Data as of
State of AI Tools: October 2026
19 AI Tools on AppFinder, 89% have a free plan, the median listed paid plan starts at $12 a month.
Every figure counts the published AI Tools listings on AppFinder at the time above: what each listing says about its pricing, platforms, features and integrations. Nothing is estimated or sampled, and nothing here is paid for.
- Published apps
- 19
- With a free plan
- 89%
- Median listed starting price (12 apps)
- $12/mo
- Launches in Oct so far
- 0
Pricing models
Free plan + paid plans
89% of apps
17 of 19 apps
Paid
11% of apps
2 of 19 apps
Platforms
An app can list several platforms.
Web
89% of apps
17 of 19 apps
iOS
68% of apps
13 of 19 apps
Android
58% of apps
11 of 19 apps
macOS
47% of apps
9 of 19 apps
Windows
47% of apps
9 of 19 apps
Linux
5% of apps
1 of 19 apps
Most listed features
The 10 most common of 27 distinct features listed in this category.
AI agents
47% of apps
9 of 19 apps
Image generation
42% of apps
8 of 19 apps
Summarization
37% of apps
7 of 19 apps
Writing assistant
37% of apps
7 of 19 apps
AI assistant
32% of apps
6 of 19 apps
Chat assistant
26% of apps
5 of 19 apps
Transcription
26% of apps
5 of 19 apps
Public API
21% of apps
4 of 19 apps
Real-time collaboration
21% of apps
4 of 19 apps
Templates
21% of apps
4 of 19 apps
Most listed integrations
Google Drive
26% of apps
5 of 19 apps
Slack
26% of apps
5 of 19 apps
GitHub
21% of apps
4 of 19 apps
Google Calendar
21% of apps
4 of 19 apps
Outlook
21% of apps
4 of 19 apps
Zapier
21% of apps
4 of 19 apps
Gmail
16% of apps
3 of 19 apps
HubSpot
16% of apps
3 of 19 apps
Launches per month
Apps in this category whose launch date fell in each month (UTC).
0
May
0
Jun
0
Jul
0
Aug
0
Sep
0
Oct
Prices: 12 of 19 apps list a starting price for a paid plan. The lowest is $5 a month; the median shown is a real listed price (the lower middle value). Apps without a listed price, or with contact-sales pricing, are not counted.
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AppFinder, "State of AI Tools: October 2026", data as of 2026-10-26. https://appfinder.tech/state-of/ai-tools