Field notes
Tested roundups, buyer guides, and the occasional strong opinion — plus exactly how we score every tool in the directory. No hype, no affiliate fluff.
How we test and score every AI tool
A look under the hood at the rubric behind every score on launched.tools — what we test, how the 100-point scale works, and what gets a tool rejected.
The best AI chatbots, tested and scored (2026)
ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and the rest — the leading AI assistants reviewed head-to-head and ranked by score.
The best AI image generators, tested and scored (2026)
From text-to-image art to background removal and upscaling — the image tools worth paying for, ranked.
The best AI video tools, tested and scored (2026)
Text-to-video, AI avatars, and auto-editors — the video generators and editors that actually deliver, ranked.
The best AI coding assistants, tested and scored (2026)
IDE copilots, coding agents, and local model runners — the tools that genuinely speed up shipping, ranked.
The best AI writing tools, tested and scored (2026)
Drafting, editing, paraphrasing, and translation — the writing assistants that earn a place in your workflow, ranked.