The Death List of Apps: Which Subscriptions AI Can Already Recreate (Can I Vibecode It)

The English website Can I Vibecode It (canivibecodeit.com) has put together a "death list" (The Death List) of apps we pay for every month: 1,093 apps, from Canva to Netflix, each with a verdict. The question is always the same: can artificial intelligence already recreate this app, or is it still worth paying for the subscription? In the seven days leading up to 10/15/2026, Brazil was the country that visited the site the most, with 2,815 visitors, more than double the United States (1,192), according to the site's public dashboard.

Below is the list, with 30 apps well-known in Brazil. Afterwards, what each verdict means, why so many apps survive, and what to check before canceling a subscription. The numbers were verified on the website and in the public repository on 10/15/2026.

How to read the list: condemned (green) is the app that artificial intelligence can already recreate for personal use; in the ICU (yellow) can be recreated, but takes a weekend and leaves gaps; survives (red) is the app whose value is not in the code.

The death list: 30 apps well-known in Brazil

We've selected apps that appear frequently in the daily lives of those who work with the internet in Brazil. The price is from the website, in dollars per month. The "what you lose" column summarizes what the site lists for each: it's what disappears if you swap the subscription for a self-made app.

Condemned (green): AI already recreates a personal version

App	Price	Time	What you lose
Linktree Pro	US$ 15	one session	drag editor, statistics dashboard, ready hosting
Bitly	US$ 35	one session	links that survive your structure: if your domain expires, all links die
Todoist	US$ 7	weekend	native apps, offline use, collaboration, reliable reminders
Tally	US$ 29	weekend	beautiful editor, partial responses, custom domain, integrations, antispam
iLovePDF Premium	US$ 9	several days	mobile app, OCR, batch files, legally valid signature

In the ICU (yellow): can be recreated, but with gaps

App	Price	Time	What you lose
Canva	US$ 15	several days	template library, licensed images, brand kit, teamwork, mobile app
CapCut	US$ 19.99	several days	mobile app, trendy effects and templates, library, rendering speed
Notion	US$ 12	several days	block editor, synchronization, permissions, database views, integrations
Calendly	US$ 12	weekend	Google and Outlook integration always working, team rotation, SMS reminder
Mailchimp	US$ 20	several days	deliverability (email reaching inbox), automations, segmentation, compliance
Trello	US$ 12.50	several days	Power-Ups, mobile app, automation, reliable notifications
Zapier	US$ 29.99	weekend	integrations catalog, login maintenance, retries and history, availability
WordPress	US$ 4	weekend	SEO plugins, form, cache and backup, WooCommerce
Wix	US$ 29	weekend	drag editor, app store, online store and scheduling, hosting and domain, support
Typeform	US$ 39	weekend	templates, respondent experience, analysis, payments, antispam
Gamma	US$ 9	weekend	editor, export, statistics, custom domain
Loom	US$ 18	weekend	instant hosting, permissions, comments, statistics
Pipedrive	US$ 14	several days	email and calendar synchronization, automations, reports, mobile app
Grammarly	US$ 30	several days	suggestions within any app, integrations, tone control

Survives (red): value is not in the code

App	Price	Time	What you lose
Shopify	US$ 25	not alone	reliable checkout, fraud analysis, app store, shipping and taxes, support
ChatGPT	US$ 20	not alone	cutting-edge models, image and voice, tools, reliability, updates
Netflix	US$ 19.99	the show, in a weekend	licensed catalog, seamless worldwide delivery, app on every TV
Spotify Premium	US$ 12.99	only a consolation version	licensed catalog, artist rights and payments, recommendations
ManyChat	US$ 39	the editor, in a weekend	Meta approval for messaging, visual editor, other channels
DocuSign	US$ 11	only a consolation version	brand trust, identity verification, legal value, integrations
Figma	US$ 20	not alone	real-time editing with the team, plugins, performance
Midjourney	US$ 10	not alone	quality of proprietary model, consistent style, community
Duolingo Super	US$ 12.99	only a consolation version	curriculum, adaptive models, student network
Microsoft 365 Personal	US$ 9.99	only a consolation version	Office, OneDrive, synchronization, support
Google One	US$ 9.99	only a consolation version	Google account integration, Photos, phone backup

Condemned, in ICU, or Survives: What Each Verdict Means

Of the 1,093 apps on the list:

• Condemned (green, YES), 158 apps: a programming agent produces a version for personal use in a single session, running on your computer or server, without relying on another company (at most a simple API key). The site calls this "one-shottable": done in one request.
• In ICU (yellow, KINDA), 515 apps: can be built in a weekend, but real gaps remain, such as a mobile app, cross-device synchronization, login, and integrations with other services.
• Survives (red, NOT REALLY), 420 apps: the value lies in the network of people, data, infrastructure, or rules and laws. The site explains why the app survives and, when it makes sense, provides the prompt for a consolation version.

Three important warnings. "Condemned" is a way of saying the app is easy to recreate, not a prediction that the company will close. Green is for personal use, not for an entire company to switch systems. And the verdicts are editorial: none of the 158 green ones currently have the "one-shot verified" tag, which requires a public repository with proof. Only 23 of the green prompts have been manually reviewed; the others were generated from the app description and are open to correction.

What is Can I Vibecode It

"Vibe coding" is the name that stuck for programming by prompting: you describe the program you want in common language, and an artificial intelligence agent, like Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor, writes the code. Can I Vibecode It answers, app by app, whether this prompt is enough to replace a subscription.

The site has been live since 07/29/2026 and was created by the @robj3d3 profile. The data is open: each app is a file on GitHub, with an MIT license, and anyone can suggest a new app or dispute a verdict. As of 10/15/2026, there were 790 thousand page views, 129 thousand visitors, and 15,370 copied prompts.

What's on Each App's Page

• Price of the most common plan, in dollars, with the date it was checked and the source. In Brazil, the value may be different.
• Build time: one session, weekend, several days, or "not possible alone."
• The ready-made prompt, with buttons that open Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor with the text already filled in. You just press Enter.
• Why people still pay and what you lose by switching. Synchronization, mobile app, support, and other company's servers handling everything almost always appear.
• Free alternatives that already exist, for those who don't want to build anything. There are 2,373 free or open-source alternatives for 777 apps.
• The "I replaced this" counter, showing how many people claim to have replaced the app.

"Code is no longer a moat"

The most useful part of the site is not the list of condemned apps, but the explanation of why others survive. Each app receives one to three "moat" tags (what protects a business from competition). The phrase that opens this page summarizes the thesis: code has stopped being a moat.

There are 13 tags. See how many apps rely on each one:

Moat	What it is	Apps
Polish	refinement, reliability, sync quality: execution, not structure	612
Infrastructure at Scale	global hosting, email delivery, availability, media processing	465
Integrations	the number of connections to other services and the maintenance of each	448
Collaboration	only worthwhile when the entire team is in: co-editing, permissions	181
Proprietary Data	indexes, live data, files and maps that cannot be recreated	134
Proprietary Models	AI models trained by the company and the computing behind them	133
Rules and Laws	licenses, payroll, taxes, identity verification, legal risk	122
Content and Rights	licensed catalog, media rights, courses, template libraries	112
Brand and Trust	people pay because it's that company	99
Network Effect	gets better because other people are already there	90
Switching Cost	your history, settings, and habits make leaving difficult	63
Two-Sided Marketplace	two sides that need each other, and both are already there	10
Hardware	physical devices or data that only the company's device produces	8

The most revealing data: 612 of 1,093 apps (56%) rely on polish, precisely the moat that AI most erodes. And 68 (6%) have no other: polish is their entire defense.

The Netflix example

About Netflix, the site is direct: you can build a Netflix, and the program is the easy part. Catalog, video conversion, player that adjusts quality, history, and profiles fit into a weekend's work. What doesn't fit is the licensed movie catalog, delivery that doesn't freeze on hotel Wi-Fi, and the app on every TV and video game console.

The ManyChat example

ManyChat, which responds to comments and messages on Instagram, is also in the red, and the reason is not technical. Keyword triggers, branching, and tags are, according to the site, a weekend of code. The difficult part is that every message goes through Meta, and it's Meta that decides who can send: the site cites reviewed apps, message permissions, and the 24-hour window rules. In its words, the bottleneck is access, not code.

Before canceling a subscription: 7 questions

1. Can you take your data with you? Export everything before canceling and test if the new app opens the file.
2. Where will the app run? On your computer, it only works when the computer is on. On a server, someone pays for and takes care of the hosting.
3. Who will maintain it? Security updates, API changes, new browser. An app made on demand doesn't update itself.
4. Does it contain customer personal data? If so, GDPR also applies to you: security, backup, and control of who accesses it.
5. Does it require a mobile phone? Almost every green app becomes a web or desktop app. The mobile app is the one that disappears the most.
6. How much do the APIs cost? Many custom solutions use AI or transcription keys that charge per use. Compare with the monthly fee.
7. How much is your time worth? An afternoon of testing is cheap. A weekend a month fixing things is not.

And for businesses?

The list talks about subscriptions, but the question applies to any business that pays for software: do you pay for the program or for what comes with it? In a business system, what comes with it usually weighs more: hosting, security, backup, updates, and someone to call when something stops working.

And it applies to the other side too. If your business sells a digital service, it's worth looking at the list of moats and asking what, in your business, an AI prompt cannot copy: customer relationships, data that only you have, brand trust, customer service.

How to use the site, step-by-step

1. Open canivibecodeit.com and type the app name in the search "Can I vibecode ___?".
2. In "The Death List", filter by verdict (YES, KINDA, NOT REALLY) and by category.
3. On the app's page, first read "what you lose". If anything on this list is essential for you, stop there.
4. See the free alternatives: often there's already a ready-made open-source app, no need to build anything.
5. If you're going to build, copy the prompt or use your agent's button (Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor). Test with dummy data before moving your own.

Frequently Asked Questions

Will the condemned apps disappear?

Not necessarily. The site does not predict the end of any company: it says whether artificial intelligence can already recreate a version for personal use. Many green apps continue to grow because they sell convenience, support, and a working service without you needing to manage it.

Is Can I Vibecode It free?

Yes. The list, verdicts, and requests are free, and the site's code is open source (MIT license). The site is maintained through sponsorship spaces and states that sponsorship does not buy verdicts.

Do I need to know how to program to use the requests?

For the green ones, little: the agent writes the code and explains how to install it. But you need to be able to install tools, create API keys, and decide where the app will run.

Does the site have a Portuguese version?

No, it is in English. The requests are also in English, and they work that way with programming agents.

Are the verdicts reliable?

They are a good first opinion, not a guarantee. They are editorial, discussed publicly on GitHub, and no "yes" has published proof yet.

Sources

• Can I Vibecode It, homepage and statistics dashboard, checked on 10/15/2026
• Moats page
• GitHub repository, with verdict criteria and data for each app
• Cited pages: Linktree, Canva, Shopify, Netflix, ManyChat