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PolyDev
Last updated 2026-10-07 · benchmark measured 2026-10-30 — deterministic & reproducible
PolyDev is a full mobile development environment with an AI coding agent for Android.
PolyDev at a glance
PolyDev is an Android app that provides an on-device AI coding agent, Linux terminal, live preview, and one-tap deployment, aimed at developers and beginners who want to write, test, and ship code using only a phone.
Good for
- Students and beginner developers who want to learn to code on a phone
- Mobile-only developers without access to a laptop or desktop computer
- People with an app or website idea but limited resources, who want to build and deploy without a powerful computer
Pricing
Free tier built in, no card needed. Pro and Ultra plans also available. Bring your own API key and pay the provider directly, no markup.
Questions people ask
Is PolyDev really free to use?
Yes, it ships with a built-in free AI tier so you can start coding with no card and no setup; for heavier use you can connect your own API key and pay that provider's rate directly.
Do I need to root my Android phone to use PolyDev?
No, PolyDev runs a real Alpine Linux environment through PRoot without root access or a remote server.
Can I deploy my project straight from my phone?
Yes, PolyDev offers one-tap deploy to Vercel or Cloudflare Pages with .env sync and deploy history, can push to GitHub from its built-in Git panel, and can build Android APK/AAB files in the cloud.
Which AI models or providers can I use with PolyDev?
You can bring your own key from providers like OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, OpenRouter, Mistral, Groq, Ollama, DeepSeek, or Hugging Face, or point PolyDev at any OpenAI-compatible endpoint; a built-in free tier is also available with no key needed.
Does PolyDev work without an internet connection?
The on-device terminal and live preview work offline since the dev server runs on your phone, but the AI agent needs an internet connection to reach whichever model provider you choose, since only the model runs in the cloud.
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Legit.Show scored PolyDev 91/100 on 2026-10-30, measured across all 7 frames from its public surface. legit.show/s/polydev-app/2026-10-30
Is PolyDev production-ready?
Legit.Show scores PolyDev 91 out of 100 — the simple average of its 7 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on PolyDev (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. Its strongest frame is Privacy; its weakest is Reliability. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — 89/100
- Accessibility — 97/100
- Security — 85/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Web Security Baseline
- Privacy — 100/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — 75/100
- Standards — 94/100
- Discoverability — 100/100
What we measured
- Security headers present: CSP, HSTS, X-Frame-Options, X-Content-Type-Options, Referrer-Policy.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 125 ms to first byte.
- 3 of 3 sampled routes reachable.
- Has a reachable privacy policy.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
- Discoverable: structured data, sitemap, OpenGraph image, canonical URL.
Who it's for
Students · Beginner developers · Mobile-only developers · Anyone without a powerful computer · People with ideas and limited resources
Pricing
Free tier built-in; Pro and Ultra plans available; bring your own API key and pay provider directly
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from polydev.app's own website on 2026-10-07.
- Operator
- xApi Devs, as named in polydev.app's terms, privacy page or footer.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-30.
Put together from public information, without PolyDev's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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