait you with promises of AI-powered code, fast workflows, and smart integration.
You’ll end up with:

Broken features

A support team that stalls and dodges

Token drain with zero transparency

A half-baked system that constantly breaks

No refunds. No accountability. No results.

It was a case of major hype followed by a significant flop in the AI space. The product was never properly launched in a functional state. Many people lost both time and money due to the unwarranted hype fueled by certain YouTubers. Even if the technology improves in the future, the damage to its credibility has already been done

Do not use this company for any of their services. I was scammed by their company and now the support doesn’t even bother to respond.

Bolt.new bills itself as the one‑click cure for all your development woes—“prompt, run, edit, and deploy” full‑stack apps entirely in the browser—but in practice it often coughs up half‑baked code, guzzles tokens like a digital camel, and leaves your budget smoldering. Its entry‑level $20/month tier only nets you 25 M tokens, and watching that quickly balloon into the $200 “Pro 200” plan is like signing up for an all‑you‑can‑zap buffet—you’ll pay for every byte you bite. Users report torching “about four million tokens” in a single session just trying to fix AI‑generated bugs, turning what was supposed to be a time‑saver into a token inferno. Meanwhile, the GitHub repo’s issue tracker is littered with unanswered pleas, suggesting that “instant developer” might really mean “instant developer frustration”. In short, Bolt.new may sparkle like snake oil, but it’ll cost you hundreds of dollars to discover it’s still just oil—and not much worth bottling.

This is a great idea, but it's like the AI is trying to use up all your tokens by constantly deleting or breaking the parts that work. So far, I have spent 2 days and a lot of credits working on a project only for the AI to sabotage it before I could publish it. Also, why does Bolt hide how many tokens you have and that it's using? Even Gemini shows you the token use by default. Also, they have made it nearly impossible to cancel your subscription.

They gotta fix those bugs. The AI built my app perfectly yesterday, then bam! everything went wrong. What a great idea! But it's nowhere near that level of tech yet.

Listen up. I’ve used a lot of tools in my life – tools that work, tools that don’t, and now… bolt.new, the tool that actively fights you like it’s got a personal vendetta. If this is the future of AI, I suggest we go back to pigeons and smoke signals.

Customer support? Oh, they promise you things. They tell you they’ll “get back to you.” Sounds great. Very professional. And then? Poof. Vanished. Ghosted. I'm still waiting....

And the so-called "AI"? I’ve seen hungover interns on their first day do a better job. It misunderstands everything like it’s trying to get fired on purpose. It's like it read one blog post about productivity and decided it's now a life coach.

Bolt.new doesn't bolt anything. It drags. It stutters. It disappoints. Using this tool is like hiring a motivational speaker who shows up drunk and sets your house on fire while telling you to “believe in yourself.”

You’ve been warned.

— A productivity alpha who survived bolt.new