Qt Creator is described as 'Cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) built for the maximum developer experience. Qt Creator runs on Windows, Linux, and macOS desktop operating systems and allows developers to create software across desktop, mobile, and embedded platforms' and is a very popular IDE in the development category. There are more than 100 alternatives to Qt Creator for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and iPhone apps. The best Qt Creator alternative is Eclipse, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Qt Creator are Microsoft Visual Studio, Geany, Apache NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA.