That's true only for web development. Due to nature of web development is next to imposible to have a good RAD tool that can cover all use cases.
For desktop and mobile there are a few RAD tools. Some of them: QT Creator, Windows Forms, Delphi, C++ Builder X, Mono.
Maybe some are not of the highest quality and maybe there's not enough RAD tools, but that's because many people think that "true" development happens only in VI and command line.
As someone already commented, a good RAD tool can save 90% percent of the time because you don't have to connect by hand signals, events with handlers and you don't have to draw the UI by code, unless you need something specific. Doing this tasks is a tedious and boring work, takes time that is better spent doing something else like working on the app logic.
For desktop and mobile there are a few RAD tools. Some of them: QT Creator, Windows Forms, Delphi, C++ Builder X, Mono.
Maybe some are not of the highest quality and maybe there's not enough RAD tools, but that's because many people think that "true" development happens only in VI and command line.
As someone already commented, a good RAD tool can save 90% percent of the time because you don't have to connect by hand signals, events with handlers and you don't have to draw the UI by code, unless you need something specific. Doing this tasks is a tedious and boring work, takes time that is better spent doing something else like working on the app logic.