Codemagic welcomes App Center customers
Don’t wait until App Center becomes outdated. Start migration now!
If you use Visual Studio App Center, note that it’s scheduled for retirement on March 31, 2025. Codemagic is a great alternative for building, testing, and deploying Android and iOS apps. See the full feature comparison.
Why Codemagic?
CodePush for React Native
Ship over-the-air (OTA) updates straight to your users with a managed CodePush server.
All App Center features and more
Simplify Android and iOS builds, and distribute seamlessly to tester groups or app stores.
The fastest CI/CD for mobile apps
Get up to 80% faster builds powered by Apple silicon M2 by default.
Onboarding and migration assistance
Our DevOps experts are committed to helping you migrate from App Center without disruption.
Build finished
v16.1
Alpha testers
Codemagic works perfectly with
Azure DevOps
Codemagic CI/CD provides similar functionality to Azure DevOps; however, thanks to Apple silicon machines, you can build significantly faster. Our tests show a build time improvement from 40 minutes to 5-6 minutes on M2 machines.
BrowserStack
Upload and run tests on BrowserStack App Automate from Codemagic scripts.
BrowserStack has developed the Device Testing CLI to support migrating from Microsoft App Center to BrowserStack App Automate.
App Store / TestFlight / Google Play
Codemagic seamlessly integrates to distribute beta builds to your testers or deploy to the stores using TestFlight, App Store, Firebase App Distribution, Google Play, Huawei AppGallery, Microsoft Partner Center and Linux Snap Store.
CodePush
You can continue to use CodePush with your Codemagic CI/CD builds and ship quick app updates as before. Codemagic provides a hosted, fully managed CodePush server, available upon request.
App Center vs Codemagic
Codemagic is mobile-first CI/CD with everything you need built in.
| Feature | App Center | Codemagic |
|---|---|---|
| Frameworks | Swift/Objective-C iOS | Codemagic |
| Android | Codemagic | |
| React Native CLI | Codemagic | |
| React Native with Expo | Codemagic | |
| Flutter | Codemagic | |
| Unity | Codemagic | |
| Ionic | Codemagic | |
| Hardware | macOS Apple silicon | Codemagic |
| Linux machines | Codemagic | |
| Windows machines | Codemagic | |
| Self-hosted Git repositories | GitLab | Codemagic |
| GitHub | Codemagic | |
| Bitbucket | Codemagic | |
| Building, signing, and testing | Automatic iOS code signing | Codemagic |
| Manual iOS code signing | Codemagic | |
| Apple device registration | Codemagic | |
| Enabling iOS app capability | Codemagic | |
| Android code signing | Codemagic | |
| Automatic build versioning | Codemagic | |
| Running integrations tests | Codemagic | |
| Running unit tests | Codemagic | |
| Install apps from QR code | Codemagic | |
| Build distribution to testers | Codemagic | |
| Integrations | App Store publishing | Codemagic |
| Play Store publishing | Codemagic | |
| Firebase App Distribution | Codemagic | |
| Slack integration | Codemagic | |
| Email notifications | Codemagic | |
| Analytics | Codemagic | |
| Developer experience | Building iOS and Android together | Codemagic |
| Inter-connected workflow support | Codemagic | |
| Build logs for each build step | Codemagic | |
| Remote access to build machines | Codemagic | |
| Global environment variables | Codemagic | |
| Over-the-air (OTA) updates | Codemagic | |
| Dependency caching | Codemagic | |
| White-labeling solution | Codemagic |
Faster than competitors
IDN Media
Indonesian media company with over 80M monthly active users
“Codemagic is 75% faster to build the iOS app compared to Azure Pipelines.”
Bevan Christian
iOS Developer
Onboarding to Codemagic is quick and smooth, but builds on Codemagic are even faster!
Take a look at the build speed benchmarks for the Expensify Chat iOS app.
Trusted by leading companies
Top Flutter app development company in LATAM
Social media tools
Global retail and supermarket chain
Leading Australian online bookmaker
Top Flutter app development consultancy
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GPS fitness-tracking app
Leader in technology and innovation
Urban mobility and public transit app
Mobile games
Digital mental health solutions
Virtual fitness and coaching apps
Best Ease of Use Application Development Software
Best Ease of Use Continuous Integration Software
Top ranked Continuous Integration software based on user reviews
Secure and compliant
SOC 2 type 2
The audit report is available on request
ISO 27001
Our data center partners are ISO 27001-certified
GDPR/CCPA
Your personal data is processed in accordance with GDPR/CCPA.
The best build speed and support
Codemagic is always up-to-date with cutting-edge Apple hardware and Xcode versions.