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Android Studio vs IntelliJ IDEA: catalog facts
Android Studio	IntelliJ IDEA
Free Free to download from Google.	Freemium The Community Edition is free. IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate requires a paid subscription.
Windows, macOS	Windows, macOS, Linux
Official tooling for Android and Jetpack Compose Layout previews across screen sizes	Refactorings and inspections that understand the whole project, not just the file Community Edition is free and open source
Heavy on memory and disk space Focused on Android development	Framework support, profiler and database tools are Ultimate features Indexing a large project is slow and memory-hungry
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Closed source	Open source
License not stated	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 22, 2026

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